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Bengaluru, Dec 26: A 25-year-old youth on morning walk was trampled to death by a wild elephant near Torebekuppe village of Kanakapura taluk, Ramanagar district in the wee hours of Wednesday, triggering a protest by locals who blocked Kodihalli Main Road. The deceased has been identified as Chetan, son of Hombalegowda, priest of Kabbalamma temple in Torebekuppe village. Chetan and his three

Mysuru, Dec 26: The protests against CAA and NRC are going on mainly in BJP ruled states and not in non-BJP ruled states, former minister SA Ramadas said on Wednesday, seeking to give the issue a different spin. He said the agitation pattern indicates that the opposition parties are creating ruckus by misleading people about CAA and NRC. Ramdas, who is BJP MLA from Krishnaraja segment, conducted

Hubballi, Dec 26: Amid widespread outrage against the Citizenship Amendment Act (ACT) and growing apprehensions over the possibility of the carrying out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) across the country, BJP’s Bengaluru (South) MP Tejasvi Surya on Wednesday reiterated the saffron party’s commitment to see through the implementation of both. “The Centre is yet to draft rules for

Bengaluru, Dec 25: Amid nation-wide protests over the controversial citizenship law, the first detention centre in Karnataka, reportedly meant to lodge illegal immigrants and migrants overstaying in the country, has been opened in Sondekoppa village near here. The facility with several rooms, a kitchen and toilets has been kept ready on the directions of the government, a social welfare department

Udupi, Dec 25: The health condition of Pejawar seer Vishweshateertha is improving but he still needs life support system for a few more days.Manipal Group of Hospitals-Bengaluru Intensive Care Unit Pulmonary experts Dr Rajesh Shetty and Dr Satyanarayana said in a statement that the seer’s health had improved.The clogged arteries of the seer are opening up gradually. The MRI scan conducted on the

Mangaluru, Dec 25: The violent incidents during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Mangaluru on December 19 was part of a pre-planned conspiracy by the Opposition parties, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP and former state minister Shobha Karandlaje alleged Wednesday. Addressing reporters here, she congratulated the city police for quelling the disturbances in an effective manner. Hundreds of

Mangaluru, Dec 25: Several police officers who allegedly thrashed people and opened fire on December 19, have claimed that they have been receiving threatening calls from several places, including from abroad. Calls from abroad were made through the Internet, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. One of the officers who was at the Centre of action reportedly received several threat calls

Bengaluru, Dec 25: Some miscreants have attacked the state headquarters of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and set on fire several vehicles and other properties inside the premises of the party office in the wee hours on Wednesday. According to CPI sources, the miscreants armed with petrol bombs attacked the office and set on fire several vehicles parked at the party office. Nobody was hurt in

Mangaluru, Dec 25: Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on Wednesday demanded strict action against P S Harsha Mangaluru Police Commissioner, and other officers who were found guilty of letting the situation go out of hands on December 19, leading to violence and clashes between police and protesters in the city. Syed Ilyas Thumbay, State President of the party while addressing a press

Mangaluru, Dec 25: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday asserted that there were forces who conspired the violence and clashes between police and the protesters that broke out in the city on December 19. Speaking to the media here he said that the event were planned and executed systematically to trigger unrest in the region. Mr Yediyurappa added that those who tried to attack