Dakshina Kannada
- India
Praveen Nettaru case: NIA to seize properties of accused on failing to surrender
Dakshina Kannada: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) announced that it will seize properties that belong to the two key accused in the Praveen Nettaru murder case in Karnataka if they failed to…
- India
Praveen Nettaru murder case: NIA conducts searches for absconding suspects
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said that it conducted extensive searches at the residences of three fugitive suspects in connection with the Jult 2022 murder of BJP Yuva…
- Bangalore
Karnataka govt to distribute Rs 25L each to victims of revenge killings
Bengaluru: The ruling Congress in Karnataka will, on June 19, hand over cheques for Rs 25 each to the victims of alleged revenge and communal killings in the state’s Dakshina Kannada district.…
- India
Political murders in Dakshina Kannada: Cong leader seeks SIT probe
Mangaluru: Senior Congress leader B Ramanath Rai on Friday urged the state government to form a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the politically motivated’ murders that took place in the district…
- India
Karnataka: BJP, Bajrang Dal workers attacked with swords
Dakshina Kannada: A group of miscreants attacked a BJP worker and a Bajrang Dal activist with swords in the communally-sensitive Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday. The two injured persons have been identified…
- Hate Crime
Muslim student assaulted with rod for speaking to female Hindu friend in Karnataka
An 18-year-old Muslim young man was assaulted by Hindutva workers for hanging out with a Hindu woman in Puttur district, Dakshina Kannada. According to Puttur town police, Mohammad Parish, a first-year PUC student…
- India
Hijab not a major issue in coastal Karnataka election campaign
Mangaluru: The controversial issue of Muslim girls wearing ‘hijab’ in educational institutions, which hit national headlines last year with a government pre-university college in Udupi banning it inside classrooms, does not appear to…
- India
Hindutva activist lashes out against BJP for withdrawing security
Mangaluru: Hindu right-wing leader Satyajith Surathkal on Friday strongly criticised the state government’s decision to withdraw the security provided to him on account of the Assembly elections. Addressing reporters at the press…
- India
Karnataka: After denied a ticket, displeased BJP MLA Angara quits politics
Mangaluru: Minister and six-time MLA S Angara from Sullia constituency in Dakshina Kannada district announced his retirement from politics on Wednesday, a day after he was denied a ticket by the party for the May…
- India
Karnataka BJP MLA files police complaint after ‘indecent photos’ go viral
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP MLA Sanjeeva Matandoor on Thursday lodged a police complaint in connection with the release of his alleged indecent photographs with an unidentified woman in Dakshina Kannada district. Matandoor has…
- India
Karnataka: Hindutva groups perform Yagna on disputed Malali Masjid site
A yagna was performed by the various Hindutva groups at the disputed site of Malali Masjid in Mangaluru of Dakshina Kanada. Amongst the participants, BJP MLA Bharat Shetty and VHP leader Sharan…
- India
Killed Fazil to avenge Nettaru’s death, Hindus not weak: VHP leader
Provincial secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Sharan Pumpwell on Saturday admitted that the organisation was responsible for the death of a 23-year-old young man, Mohammed Fazil. On July 28 last year,…
- Hate Crime
NIA charge sheets 20 in Praveen Nettaru murder case
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against 20 members of the now-banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in connection with the murder of BJP Youth leader…
- India
Muslim youth beaten for roaming with minor Hindu girl in Karnataka
Dakshina Kannada: A Muslim youth was allegedly thrashed and handed over to police for wandering with a minor Hindu girl near a pilgrimage centre in Dakshina Kannada district on Friday in Karnataka.…
- India
Sangh Parivar ‘terrorists’ killing Muslims, Dalits in Karnataka, says SDPI
Dakshina Kannada: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on Friday came down heavily on Sangh Parivar and Karnataka’s ruling BJP as it staged a protest to condemn the recent murder of…
