Karnataka

Newsroom, Oct 21: The Popular Front of India General Secretary M Muhammed Ali Jinnah has stated that the National Investigation Agency’s findings regarding the non-existence of “Love Jihad” is a triumph for truth and a big blow to the forces that survive on falsehood. After investigating the 11 cases of inter-faith marriage the NIA could not find any evidence of the planned conspiracy of forceful

Bengaluru, Oct 21: The Bharatiya Janata Party has described the alliance between Congress and Janata Dali (Secular) in Karnataka as a mission to save the existence of two families –Gandhi family of the Congress and H D Deve Gowda family of JD(S). “Congress has lost confidence to face BJP. in many constituencies they had to import candidates belonging to other constituencies. On the other hand, the

Mangaluru, Oct 21: A 26-year-old man who was about to board a UAE-bound flight at Mangaluru International Airport was arrested by the security forces and handed over to the local police yesterday in connection with a four year old case. Abdul Rahiman, 26, a resident of Manjeshwar in Kasargod, was produced before a local court soon after his arrest on Saturday. The police was on look out for him

Bengaluru, Oct 21: Slamming the Water Resources Minister D K Shivakumar for his statement that the move by the previous government on the ‘religious minority’ status for Lingayat faith was “a big blunder,” the Jagathika Lingayat Mahasabha has pledged to continue its fight for the cause. Mahasabha leader S M Jaamdar said the fight to get the Lingayat faith recognised as a religion would continue

Bengaluru, Oct 21: Terming the BJP as a "common enemy", the ruling Congress and JD(S) coalition in Karnataka Saturday said their alliance in the state was a message to secular parties across the country to unite to defeat "communal forces" in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Projecting the unity between both the parties ahead of the November 3 bypolls to three Lok Sabha and two assembly seats in the

Bengaluru, Oct 21: The women constabulary in the state will no longer be required to wear saris while performing their duty, just like the officer class in the police department. A circular dated October 16, from the office of director general and inspector general of police (DG&IGP), has stated that women personnel will now be able to work-maintaining law and order or managing traffic-in trousers

Belthangady, Oct 21: The body of a 19-year-old boy who was drowned in the Nethravati riveron Friday evening, was recovered on Saturday morning. The deceased is Prathik, who was a diploma student in mechanical engineering in Belthangady. He was the son of Sanjeeva Gowda, a farmer and resident of Kadirudyavar in Belthangady. According to sources in the police department, Prathik had gone for a swim

Bengaluru, Oct 20: In a fresh embarrassment to Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka, a city based businesswoman joined the #MeToo bandwagon and took to Facebook to accuse two senior BJP leaders of sexual harassment. However the post was deleted after hours. Madhuri Mudhol, who was associated with the BJP in the past, did not name anyone in her post on Friday. However, she narrated instances of

Mysuru, Oct 20: Former Karnataka Minister Tanvir Sait, alleging that there was lapses in distributing of passes for the Dasara procession, today demanded a probe on the conduct of the Dasara festivities this year. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, he said there was serious complaint against the District In-Charge Minister G T Devegowda and Tourism Minister Sa Ra Mahesh (both from JD

Mangaluru, Oct 20: The 10-day-long Mangaluru Dasara celebration ended on a high note with the immersion of 12 idols including nine forms of Durga, idol of Sharada, apart from Adi Shakti and Ganapathi, in the temple pond at Kudroli in the early hours of Saturday following night-long procession that passed through the prominent streets of the coastal city. The grand procession, which commenced from