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Mangaluru, Aug 9: RSS veteran Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat has lashed out at Karnataka government for withdrawing financial grant, given through the Kollur Mookambika Temple, to two government-aided private schools managed by the Sri Rama Vidyakendra Trust. Bhat, who is alpha and omega of the Trust, accused Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai and chief minister Siddaramaiah of

New Delhi, Aug 9: Stress is one of the biggest enemies of Indian Army. According to a report, the 15-lakh strong armed forces losing over 100 personnel in stress-related deaths in the form of suicides and fragging or fratricide (to kill a fellow-soldier or superior) every year. There have been 44 suicides and a fratricide case in the Army alone this year. The defence ministry told Parliament on

New Delhi, Aug 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Union Minister Smriti Irani and BJP chief Amit Shah on being elected to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. While Mr. Shah made his maiden entry to the Rajya Sabha, Ms. Irani was reelected to the upper House in the polls held on Tuesday. “Congratulations to BJP president @AmitShah & ministerial colleague @smritiirani on getting

Ahmedabad, Aug 9: Congress candidate Ahmed Patel defeated the BJP nominee in a bitterly fought Rajya Sabha election in Gujarat after late night dramatic developments saw the Election Commission reject the votes of two dissident MLAs of the main Opposition party for violating electoral rules. Patel, political secretary to Congress president Sonia Gandhi beat Balwantsinh Rajput, till recently the

Ahmedabad, Aug 8: Counting of votes for the three Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat was delayed as the Congress moved the Election Commission seeking that votes of two party MLAs, who claimed to have voted for the BJP nominees, be declared invalid. The counting of votes was scheduled to start at 5 pm. The Congress claimed the two MLAs -- Raghavji Patel and Bhola Gohil -- belonging to Shankarsinh

Vijayapura, Aug 8: In a shocking incident, a notorious criminal facing several charges, was shot at by an unknown assailant inside the district court premises in broad daylight in the city on Tuesday. According to the police, around 10.30 a.m. when Bagappa Harijan (40) came to the court for a hearing of his cases, the assailant shot five rounds at him. They said that Harijan, who was out on bail

Udupi, Aug 8: Two leopards that entered into villages in different parts of Udupi district were rescued by the personnel of the Forest Department on Tuesday. In the first incident, a leopard entered the bathroom of Jayalaxmi Hansraj Sanil, vice-president of Alevoor village, at Kemthur in the early hours on Tuesday. Since the dogs were barking a lot, her husband Hansraj got up and found the leopard

New Delhi, Aug 8: In a fresh turn of events, the Shia Central Waqf Board of Uttar Pradesh today told the Supreme Court that a mosque could be built in a Muslim-dominated area at a reasonable distance from the disputed site in Ayodhya. The Board also told the apex court in an affidavit that the Babri Masjid site was its property and only it was entitled to hold negotiations for an amicable

New Delhi, Aug 8: Opposition Congress, supported by TMC and JD(U), today forced four adjournments of the proceedings in the Rajya Sabha over what it called as "biggest scam of this century" in the printing of two different kinds of 500 and 1000 rupee notes. Slogan-shouting Congress members trooped into the well even as Leader of the House and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the opposition party

Bengaluru, Aug 8: As many as 296 communal incidents took place across India in the first five months of this year with Uttar Pradesh topping the list. At least 44 people were killed and another 892 suffered injuries in these communal incidents. Among the 296 incidents reported this year till May, UP accounted for 60 of them while Karnataka registered 36. In UP, 16 people were killed and another