The woman and Althaf had been friends on Instagram for the last three months and both belonged to the same town (Karkala).
As he completed one year in office on Thursday, the Chief Minister also gave a hundred out of hundred score for his government's performance.
Vishsveshwara Theertha Swami of the Pejawar mutt from the religious Udupi town in coastal Karnataka is trying to broker peace between the Janata Dal-Secular and the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka so that the two parties could get together and form the government.
From flattening Rahul Gandhi to ridiculing UPA's 'weak foreign policy', the charismatic Narendra Modi did not disappoint BJP supporters while addressing his much-anticipated rally at Mangalore.
From letting him off after questioning to delay in issuing a red corner alert numerous procedural lapses have ensured Indian Mujahideen founder Riyaz Bhatkal, wanted in many terror cases including last week's twin blasts in Hyderabad, still remains untraceable. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Rishab Shetty talks about his experience of multitasking as translator, associate director and actor in Kannada film Ulidavaru Kandanthe.
The members of the RSS' student wing holding their organisation's saffron flag stormed inside the compound of Jnanendra's bungalow at Jayamahal here and raised slogans like 'We want justice'.
'The wife will not only abuse her husband for giving her less money, but also abuse the government.' 'Look at the price of a cooking gas cylinder, it is Rs 1,200.'
According to the lawyers appearing for the petitioner girls from Udupi district, the matter pertaining to hijab case has been listed for Tuesday as serial No. 1 and the court may spell out the operative part of the verdict from 10.30 am onwards.
At present, the situation in Kerala is being monitored before any action can be taken, they said.
It was one of the most high profile cases that Karnataka had witnessed last year, the death of Padmapriya Bhat, wife of Raghupathy Bhat, MLA from Udupi District in Coastal Karnataka still remains a mystery although for all official purposes it is being termed as a suicide.
'After his warm and affectionate farewell speech, the Chief of Staff of the formation asked me, "So, now you are off to Coorg to look after your coffee estates?"' For the last time, in Army uniform and much to his surprise, I replied, "Sir, I am not from Kodagu.".'
After a series of deliberations, the BJP on Tuesday announced its first list of 189 candidates and a second list of 23 on Wednesday night.
Heatwave conditions have been prevailing in Odisha since April 15 and the Gangetic West Bengal since April 17, according to the MeT department.
Villpuram district in north Tamil Nadu continued to reel under unprecedented flooding on Monday following extremely heavy rainfall, virtually blocking access to villages and residential colonies as bridges and roads overflowed, inundating huge acreage of standing crops and leaving passengers stranded as rail and road traffic was hit.
The unconventional advertisement, originating from a family in Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district, aims to arrange a marriage for their deceased daughter, believing that her unmarried status in the afterlife may be causing ongoing misfortunes.
The police arrested six major associates of gangster Chota Shakeel in connection with an extortion racket in Mangalore on Thursday. This city in coastal Karnataka has been a talking point for a long time, and for all the wrong reasons. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
'Destabilising the Yediyurappa government is not a cakewalk.' 'If he is destabilised, then the BJP will have problems in Karnataka.'
The Karnataka high court on Friday said it has called for a report from the state government on the role of radical organisations behind the hijab controversy in the state.
How many more years, how many more states, how many more campaigns, how many more candidates can he ask votes for, before he or the voters or both tire?, asks Krishna Prasad.
"The season averaged maximum temperatures in Himachal Pradesh, West Rajasthan, Konkan, Goa, Coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Arunachal Pradesh are likely to be higher than normal by 0.5-1.0 degree Celsius," the Met department has said in its forecast.
Streets in localities like Hindmata, Dadar, Sion, King's Circle and Wadala are waterlogged. Suburban trains were running slow when reports last came in.
After a week's delay due to Cyclone Phet, the south-west monsoon finally restarted on its course on Monday, according to the India Meteorological Department.
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There is way too much being made out of this place and I can only say that by putting such baseless news, each one is only trying to tarnish the image of Bhatkal, says MLA J D Naik.
One person was killed and two others injured seriously when a Central Reserve Police Force personnel opened fire on a group of youths in Dharmasthala in coastal Karnataka on Friday.The incident took place while the youths were playing cricket at a local ground and the cricket ball hit one of the CRPF men. A heated argument broke out between the CRPF personnel and the youths. The locals reportedly pelted stones at the CRPF men, who retaliated by resorting to lathi charge.
Monsoon is likely to reach Maharashtra and Goa in the next two days, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday, with a private weather forecasting agency predicting sustained heavy rains later this week.
While the Delhi Police look for clues regarding explosives used in the blasts, another interesting point that has come out in the open is regarding a place called Suratkal being a transit point for the outlawed Students Islamic Movement of India.
The Southwest monsoon, crucial for agriculture across the country, has entered a weak phase and is expected to revive in the next two days. The weathermen have forecast strong westerly winds over the peninsular region, which is expected to aid the advance of monsoon in the next two days. Monsoon is expected to reach Mumbai by June 10.
Kerala and coastal Karnataka have been witnessing a strange kind of jihad, which has even drawn the attention of a high court. This jihad has been termed as 'Love Jihad.' At first, these were just random instances of conversion. However, now with the Kerala Catholic Bishop's Conference stepping in, it has become a full-fledged fight between two communities.
Challenging the government order restricting the use of any cloth that can disturb peace, harmony and, law and order, the girls who petitioned in favour of hijab requested the Karnataka high court on Monday to allow them to wear Islamic headscarves of the colour of the school uniform.
'The Hindu society has suffered a lot in the past. People are extremely hurt due to some unpleasant events'
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara has asserted there were no lapses on the part of the government in handling cases relating to the alleged sexual abuse of women by Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna and that the Special Investigation Team was probing them from all angles.
The issue of corporal punishment in schools has once again reared its ugly head in the country after the tragic death of a 14-year-old boy from Karnataka. Afzal Fayaz, a student of New English School from Honnavar, Uttar Kanannad in the coastal belt of Karnataka collapsed and died after he was ordered to jog around the school playground as punishment.
The government, however, made it clear entry into classrooms with hijab will not be allowed.
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'Monsoon today advanced into remaining parts of coastal Karnataka and sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim,' B P Yadav, director, Indian Meteorological Department, said.
Senior counsel S S Naganand, representing the Government PU College for Girls, its principal and a teacher, on Wednesday told the full bench, comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice J M Khazi and Justice Krishna S Dixit, that the hijab row was started by some students owing allegiance to CFI.
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A student cannot wear hijab to a secular school as a matter of right, Supreme Court judge Justice Hemant Gupta said on Thursday, insisting that they are required to follow the discipline of the school in the matter of uniform.
