Karnataka

Bangalore, Jan 14: American evangelist Benny Hinn has cancelled his Bangalore visit days after there were widespread protests against a convention he was slated to hold. Additional Commissioner of Police (Law & Order), Kamal Pant has confirmed it to the media. Benny Hinn will not be a part of the prayer meet in Bangalore that is scheduled to start on Wednesday. The Bharatiya Janata Party and

Muzaffarnagar, Jan 14: The special investigation team probing Muzaffarnagar riots has identified 22 out of 27 accused in six gang-rape cases in Phugana village here and asked the local police to arrest them. Cases were registered against 27 people separately, out of which 22 have been identified by SIT and remaining five are under investigation, police said. Six women had lodged complaints that

Bantwal, Jan 14: According to a complaint registered in Bantwal Rural police station on Monday, suspected members of a saffron group barged into the house of a pick-up truck driver, allegedly assaulted his family members and threatened them. When Damodar, a resident of Kenjilapadavu in Ira village, was washing his pick-up truck on Sunday evening, six suspected Bajrang Dal members arrived at his

Mangalore, Jan 14: A large number of Muslims across coastal Karnataka celebrated the Eid Milad, the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammed on Tuesday. Mosques, dargahs and madrassas have been decked with flags, buntings and banners to mark the day, considered by a section of Muslims to be the most blessed in Islamic calendar. Madrasa children took out Milad rallies in various parts of the city

Udupi, Jan 14: A police constable from the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) shot himself and committed suicide in Jaddinagadde near Amasebail in Kundapur taluk in Udupi district on Monday night. The deceased constable is Albert D'Souza (35) resident of Belthangady in Dakshina Kannada. It is said that he shot himself with a gun in the middle of the forest on Monday night. The definite cause for his suicide

Udupi, Jan 14: The girl whose pictures in semi-nude posture, along with her boyfriend, was posted on Facebook has been kept under suspension by her college. The photographs were allegedly posted by her boyfriend on Facebook. Poornaprajna College principal K Sadashiv Rao said that the girl was suspended by the college on January 9, when it realised that the incident had taken place with her

Mangalore, Jan 14: A minor fire broke out at the junction box of the conditioning unit of Syndicate Bank branch on Monday night. District Fire Officer Shivappa Gowda who was at the spot manning the operations said that the junction box was kept at a congested place, where it was difficult even a person to approach. Though there was no fire in the building, the indirect loss due to soot and smoke

Mangalore, Jan 13: Having formed a group called 'M Friends' on a mobile platform 'Whatsapp' in January last year, around 50 members provide service to the society by conducting health camps and awareness programmes to benefit the poor among the local communities in Bantwal. The group organised a free health awareness camp at Vogga in Bantwal taluk on Sunday. A medical relief fund was created for

Bangalore, Jan 13: Lorry owners in Karnataka today called off their strike after a meeting with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah but sand transporters would continue with the stir till the government's final decision on the permit issue. Siddaramaiah held a meeting of lorry owners and agents associations in a bid to end the state-wide transport strike launched on the midnight of Saturday in support of

Mangalore, Jan 13: In the wake of heightened communal hatred in the coastal district following recent untoward incidents and provocative speeches, the District Congress Committee in Dakshina Kannada has come out with the plan to hold a series of awareness meetings to strengthen the party and promote harmony. Addressing the media persons on Monday, the party district in charge president Kodichal