Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 6: It’s official. Muslims in coastal Karnataka and Kerala will fast on Monday, May 6, official declaration by Twaka Ahmed Musliyar, khazi of Mangaluru. Ramzan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting to commemorate the first revelation of Quran to Muhammad according to Islamic belief and lasts 29 to 30 days depending on

Bengaluru, May 6: A tweet by Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Tipu Sultan triggered a war of words between senior Congress leader Siddaramaiahand BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Sunday, with the former saying he was not the one to "eat biryani" with the premier of an enemy country. Paying tribute to Tipu Sultan, Khan tweeted on Saturday, saying he admired him because "he preferred freedom and died fighting

Bengaluru, May 5: Hundreds of students from Karnataka missed the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) on Sunday as their train reached Bengaluru an hour after the scheduled reporting time for the exam, officials said. A delayed Hampi express train and change of examination centres reportedly without any prior information prevented a large number of students from appearing for NEET 2019 in

Mangaluru, May 5: A group of Muslims gathered outside the Milagres Church in Mangaluru on Sunday in an expression of solidarity with Christians and victims of the serial blasts that rocked churches in Sri Lanka last month. They offered dates and water to Christians, who walked out of the church after attending the Sunday morning mass. Local Muslim activists Asif Deals and Saif Sultan decided to

Mangaluru: The ‘Fern Doctor’ of Mangaluru, Professor Smitha Hegde has now launched a crusade against felling of trees by developing a Quick Response (QR) Code to save the city, some greenery. The Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research (NUCSER) Professor Dr Smitha Hegde has involved her students to develop the code for all the trees on the campus. As many as ten students have

Udupi, May 5: Former minister and Congress leader Pramod Madhwaraj has said that he would move the Supreme Court seeking a probe into the capsize of fishing boat Suvarna Tribhuja, and compensation for the families of the seven missing fishermen if the Navy does not pay the compensation. Addressing presspersons here, Mr. Madhwaraj said that he believed that the fishing boat had sunk 33 km off the

Multi-lingual actor Prakash Raj aka Prakash Rai began his week-long campaigning for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the national capital on Saturday and urged people to come together to reclaim the republic. Prakash Raj, who contested in the Lok Sabha elections from the Bengaluru Cental Lok Sabha seat as an Independent candidate, termed both Congress and BJP as jokers. "I am very happy, proud and I

Mangaluru, May 4: In a freak accident, two youngsters were killed and two others injured when a huge tree fell on a car near Dharmasthala on the outskirts of the city on Saturday evening. The Belthangady police have given the names of the deceased as Vignesh, 21, of Ninnekallu, and Kshitij Jain, 24, of Madantyar. The police said that Vignesh and Jain were travelling from Dharmasthala to Ujire

Bengaluru, May 4: A high alert has been sounded in Bengaluru and other major cities in Karnataka on Saturday following intelligence reports over the possibility of terror operatives involved in Sri Lanka serial blasts entering the state. City Police Commissioner T Suneel Kumar said it was a general precaution taken by the police and various places like railways stations, Bus terminals, airports

Bengaluru, May 4: Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in the Karnataka Legislative Council Kota Srinivasa Poojary has charged that the Home minister M B Patil, is misusing the Police department to book cases against the BJP workers in the state. Addressing newsmen here on Saturday, the BJP leader warned that if Home minister continue to target the BJP workers, a state-wide agitation