Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 3: With the Central Water Commission having given green signal to the Rs 5900 crore Mekedatu water project across Cauvery river on Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border, the state government is will soon submit the detailed project report, Karnataka Water Resources minister D K Shivakumar informed here on Monday. Speaking to newsmen, the minister said that he will a lead team of engineers

Hyderabad, Dec 3: Nowhera Shaik, managing director of Heera Gold, who was recently arrested in an alleged cheating case, has filed a sworn affidavit before the Metropolitan Sessions Judge, stating her company will return the deposits to investors in four installments in 16 months. The affidavit, filed late on Saturday, said that Heera Gold group, established 15 years ago, has been giving dividends

Bulandshahr (UP), Dec 3: Two persons including a police inspector were killed and dozens of others suffered injuries during a mob violence ignited by self-proclaimed saviors of Hindutva in the name of cow in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh today. The deceased cop, Subodh Kumar Singh, was posted at the Syana Kotwali in Bulandshahr. Mob assembled around a police outpost in Syana area after

Mangaluru, Dec 3: Connect-2018, a community get-together organized by the Karnataka Cultural Foundation (KCF), an organization of overseas Kannadiga Muslims as part of its fifth anniversary attracted thousands of people at Nehru Maidan in Mangaluru today. The highlight of the event was the mass wedding of a dozen young couples from different places. The KCF presented 40 gram of gold for each bride

Mandya, Dec 3: Three members of a family, including a six-year-old girl, died when a two wheeler they were riding fell into a canal near Lokasara village in Mandya taluk late on Sunday night. Police said on Monday that the victims have been identified as Nagamma, 50, her daughter Ambika, 30, and Ambika’s daughter Manyatha, 6. They were returning home after visit to a temple. Bodies have been

Mangaluru, Dec 3: Mahendra Kumar, the former Karnataka state unit president of Bajrang Dal, has claimed that Sangh Parivar would be happy if a miscreant belonging to Muslim community kills a Hindu man for any reason or rapes a Hindu woman as such incidents always politically benefitted the Bharatiya Janata Party. Speaking at a panel discussion of the former activists of the Sangh Parivar outfits

Udupi, Dec 3: A pilgrim who had come to Krishna Mutt, here, has drowned in Madhva Sarovara, a holy lake located behind the mutt. The deceased has been identified as Adarsh (39), a native of Shivamogga. The incident took place at around 5:30 a.m. today when he entered the lake for a holy bath. On receiving the information, the fire fighters rushed to the spot and searched for the missing man in the

Mangaluru, Dec 3: In a relief for Mangaluru’s cop-turned-politician Madan, who was blamed for the disappearance of a 19-year-old youth, the latter has told the cops that he had left home on his own. Vinayaka (19), who was a second-year student of aeronautical engineering at Karavali College in the city, was missing for nearly two months. His parents, who suspected Madan’s hand behind his missing

Bengaluru, Dec 3: Leaders of VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) and other right-wing organisations threatened the BJP government on Sunday that if it did not bring an ordinance to build Ram Temple in Ayodhya, as aspired by 'every Hindu' after the courts had delayed the wish of the major community. In a meeting organised by VHP in the city on Sunday, a number of religious heads participated besides office

Udupi, Dec 3: The Hindu community would never accept if the supreme court of India delivered a verdict in favor of Muslims in Babri Masjid-Ram janam bhoomi dispute case, said Raghavulu, all-India Joint Secretary, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). Speaking at the Janagraha public meeting seeking construction of Ram Temple at Ayodhya, organised by the VHP at the Rajangana Parking Space here, on Sunday he