Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 19: Police resorted to baton charge when a large number of people gathered in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner in the city today defying the prohibitory orders to register their protest against contentious Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens. When the protesters began to raise slogans against communal laws passed by the union government, the police

Bengaluru, Dec 19: Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday asked the JD(S) MLAs not to damage the party and choose a leader among themselves if they were unhappy with him. He also made it clear that he will not destabilise the BJP government in the state, which got a majority after winning 12 seats in the recent bypolls, describing it as stable and "pious." The former chief minister

Bantwal, Dec 18: Two people including a gram panchayat member lost their lives in a ghastly road mishap occurred today at Kelaginapete in Kanyana village near Vittal in Bantwal taluk. The deceased have been identified as Walter D’Souza (45), member of Kanayana gram panchayat and Wilson D’Souza, a resident of Panjaje village. The two were travelling on a motorbike which met with an accident. They

Mangaluru, Dec 18: Amidst mounting citizens’ opposition to the contentions Citizenship Amendment Act-2019, a prohibitory order has been imposed in Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate limits under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). A communiqué issued by the city police chief Dr P S Harsha states that the prohibitory orders will be in place from 9 p.m. on Wednesday, December 18

Udupi, Dec 18: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government, stabs Muslims directly and Hindus in the back, said activist and thinker Shivasundar. He was addressing a protest meet organised by the Udupi Zilla Muslim Okkoota against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner, here, today. He said

Mangaluru, Dec 18: Muslim organisations in Dakshina Kannada have decided to hold a massive protest against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) on December 28 in the city. The agitation will be held under the banner of Muslim Central Committee of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, and it will commence at 3 p.m., said Committee chairman KS Muhammad Masood

Vijayapura, Dec 18: Karnataka BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal on Tuesday called Congress leader Rahul Gandhi a 'Pakistan agent' and said that Congress is trying to provoke one community. "Pakistani agents (Congress) are misleading the people, Rahul Gandhi is basically from Pakistan and he is a Pakistani agent. Atrocities are taking place against Hindu girls in Pakistan, Afghanistan," Yatnal told

Mangaluru, Dec 18: Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Dr P S Harsha has issued a stern warning to people, including non-resident Indians, against spreading misleading and inciting messages over Citizenship Amendment Act-2019 (CAA) on social media platforms. Addressing a press meet at his office in the city today he said: “We have noticed that some people sitting in other countries are misleading

Belagavi, Dec 18: South Western Railway (SWR) Staff proved that they were also concerned about the welfare of the new born babies or orphaned kids besides looking after the interests of the travelling passengers by installing 'Love Cradle' in the Railway station in Karnataka’s Belagavi on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi inaugurated the 'Affectionate Cradle' in the

Bengaluru, Dec 18: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday said the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) would be implemented in Karnataka. His comments came at a time when several states, like West Bengal and Punjab, are refusing to implement the amended law amid protests against it. "We will implement the Citizenship Amendment Act in Karnataka," Yediyurappa told reporters here. The Chief Minister