Karnataka

Bantwal, Sept 20: The Bantwal Town police have arrested three persons, including a 65-year-old man, on the charge of sexually assaulting a minor girl. They have been booked under Indian Penal Code as well as Pocso Act. An official communique here gave the names of the accused as Razak, 36, Shekabba, 65, and Navaz, 21, all residents of Goodinabali in the town. The victim is an eight-year-old girl

A village panchayat in Haryana’s Rohtak district has issued a diktat asking the Muslims in the area to shun all Islamic practices including offering namaz in open spaces keeping Islamic names, and lead life like Hindus. At least half a dozen police personnel were present in the Shockingly, at least half-a-dozen police personnel were present in the Tuesday’s meeting at the Titoli village wherein

Kannur, Sep 20: An Air India Express flight landed successfully at Kannur International Airport on Thursday as part of trial operations at the new airport. The 189 seater Air India Express flight (Boeing 737-800) departed from Thiruvanthapuram Airport at 0945 hrs, reached the terminal station around 1030 hrs and touched the runway at 1130 hrs. Kannur International Airport Limited (KIAL) Managing

Kochi, Sept 20: Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who was questioned by Kerala police for the second day over rape charges by a nun, has been temporarily relieved of his pastoral responsibilities by Pope Francis, the Catholic Bishop Conference of India (CBCI) said Thursday. The decision was welcomed by the group of nuns staging a protest here for the past 13 days seeking justice for their fellow nun. They

The Chief of RSS Mohan Bhagwat’s statement saying Muslims are a part of the Hindu Rashtra dream of the RSS and their vision of the nation has a place for Muslims though appears to be a googly, beyond the surface actually it isn’t. The statement made by the RSS chief at the three day conglomeration of the Sangh, came couple of days after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the

Hassan, Sept 20: The much awaited Bengaluru-Mysuru 10 lane road at a cost of Rs 7000 crore will began in a month, Karnataka Minister for PWD H D Revanna said here on Thursday. He was speaking at a function organised by the Hassan district unit of the Government Employees’ Association here on Wednesday. Reacting to allegations that the coalition government was yet to take off, Mr Revanna said the

Hassan, Sept 20: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has warned the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders that the people of Karnataka would revolt against them if they continue effort to topple coalition government in the state. The Chief Minister who visited Channarayapatna taluk in Hassan to lay the foundation stone for many development works, responding to the queries of media persons said that he had

Mangaluru, Sept 20: Well-known entrepreneur Kanachur Monu has lodged a complaint with Konaje police station, here, after he received a series of threat calls from a person claiming to be underworld operative Ravi Poojary. Mr Monu, who is also the President of Dakshina Kannada District Wakf Advisory Committee, in his complaint stated that caller claiming to be Poojary sought ransom and issued a

Washington, Sept 20: Almost 59% of all terrorist attacks in 2017 took place in five Asian countries, including Pakistan and India, a US report said Thursday. The other three countries include Afghanistan, Iraq and the Philippines. Like every year, Muslim dominant countries were the biggest victims of the terror attacks in 2017 too. The total number of terrorist attacks worldwide last year

Hyderabad, Sept 20: Within days after the coldblooded murder of a Dalit man by his casteist Hindu father-in-law at Telangana’s Miryalaguda town, a similar incident took place in Hyderabad, the capital of the same state yesterday. This time a casteist Hindu attempted to murder both his newly wedded daughter and Dalit son-in-law after inviting them under the pretext of presenting them a gift. While