Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 27: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) will discuss the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya at its three day conclave in this Karnataka port city beginning on Friday. The meeting of the right wing Hindu group’s 'Prabandh Samiti' as well as its 'Pravasi Mandal baithak' come ahead of the crucial meeting of its Margdarshak Mandal at Uttar Pradesh’s

Bengaluru, Dec 27: Former union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anant kumar Hegde has triggered a row by apparently referring to interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi as ‘Italian lady’ and ‘Italian mother’. Referring to Karnataka Congress leader DJ Shivakumar’s move to inaugurate the statue of Jesus Christ, Hegde tweeted in Kannada and said, “DK Shivakumar inaugurated the Christ

Dec 27: The southern state of Tamil Nadu has bagged the top position in the composite ranking for good governance index (GGI), followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka, according to data provided by the Personnel Ministry. Chhattisgarh has got the fourth position, followed by Andhra Pradesh (fifth), Gujarat (sixth), Haryana (seventh) and Kerala at the eight rank, it said. Madhya Pradesh is at the

Bengaluru, Dec 27: Ten people among 54, who had been stranded in Iraq for the past 15 days, returned to the city with the help of State Minority Commission, on Thursday. Police are yet to get details about the rest of the pilgrims. The accused Faheem Basha, (50), who owns a travel agency had sent the pilgrims to Iraq, without providing return tickets, accommodation, and food. He had taken money

Bengaluru, Dec 27: DK Shivakumar, seen as a frontrunner in the race to lead the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), on Thursday criticised attempts by some party colleagues to lobby for the position, terming them as blackmail. “The Congress cannot be blackmailed into doing something. It is not based on individuals and has its own ideology. You cannot expect the party to yield to any

Bengaluru, Dec 27: Sending out a stern warning, Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka on Thursday said the state government would emulate Uttar Pradesh and confiscate properties of those who caused damage to public properties during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Everyone has to obey the law of the land and not give an opportunity for such an action by the government, he told

New Delhi, Dec 26: There is a "reign of terror" in Uttar Pradesh where the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government is trying to crush the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) by "brazenly" targeting minorities, agitators and activists to suppress all kinds of dissent, a fact-finding team said on Thursday. The report by the 'Ham Bharat ke Log: National Action Against CAA', which is an

Kolkata, Dec 26: A day after the BJP-led Karnataka government ordered the withdrawal of Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia compensation announced for the families of two men killed in anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) stir in Mangaluru, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced Rs 5 lakh each for the kin of deceased -- Jaleel (43) and Nousheen (49). The Trinamool Congress chief made the

Dec 26: Three specially-abled children were buried up till the neck at Tajsultanpur village in Kalaburagi, during Solar Eclipse earlier today as their parents believed that the children will be cured of deformities after this. Three children who were kept in a pit for more than two hours were brought back to the surface only after the eclipse ended. A women activist of Janawadi Mahila Sanghatane

In a society besotted with superstitions of various types, kinds and hues the voices of reason have to be raised continuously to counter them. The annular solar eclipse of December 26th 2019 was a golden opportunity to doomsayers of the country. All sorts of natural disasters have been predicted along with personal problems for those with particular signs of the zodiac. To belie their own