Karnataka

Newsroom, Nov 13: Several leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka have condemned the arrest of Santosh Thammaiah, a saffronist journalist whose abusive remarks against the Prophet Muhammad had gone viral on social media. Speaking at a programme in Kodagu district recently Thammaiah, who is the editor of Aseema Patrike, had claimed that the tenets preached by the Prophet in Arabia centuries

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 13: DySP Harikumar, who allegedly killed a man by pushing him in front of a moving car, was found dead at his house in Kallamabalam in this district on Tuesday morning. Police said Harikumar was found to have hanged himself inside his house. Earlier, Kerala DGP Loknath Behra has announced that IG Sreejith will probe the murder of 32-year-old Sanal Kumar who was pushed to

Bengaluru, Nov 13: Relentless lobbying by too many aspirants of ministerial berths from both Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) is likely to delay the much awaited expansion of chief minister H D Kumaraswamy-led Karnataka cabinet at least for two more months. If sources are to be believed the cabinet expansion may take place in January 2019, though the appointments to boards and corporations may

Mangaluru, Nov 13: Dr B Sachidanand, consultant orthopaedic and joint replacement surgeon of Unity Health Complex has been unanimously chosen as the president of the Mangaluru branch of the Indian Medical Association (IMA). A release issued here stated that the installation ceremony of the new president and other office bearers of the branch for the year 2018-2019 will be held on Wednesday

Bengaluru, Nov 13: In what appears to be a case of murder and suicide, a 28-year-old homemaker was found dead with her six-year-old daughter and parents at the latter’s residence in Doddabommasandra, Vidyaranyapura, north Bengaluru. The deceased are A Sudharani, her daughter A Sonica and parents Janardhan, 52, and J Sumitra, 45. A death note was recovered from the house. The incident came to light

Bengaluru, Nov 13: A local leader of Janata Dal-Secular was brutally murdered by three unidentified persons in Kanakapura town of Ramanagara district yesterday. The victim is R T Rajagopal, General Secretary of the Ramanagara district JD(S) Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Morcha. Apart from local politics, Rajagopal was into the real estate business. The attack took place around 7 p.m. when

Mangaluru, Nov 12: The leaders of Muslim community in the coastal city of Mangaluru including religious heads have unanimously condemned the offensive social media post on the demise of BJP veteran and union minister Ananth Kumar. Hours after the death of the minister, a Facebook page titled ‘Mangalore Muslims’ termed Ananth Kumar as a “communal” and “Brahmin conspirator”. It went on to say that

Mangaluru Nov 12: A speeding motorbike knocked down a pedestrian and then rammed into the road divider resulting in the death of its rider too at Honnakatte near Surathkal on the outskirts of the city today. The deceased have been identified as Akshay (25), a resident of Kuthar Subhash Nagar, who was riding the motorbike, and Narayana Kulal (27), a local resident who was crossing the road. It is

Bengaluru, Nov 12: Two children died of asphyxiation after fire broke out inside their locked house at Basapura Main Road in Electronics City in Bengaluru on Sunday, when their parents were away at work. The deceased are Sajan (5) and his sister Lakshmi (2). The parents, Devendra and Roopasi, hail from Nepal and had come to the city three years ago. Devendra is employed as a security personnel at

Dubai, Nov 12: Janata Dal (Secular) supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has kick-started five-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, where he will be interacting with Indian community besides going on sigh-seeing. According to the travel schedule released by his office, he was to interact with the Indian community in Dubai on Sunday evening. He will then lay the