Karnataka

New Delhi, Jan 2: The women wing of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Tuesday criticised the Triple Talaq Bill, which is likely to be tabled in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, stating that the "ill-drafted legislation gives a false sense of women empowerment". The Triple Talaq Bill makes the practice of instant divorce among Muslims a criminal offence with a provision of three-year jail

Mangaluru, Jan 2: A 24-year-old budding advocate, hailing from Vittla in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada passed away after a brief illness. Muhammad Shafi, son of K A Hasainar is the deceased. He is survived by his parents, two brothers and two sisters. After completing his graduation at Vivekananda Law College, Puttur, he was practicing under a senior advocate of Karnataka High Court. A few

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 2: Two women below 50 walked into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala before daybreak on Wednesday, becoming the first to do so since the Supreme Court ordered the end of a decades-old ban on women of menstrual age entering the shrine. The temple has been shut for ritual "purification". Bindu and Kanaka Durga, both in their early 40s, entered the hilltop shrine early this

Udupi, Jan 2: All efforts are being made to trace the boat from Malpe with seven fishermen onboard, which went missing off the Goa coast on December 15 last year, according Udupi-Chkkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje. The boat, Suvarna Tribhuja, had left the Malpe Fisheries Harbour with about 20 other boats for deep sea fishing on December 13. In a press release issued here, Ms Karandlaje said that

Mangaluru, Jan 2: The police have seized three trucks involved in the illegal transportation of sand at Tannirbavi on Tuesday and arrested two persons. The arrested are Kanakappa, 32, a resident of Kemtur, Udupi, and Ganesh G, 26, a resident of Katipalla. According to police, acting on a tip-off, they raided a place near Kudremukh Junction-Tannirbavi main road, and found sand mining taking place

Kalaburagi , Jan 2: Three Districts in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region reeling under extreme cold condition and temperature is falling below normal in Bidar, Kalaburagi and Raichur Districts. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) sources Bidar recorded 7 degree Celsius , which was 10 degree Celsius lower than average minimum temperature recorded during the same period in previous years

Belagavi, Jan 2: The newly inducted Congress Minister Satish Jarkiholi said that the Congress-JDS Coalition Government in Karnataka is stable and will complete full five year term. Addressing a press conference here, he said that "BJP leaders are trying to woo Congress and JDS legislators since last six month to destabilise but they will not succede and the Coalition government is becoming strong

Kozhikode, Jan 1: A 23-year-old worker of the Indian Union Muslim League lost both his palms and suffered injuries all over his body when a country bomb exploded at the compound of his house at Kakkuni in the district, police said. Two others, who were also injured in the explosion on Monday night, are absconding, they said, adding that a bomb had been recovered from the spot. Police suspect that

New Delhi, Jan 1: JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda on Tuesday said that he was the "accidental prime minister" and not former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Commenting on actor Anupam Kher's upcoming movie -- 'The Accidental Prime Minister', Deve Gowda questioned how Manmohan Singh was the accidental prime minister, when he ruled the country for 10 years, whereas he argued that he was in power for just

Kasaragod, Jan 1: Tension prevailed at Chettukuunu in Kasaragod district during the participation of women in the 620-km long Kerala state sponsored ''Women's Wall'' campaign to uphold gender equality and renaissance values. Reports reaching here said, a group of alleged BJP/RSS workers had pelted stones on the women volunteers who were arriving at the place to line up for the wall besides setting