Karnataka

Lucknow, Nov 9: Chairperson Zafar Ahmad Farooqui of the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board, one of the main litigants in the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid case, on Saturday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict and said it has no plans to challenge it. "We welcome the Supreme Court verdict in the case. The Board has no plans to challenge it," he said. "As of now, the verdict is being studied

Mangaluru, Nov 9: Supreme Court Judge Justice S A Nazeer, who was a member of the five Judge constitutional Bench that pronounced the verdict on politically-sensitive and century-old Ram-Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit case, hails from Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district and is an alumnus of SDM Law College, here. Born in Moodbidri, Justice Nazeer practiced in the Karnataka High Court for 20

Bengaluru, Nov 9: BJP's Karnataka unit chief Nalin Kumar Kateel on Saturday urged members of all communities to help build the Ram Temple in Ayodhya considering it as the construction of 'Rashtra Mandir'. Terming the unanimous judgment delivered by the five-judge bench of Supreme Court historic, Kateel said the dispute pertaining to the birthplace of Lord Ram that persisted for five centuries has

Bengaluru, Nov 9: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday urged people of the state to "wholeheartedly welcome" the Supreme court verdict in the sensitive Ayodhya land dispute case, and not to react "emotionally." Yediyurappa said that the judgement is neither a victory nor a defeat for anyone. "Let us all wholeheartedly welcome the Supreme Court verdict. This is neither a victory for

New Delhi, Nov 9: The Supreme Court in a unanimous verdict on Saturday cleared the way for the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya, and directed the Centre to allot a 5-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque. In one of the most important and most anticipated judgements in India's history, a 5-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi

Bengaluru, Nov 9: Two Karnataka Premier League franchisees whose names have cropped up prominently in the ongoing match-fixing scandal in the T20 tournament, and who allegedly influenced cricketers CM Gautam and Abrar Kazi to fix matches, also own teams in the T10 League in Abu Dhabi that have some of international cricket’s biggest names on their roasters. Gautam, a former Karnataka Ranji captain

New Delhi, Nov 9: The Supreme Court on Saturday said the underlying structure below the disputed site at Ayodhya was not an Islamic structure, but the ASI has not established whether a temple was demolished to build a mosque. The observation by a 5-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, was made in its verdict in the politically sensitive case of Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri

Bengaluru, Nov 9: Security has been beefed up in all major cities and sensitive areas of Karnataka on Saturday ahead of the much awaited judgment on Babri Masjid land. The state government declared a holiday for all schools and colleges across Karnataka on Saturday, primary and secondary education minister S Suresh Kumar said on Friday. Sale of liquor will be banned from 6am on Saturday till

Jerusalem, Nov 9: Four members of an Indian family, including two children, detained in Israel for staying illegally are likely to be deported soon after the completion of formalities, officials here said amidst a crackdown on illegal migrant workers. Indian couple with two minor children were on Thursday arrested by Israel's immigration authority, according to a media report. Inspectors of the

New Delhi, Nov 9: The CBI on Friday conducted searches at 15 locations in Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, including the premises of some senior officers of Karnataka Police, in connection with the I-Monetary Advisory (IMA) ponzi scam, officials said. Multi disciplinary teams of the agency carried out searches at 11 places in Bengaluru and one each in Mandya, Ramanagara, Belgaum and one place in