Karnataka

Puttur, Feb 5: A few Kannada television channels and newspapers in coastal Karnataka have triggered a controversy by terming a local cleric's advice to students as 'Fatwa'. Muslim organizations in Mangalore have dubbed the reports as “ignorant and malicious” Muhammad Kunhi, a well-known Muslim cleric in Mangalore and manager of Shanti Prakashana speaking to Coastaldigest.com said that media are

Mangalore, Feb 5: Residents of Ullal Mogaveera Patna were in for a rude shock on Wednesday morning when they woke up to find their ransacked homes, smashed car and damaged boats. Miscreants targeted three houses belonged to Varija, Dharmavathi and Shanthavathi and cars parked in the locality in the wee hours. Two boats were also damaged at Kotepura. Further investigation is on to identify the

Bangalore, Feb 5: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday pulled up the Police Department for what he said its lack of professionalism and expressed serious concern over the growing crime rate that was affecting the credibility of not only the police but also the State government. Inaugurating a three-day annual conference of senior police officers at the police headquarters here, Mr. Siddaramaiah

Mysore, Feb 5: The two courted each other for a few years. The man knew his lover was married and had two children. Still they decided to enter into wedlock after Ranjith, a resident of Aleem Nagar in N R Police limits, became Syed Asif. The troubles started after Rafeena wanted her husband Syed Asif to undergo circumcision. But Asif was not willing for the medical procedure. As Asif was getting

Manjeshwar, Feb 5: Four persons have been arrested in connection with murder of Azeez Paivalike Balige on January 25. The arrested are Ammi alias Hameed (30) of Asmimkana, Paivalike, Shafi alias MLA Shafi (23) of Kalai, Muhammad Rafeeq (23)of Thalakki Salethoor and Shafi alias Chotu Shafi (23) of Paivalike. Kumble police led by Circle Inspctor C B Thomas arrested them at Anekallu Bakrabeilu in

Mangalore, Feb 5: Customs officers arrested three persons for allegedly smuggling in gold in three separate cases and recovered nearly 2.2 kg of gold. Bahseer Choori Abdul Rahiman had allegedly concealed 13 gold coils in electric hot plate. Nazar Thakkupuram had allegedly concealed 699 grams of gold wires in an aluminium frame. Abdul Sathar had allegedly concealed 491.6g of gold wires in two

SWAMIJI KO BULAO,” the jailer ordered. Call the Swami. Two police constables scurried out of the jailer's office and onto the grounds of the prison. A deafening noise reverberated through the room, as if a hundred men outside the walls were howling at the same time. It was visiting hours in late December 2011 at Ambala's Central Jail. After a few minutes, Swami Aseemanand, the Hindu firebrand

Bantwal, Feb 4: Following the death of four persons from the same family in a ghastly road mishap, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim paid a condolence visit to the Bantwal government hospital on Tuesday afternoon to learn more about the family and the deceased. He enquired about the mishap with the police, and informed about writing a letter to the government asking for financial

Mumbai, Feb 4: Shiv Sena activists Tuesday disrupted a media gathering, vociferously protesting the presence of Pakistani musicians at the Press Club here. Shortly after the programme to launch the first joint India-Pakistan band comprising musicians from the two countries started, a large group of Shiv Sena activists barged inside the club carrying party flags. They raised slogans against

New Delhi, Feb 4: Microsoft on Tuesday named Hyderabad-born Satya Nadella as its new CEO after days of contract negotiations to head the global IT giant. Nadella is the third leader in the 38-year history of the company. Microsoft made the announcement five months after Steve Ballmer said he was retiring, giving the company a year to look for a successor. “Microsoft is one of those rare companies