Karnataka

Mangalore, January 21: In a new development, the vice-president of Sayyid Mohammed Shareeful Madani Darga and Juma Masjid, Ullal has tendered his resignation from the post protesting the alleged misuse of power and dictatorship by the Darga Committee President UK Monu. In his resignation letter addressed to the President UK Monu and other members of the Darga Committee, Abdul Rasheed, who was

Mangalore, January 2: “I would like to know whether Babar, who demolished Ram Mandir and built Masjid in the birth place of Ram, was your friend or enemy” this was one of the rhetorical questions posed by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad supremo Pravin Togadia to the saffron crowd that attended the Samajotsava at Nehru Maidan. “Surely he is enemy,” the crowd responded as many times as he repeated the

Mangalore, December 2: Despite the hatemongering speech by the Vishwa Hindu Parishat supremo Praveen Togadia, the saffron gathering dispersed almost peacefully from the Nehru Maidan on Sunday evening. The Hindu Samajotsava, which had turned the entire city into saffron, concluded at around 7:00 pm. Thousands of people, who had converged at Nehru Maidan dissolved immediately after Togadia ended his

Mangalore, January 2: Hardline Sangh Parivar leader Pravin Togadia on Sunday lashed out at Congress leaders including P Chidambaram, Rahul Gandhi and Digvijay Singh for their “support to Islamic terrorism” and declared that the Hindu organizations will build a grand Ram Mandir at Ayodhya within two years. Addressing the Hindu Samajotsava here at Nehru Maidan, in his characteristically aggressive

Mangalore, December 22: Saffron organisations are gearing up for the mammoth Hindu Samajothsava in the city to be organised under the banner of Sri Hanumad Shakthi Jagaran Samithi on January 2, as part of their non-legal battle to establish Ram Mandir at the site of demolished Babri Masjid in Faizabad. Addressing media persons here on Wednesday, Prof. M B Puranik, President of the district unit of

Udupi, December 21: “We need a religious India; not a communal India”, said Jnana Peetah Awardee Dr UR Ananthamoorthy. He was speaking after releasing the book 'Ananthamoorthy Maatukathe; Hatthu Samasthara Jothe', a collection of articles on Ananthamoorthy, edited by professor H Pattabhirama Somayaji, at a programme organized by Rathabeedi Geleyaru, here on Tuesday. “What I hate the most in Hindu

Mangalore, December 21: Similar and continuous threat calls from both local communal elements and underworld dons to a popular city based advocate are exposing the possible nexus between underworld and communal parties. Advocate Dinesh Hegde Ulepady told “Coastaldigest.com” that he has been receiving several threat calls since Saturday, December 18, from an underworld gang headed by Ravi Poojary

Mangalore, December 20: In a tragic incident, a student of a prestigious college of the city was drowned under mysterious circumstance in the Arabian sea off Thannirbavi. The deceased has been identified as Sudaiva (17), a first year PU student of Sharada College. He was the only son of HB Ganapthi Gowda and Meenakshi couple based in B Hosalli village of Mudigere Taluk in Chikmagalur district. The

Mangalore, December 19: Curtains came down on the 25-day long first World Konkani Cultural Convention on Sunday with veteran political leader L K Advani urging the Konkani speaking community to be proud of their mother tongue and its rich culture. Addressing thousands of people gathered to witness the grand valedictory ceremony of the unprecedented Konkani cultural gala at Nehru Maidan, here, the

Mangalore, December 15: 'Planet SKS', the tallest skyscraper of Mangalore, which is expected to be ready by 2014 on 4.25 acres of plot across the lush green landscape of Kadri Park, was launched at a colourful event on Wednesday evening. Mrs Susheela Shetty, Mrs Leelavathi Hegde and Mrs Vimala Shetty, mothers of three directors of SKS Netgate Pvt Ltd, the promoters, symbolically launched the