Karnataka

New Delhi, Dec 2: Months after home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde created a political furore by saying RSS and BJP were "promoting Hindu terrorism", National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a youth wing leader from the saffron party in connection with the murder offormer RSS pracharak Sunil Joshi. This is the first arrest of a BJP leader in connection with Hindutva terror cases. Late on

Mangalore, Dec 1: Members of the Dalit community raised issues and sought intervention of the police department in allotting the'Depressed Class (DC) land' which is reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the district, at the SC/ST monthly grievance meeting in the SP's office here on Sunday. Speaking at the meeting chaired by Superintendent of Police Shantanu Sinha, Dalita

Udupi, Dec 1: Gopal Kharvy has entered Guinness Book of World record by swimming across a stretch of 3.08 kms with bound hands and legs. With hands and legs tied in chain, Kharvy swam from St Mary's island to Malpe beach in 2.43 hours on Sunday morning. Guinness Officer Pradeep Patel has confirmed the entry into the prestigious book of world records after witnessing the entire feat. The glorious

Kasargod, Dec 1: A 40-year old woman IT professional from Bangalore was allegedly raped at a backwater island resort near Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. Police are on the lookout for two persons involved in the incident. The woman had come to the star category resort at Pozhiyur, about 30km from Thiruvanathapuram, with a group of colleagues as part of an official trip and she was allegedly

Mangalore: Youth were asked to refrain themselves from indulging into any kind of immoral behavior so as to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS. December 1, which is marked as the World Aids Day, was observe meaningfully in Mangalore by Karnataka State Aids Prevention Society, Dakshina Kannada District Aids Control Society, Red Ribbon Clubs and National Service Scheme, Mangalore University, at

Abu Dhabi, Dec 1: Minister for Health, Government of Karnataka U T Khader took part in the 42nd UAE National Day celebration organized by Karnataka Cultural Foundation (KCF) National Committee, at Arab Udupi restaurant hall in Abu Dhabi and said that the celebration will boost the morale of the Indian Diaspora living in the UAE. He said that the organization must continue the good work, brushing

Abu Dhabi, Dec 1: U T Khader, Karnataka Health minister of Karnataka, who was on a short visit to the UAE was felicitated by Bearys Welfare Forum, Abu Dhabi. Responding to the felicitation, Mr Khader laid emphasis on the problems faced by community and society back home in India. He exhorted the community members to strive for a betterment of the society and work together to achieve success in all

Mumbai, Dec 1: The national airports operator Airports Authority of India (AAI) will soon install millimeter-wave technology-based full-body scanners at two non-metro airports on a trial basis, sources have said. So far, none of the 125 AAI-run and five privately-operated airports have such a crucial security equipment. "We have received two full-body scanners from GE Corp of the US, which we are

Abu Dhabi, Dec 1: Karnataka's Minister for Health U T Khader was all praises for the administrators of United Arab Emirates for their policies, which have made the nation, maintain friendly and cordial relationship with almost every other nation in the world. “It is this friendly policy that has helped the UAE tread the path of development,” said the Minister for Health adding that the nation has

Mangalore, Dec 1: The students of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts will turn to the'Yoga' with the aim of entering the Guinness Book of World Records. It is said that over one lakh students in the two districts will be made to perform'Surya-Namaskar' under the controversial programme'Yoga-2013' on December 11, simultaneously. The decision was taken during a meeting held by District in-charge