Karnataka

Mangalore, August 2: The current age is the age of regional political parties rising to power and BSR Congress' will prove it by sweeping the upcoming Assembly elections, Sriramulu, the political heavyweight from Bellary and supremo of BSR Congress said. He was speaking at a convention in Mangalore on Thursday as part of his 'Swabhimani Sankalpa Yatre' in the coastal belt. Although a few regional

Mangalore/Udupi, August 2: The fishermen of Mangalore and Malpe coast offered Samudra Pooja (sea worship) by offering milk to the sea on Thannirbavi. The puja is offered by fishermen before resuming fishing activities after the monsoon break. In Mangalore, The Mangalore Yelu Patna Mogaveera Mahasabha organised a mass “samurda puja” at Tannirbavi. According to Mahasabha member Ratnakar Putran

Mangalore, August 2: In the backdrop of increasing moral policing in the region, a senior leader of the women's wing of Communist Party of India (Marxist) has described the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada as the most insecure and unsafe district in the entire Karnataka. “This is the most insecure and unsafe district, where a boy and girl are not allowed to go to college or travel together

Mangalore, August 2: In a new development, the Karnataka State Board of Wakfs has taken steps to recover embezzled funds at Katipalla Jumma Masjid, near here. The Board, which had filed criminal cases against the two former office bearers of the Jumma Masjid for alleged misappropriation of funds during the progress works of the mosque building, now issued notice as per the instructions of

Mangalore, August 2: The police are also involved in the homestay attack where students were assaulted by Hindutva activists, C Manjula, Chief of the Karnataka State Women's Commission, has alleged. Addressing mediapersons at a press meet in Mangalore on August 2, Ms. Manjula blamed the police department for the attack. “The locals had complained to the police about activities in the homestay

Mangalore, Aug 2: Even before the mortal remains of Bondala Jagannatha Shetty (45), who died in a road accident near Panemangalur on Tuesday night, was cremated at his native Shambur, conspiracy theories have started doing the rounds. It is a fact that Mr. Shetty had ruffled the feathers of the communal and fascist forces in the district through his outspoken views on secularism and human rights

Bangalore, August 2: Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court Vikramajit Sen has compared the Mangalore Homestay attack by Hindu Jagarana Vedike Activists to the molestation of a girl by a mob in Guwahati. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation filed by senior advocate S Vasudeva, on Wednesday Justice Sen observed that the Mangalore incident brought shame to everybody. He issued notices to the Home

Mangalore, August 2: Despite the manual scavenging being declared unlawful, yet another incident of a worker cleaning the sewage tank on CG Kamath Road in the city was reported on Wednesday. Sundara K, 35, a resident of Kodical, was seen clearing a block in the chamber leading to underground drainage network by drenching himself in the night soil. Sundara, who was an employee of the Mangalore City

Udupi, August 2: Pejawar Math seer Vishwesha Tirtha Swamiji has raked up a controversy by urging those who are condemning the attack on young men and women in Padil “to look into the other side of the story”. The seer, who is currently on Chathurmasa, broke his silence on thee issue, and called on all responsible people to examine the issue of the attack on the students at homestay in Mangalore in

Mangalroe, August 2: Nalin Kumar Kateel, Mangalore MP, on Wednesday presented the prestigious Malpe Shankaranarayana Samaga Award to Balipa Narayana Bhagawatha in Mangalore. Speaking on the occasion he said that artistes from Samaga family and Balipa family had devoted their life to Yakshagana. President of the Karnataka Yakshagana Bayalata Academy M.L. Samaga, speaking at the function, sought