Karnataka

Mangaluru, Nov 10: A young lawyer from coastal district of Dakshina Kannada was part of the panel of advocates that represented Sunni Wakf Board in the Babri Masjid land dispute heard in Supreme Court. 28-year-old Abdul Rahiman hails from Mura of Hirebandady in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada. Son of late Isubu Beary and Ameenamma, Rahiman is an alumnus of Hirebandadi Government School. He had

Chikkamagaluru, Nov 10: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Karnataka unit president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Sunday clarified that there is no misunderstanding between him and Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa. Speaking to media persons here, the state president said, “I and Yediyurappa have a very good relationship. Opposition party leaders are trying to create misunderstanding between us. Yediyurappa is

Bengaluru, Nov 10: Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah slammed the central government for withdrawing Special Protection Group (SPG) cover of AICC supremo Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. In his twitter missive, the former chief minister said, "Two of the Gandhi family member were assassinated and the family continues to be the target of

Jeddah, Nov 10: As many as 25 non-resident Indians including people from Karnataka and Kerala are languishing at the central prison in Saudi Arabian city of Taif. According to a report from the Indian diplomatic delegation, which visited the jail recently, 10 of the 25 Indian prisoners are from Kerala. Other inmates are from Karnataka, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab. Sanjay Sharma, vice

Bengaluru, Nov 10: The Karnataka Central Crime Branch (CCB), which is investigating into the match fixing in Karnataka Premier League (KPL), has on Sunday arrested a Haryana-based international bookie in connection with the betting scam and spot-fixing in the KPL. Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) said that this was another big arrest in the KPL match-fixing case. He said that

Bengaluru, Nov 10: Wife of former Karnataka Chief Minister J H Patel, Ms Sarvamangala died in her son’s residence here on Saturday night. She was 85. She was survived by two sons including former MLA Mahima Patel. The mortal remains will be taken to her native village Karagananur in Channagiri taluk, Davanagere district on Sunday and final rites will be held by the side of the Patel's Samadhi

Mangaluru, Nov 9: Former Karnataka minister and senior Congress leader U T Khader on Saturday warned against attempting to use the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya for political benefits. Addressing newsmen, here, the Congress leader, while welcoming the Apex court’s order on the Ayodhya Ram Mandir dispute case has said that ''those who try to use the verdict for political advantage should be

Bengaluru, Nov 9: Disqualified MLA Roshan Baig, who was expelled from the Congress for anti-party activities, on Saturday said he would volunteer for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. You (Hindus) build the Ram Temple. We will also volunteer. Please take us along. We will also ask you to join us to build the mosque on the land given to us. Together we build the mosque and temple, the

Bengaluru, Nov 9: The Congress in Karnataka on Saturday expressed hope that the ruling BJP would not use the Supreme Court verdict on the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case for gaining "political mileage" and would conduct "responsibly". ".. this should not be seen as victory of any party or an ideology or an organisation. It is a court verdict, not anyone else. Supreme Court, after

Bengaluru, Nov 9: The Sriram Sena chief Pramod Muthalik on Saturday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya dispute and termed it "historic". "It is a historic judgement. We welcome it," Muthalik told PTI. "It is a victory of Hindus after their 500 years of struggle and sacrifices", he said. Noting that the verdict has satisfied the "general sentiments", Muthalik appealed to the Centre to