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Shivamogga: Karnataka police arrested five Bajrang Dal members for attacking a meat vendor who refused to sell non-halal meat. This incident took place in Bhadravathi, Shivamogga District of the state. The assault took place on Thursday when some Bajrang Dal members were campaigning against halal meat. During the campaign, they argued with the vendor, Tousif demanding non-halal meat. When the vendor asked them to go to another shop, they started assaulting him. Following the incident, an FIR has been registered against the members. Later, five members of the group has been arrested. 5 #BajrangDal members arrested in #Shivamogga 4 abusing & attacking meat stall owner Tousif.Dal members demanded Tousif to provide non #Halal meat.When Tousif said to go to another shop for non halal meat.He was assaulted.Same group went to other shops demanding nonhalal meat. pic.twitter.com/o5H3wrFe50 — Imran Khan (@KeypadGuerilla) April 1, 2022 In another incident that took place in t

Bengaluru: After calls for ban on halal products in Karnataka grew, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said that the state government would spell out its stand after studying the issue. In the latest campaign targeting Muslims, Hindu organisations and BJP leaders in the state have begun raising objections to sale of halal meat to Hindus. The development comes in the wake of the recent ban calls made by the right wing groups on Muslim shops and stalls at Hindu religious fairs and temple premises in the coastal regions of Karnataka. Halal meat is prepared as per Muslim religious rites and all Muslims are supposed to consume only halal meat. With the meat and poultry sold in Muslim shops also prepared as per halal customs, right-wing organisations are calling on Hindus to boycott such shops. They describe sale of halal meat to Hindus as a form of economic jihad. “The issue has to be studied in its entirety,” Bommai told media persons on Wednesday. The Chief Minister said th

Shivamogga: A chicken shop owner has been reportedly assaulted by right-wing goons in Bhadravathi city of Shivamogga District, Karnataka. The goons who are the regular customers of the shop have demanded non-halal meat. When the shop owner, Syed Ansar refused to sell non-halal meat, the goons started assaulting him and his cousin Tausif. Ansar is running the chicken shop at Shivaji Circle in Bhadravathi for the last five years. Chicken shop owner Syed Ansar claims Right Wing goons assaulted him & his cousin Tausif. He claims, They visited the shop & asked for Chicken without halal, when the owner refused, They assaulted & forced them to close the shop. People who assaulted them were their old customers pic.twitter.com/FZyb45z6iO — Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) March 30, 2022 Demand to ban halal meat After the Hijab row, the right-wing groups in Karnataka are demanding a ban on halal meat. It is being claimed that halal is economic jihad. Hindu Jagruthi Samithi,

Mysuru : The death of a student appearing for the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC, Class 10) examination due to heart attack has triggered a debate in Karnataka over the ‘inhuman’ and ‘negligent’ approach of the invigilator and authorities of the education department, as shocking details emerge in the case. The incident occured at T. Narasipur town in Mysuru district on Monday when Anushree was writing the exam at a centre in Vidyodaya College. The parents of the deceased student, as well as the public, are slamming the ‘negligent’ and ‘inhuman’ attitude of the invigilator for taking back her answer sheet one hour after the exam started, and for asking her to go to another examination centre to write her paper afresh. Many organisations are slamming the authorities for causing strain to the student, resulting in the heart attack. Anushree, a student of Madapura High School, collapsed while rushing towards another examination centre on Monday. It has come to light that

Bengaluru: Seven teachers who were on examination duty have been suspended for allowing Hijab-clad girls to appear for the exam. The teachers were on the duty at CS Patil girls high school located in Gadag, Karnataka. Seven teachers suspended in #Gadag #Karnataka for allowing girl students wearing #Hijab to appear for exams. Incident happened at CS Patil girls high school. The seven teachers were invigilators. And since they allowed girl students to appear with head scarf. They were suspended. — Imran Khan (@KeypadGuerilla) March 30, 2022 Earlier, an invigilator, Noor Fatima was suspended after she refused to take off her hijab while conducting the SSLC (Class 10) exams at KSTV High School. Meanwhile, section 144 was clamped in and around 3,444 examination centres across the state and tight police security was deployed at all examination centres to avoid any showdown or untoward incidents. As many as 60,000 government officers monitored the examinations. Hijab ban contr

Bengaluru : Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai stated on Tuesday that ‘Shaadi Mahals’ which have been established for conducting the marriages of the poor people belonging to the minority communities would be closed. He also clarified that there is no proposal to stop scholarships for students from such communities. Replying in the Legislative Council to a question in this regard by the opposition Congress leader B.K. Hariprasad, Bommai clarified that there was an attempt made earlier to stop scholarships of school children and for higher education. But, nothing will be stopped, he assured. Also Read Karnataka not to take over madrasas, will retain lesson on Tipu Sultan Hariprasad had told Bommai that let the government do anything over the hijab issue, but it should not stop scholarships to minority students. “The scholarships to minority students are being stopped,” he claimed. Bommai stated that he would allocate Rs 100 crores for the scholarships and won’t stop them

Bengaluru : Karnataka Education Minister B.C. Nagesh has clarified that there is no proposal before the government to take over Madrasas, where minority Muslim students study. “We have not discussed anything with Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in this regard,” he said. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Nagesh, however, said that the required education and skill set is not being imparted to students in madrasas. The education imparted is not suitable for the competitive world. If they (madrasas) come forward, it can be considered, he said. The students studying in madrasas should get the education that is being provided to other children. The curriculum which is taught in the education department is not there in madrasas, Nagesh said. The minority department is running madrasas. The children studying there should become doctors, artists and engineers like any other students, he underlined. Commenting on rumours of the lesson on erstwhile king of Mysuru, Tipu Sultan being dropped

Bengaluru : The victim in a landmark judgment case which ruled that sexual assault even by the husband is rape, has appealed to other sufferers to speak up if they are going through a similar traumatic experience. On March 24, Karnataka High Court Justice M. Nagaprasanna dismissed the petition of the accused husband in the case seeking to quash the legal proceedings against him. The judge had pronounced that sexual assault even by the husband is rape. In the order the bench has noted that Section 375 (rape) of the IPC is not progressive but regressive. Speaking to IANS, the young victim who got relief by the verdict shared her experience of brutal sexual assault by her husband. “I was quiet regarding the matter for 11 years,” she said. “I had become a sex slave to my husband right from the day of my marriage. I was compelled and forced to have unnatural sex by imitating sex films. My husband forced me to have sex even after my pregnancy and continued to have sex even after my baby

Bengaluru: Two officers attached to the Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) were arrested, but released the same day by the Karnataka Police in connection with the electric transformer blast case in which a father and daughter riding a scooter were burnt to death in Bengaluru’s Manganahalli on March 23. The arrested persons, identified as Dinesh, an Assistant Engineer and Mahantesh, a junior engineer, were both working for Bescom. The police arrested them on Monday and released them on station bail by the evening. The family of the victims and eyewitnesses have alleged gross negligence on the part of Bescom authorities. Though the local residents had lodged a complaint regarding the oil leakage from the electric transformer the staff allegedly turned a blind eye resulting in the tragic mishap. The department has ordered an inquiry into the incident following the incident. One of the accused officers, Dinesh, was transferred to the division a month ago. The locals said th

Bengaluru : First day of the SSLC (Class 10) exams was conducted peacefully across Karnataka amid hijab row. Most of the students gave their exams in uniform and only a few abstained and some were sent back for wearing hijab. The Department of Education has suspended an invigilator for refusing to take off hijab while conducting the examination at KSTV High School. Noor Fathima, who was on exam duty, came clad in a hijab. When she was asked to remove it, she refused and was later sent back from the examination centre and suspended, sources in the education department said. One of the students who came for exams wearing hijab in Ilakal Government School in Bagalkot district decided not to appear for the same when she was asked to remove it. In another incident, 6 fake candidates including a girl student appearing for exams on behalf of other students were detained by the police in Chikodi city of Belagavi district. The authorities caught them while inspecting their hall tickets. An

Hassan : The JD(S) has strongly condemned the Income Tax Department notice to former Prime Minister Deve Gowda’s wife Chennamma. Deve Gowda’s son H.D. Revanna on Monday said that this is nothing but political vendetta. “I-T notice has been issued to the wife of former PM seeking all details pertaining to the property. Has my mother and father amassed wealth of crores of rupees? I have also grown potatoes earlier. Now I have grown sugarcane. They have issued notice and we will reply to that,” Revanna said. “Look at the vendetta politics by the ruling BJP. Regional Transport Officers (RTO) have amassed hundreds of crores. Who will issue notice to them? How much wealth they have amassed till date?” he questioned. Also Read Flight services resume from Puducherry to Hyderabad and Bengaluru “They are issuing notices after witch hunting JD(S) leaders. A time will come and we will give befitting reply,” he said. Revanna, turning his focus on demand for ban on Muslim traders from the

Puducherry: Flight services from Puducherry to Hyderabad and Bengaluru resumed on Sunday after being suspended for two years following the outbreak of the pandemic Covid-19. Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan travelled on the first flight to Hyderabad from Puducherry, on Sunday, after a two years gap. The Governor said that the resumption of flights from the Union Territory to Hyderabad and Bengaluru will boost the development of the UT, especially tourism. and daily direct flights between the UT and Hyderabad will increase the connectivity and bonding between the people. “The UT administration has requested the Civil Aviation Ministry to allocate land for the expansion of the runway here. This expansion will also benefit the people of Tamil Nadu to increase the inflow of tourists,” said Dr Soundararajan. She was received by UT CM N Rangasamy, he offered her a bouquet and a shawl in a welcoming gesture. Besides the CM, Minister

Bengaluru:  It is going to be a litmus test for the Bommai-led BJP government in Karnataka as 8.73 lakh students will appear for the crucial SSLC (Class 10) exams from Monday amid the hijab row. The conducting of exams has assumed significance as the state government has said a strict no to hijab after the High Court ruling, and the exams are being conducted in the normal pattern after the 2-year pandemic disruption. Section 144 has been clamped in and around 3,444 examination centres across the state and tight police security cover has been arranged in the vicinity of all examination centres to avoid any showdown or untoward incidents. As many as 60,000 government officers will monitor the examinations. The first language test will be held on Monday. A total of 8,73,846 students have enrolled for the SSLC exams this academic year among which, 4,52,732 students are male and 4,21,110 are female, four students belong to the third gender and 5,307 are specially abled. The state govern

Bengaluru: Senior BJP leader and Member of Karnataka Legislative Council (MLC) H Vishwanath asked state question whether it can provide jobs to NRIs if Muslim countries start sending them back. This question comes in view of the recent controversy that triggered after instances of Muslim traders being barred from setting up shops and stalls in some temple premises and religious gatherings in Karnataka’s coastal districts came to the limelight. Recently, Hindu activists in the Madikeri district of the state on Saturday staged a protest by sitting on the ground to vacate Muslim merchants from carrying out their business in a convention organized at Shanivarasante of Somavarapet taluk. The move to ban Muslim traders from Karnataka temple fairs has spread to more districts of the state and is likely to snowball into a major crisis in the coming days. The trend which surfaced in coastal districts and capital Bengaluru has made its way into Hassan, Tumakuru, Chikkamagalur and Shivamogg

Hubballi : Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday has called upon SSLC (class 10) students to write their exams without any fear. Speaking to reporters against the backdrop of SSLC exams starting from Monday, he said, all arrangements have been made for smooth conduct of exams. “Write exams without bothering about anything and make your careers,” he said. Education Minister B.C. Nagesh had earlier announced that students wearing hijab will not be allowed to appear in the exams. Opposition leader Siddaramaiah has urged the government to consider permitting students wearing dupattas around their head to write exams. Also Read Hijab ban: Shed ego, attend exams, Karnataka minister BC Nagesh tells students Congress State President D. K. Shivakumar has appealed to parents as well as the ruling BJP government to convince students about the High Court verdict and see to it that their career is not affected. The state government has clamped prohibitory orders in and arou

Bengaluru:  Karnataka is witnessing unprecedented communal polarization before the next Assembly elections scheduled for May 2023. Analysts have raised concerns that it is the first time in the 75 years of the post-independence period that such deep polarization is taking place in the state known for its harmony. First it was the cow slaughter ban, then the anti-conversion bill, later the hijab row; then it was the murder of Bajrang Dal activist Harsha followed by the proposal to introduce the Bhagavad Gita in the school syllabus; strict implementation of the hijab verdict by not allowing Muslim students wearing hijab into exam rooms; announcement on celebration of Ugadi festival as ‘Dharmikadina’ (religious day); ban on Muslim traders at Hindu religious fairs and temples for protesting against the High Court verdict on wearing the hijab. There was also a slew of supportive announcements by the ruling BJP on these measures, seemingly for the polarization of the majority Hindu votes

Davanagere : Days after Karnataka Chief Minister’s political secretary MP Renukacharya was accused of obtaining a fake SC certificate to reap government benefits, he slammed the Congress party for giving a call for Karnataka bandh over hijab row and said that the party focuses on a particular vote bank. Congress members in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Wednesday demanded action against BJP Legislator and Chief Minister’s Political Secretary M.P. Renukacharya for allegedly obtaining a Scheduled Tribe certificate for his daughter. Speaking on this issue to reporters today, Renukacharya instead started pointing fingers at the behaviour of the Congress party in the state recently and said, “Despite respecting the law of land, a few anti-national organisations had given a call for Karnataka bandh. Can our state government tolerate this? They (Congress) give a call for the Karnataka bandh. Is our country Pakistan or Bangladesh or any other Islamic country? We won’t tolerate this.”

Hubballi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Karnataka on April 5 to launch a slew of special programmes for the development of the State, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said. Bommai was speaking to media persons at Hubballi airport on Saturday. He further said that Union minister for Home and Cooperation Amit Shah is set to visit the State on April 1. Shah is keen to bring major reforms in the Cooperation sector and the state government is set to start ‘Ksheera Abhivridhi Bank’, he said. Shah would launch the Logo of the ‘Ksheera Abhivridhi Bank’ and the Yeshaswini programme during his visit. A huge convention is being organised as part of the launch programme as it would give a big boost for the dairy sector, Bommai said. Speaking about the cabinet expansion, he said that the issue will have to be discussed with the party top brass in Delhi. “I will go to Delhi when the leadership calls me,” he said. Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology

Bengaluru : The Karnataka government has decided to celebrate Jagadguru Sri Renukacharya Jayanthi every year on March 16. The Akhil Bharata Veerashaiva Mahasabha of Kalaburagi had appealed to the State government to celebrate his Jayanthi as a government programme. Following this, the Department of Kannada and Culture issued the orders acceding to the demand to celebrate the Jayanti of Jagadguru Sri Renukacharya. The government of Basavaraj Bommai issued an order to this effect today. Jagadguru Sri Renukacharya has presented a great epic ‘Siddantha Shikhamani’ to society. He preached the ideals of social harmony and brotherhood to the people. Jagadguru has lakhs of devotees all over the country including Karnataka. Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS .

Bagalkot: Bagalkot Police arrested a youth for threatening Karnataka BJP MLC D.S. Arun, son of former chairman of the state legislative council D.H. Shankarmurthy. In order to commit the crime, the youth, Siddharoodha Srikant Nirale had created a fake profile on Facebook in the name of Mushtaq Ali after downloading pictures of a random person. Using Facebook, he used to even spread hatred. After the murder of a Bajrang Dal activist Harsha in Shivamogga, he had posted many communal comments. A hateful comment was also posted on Arun’s social media profile. Bagalkot police arrested Siddharoodha Srikant Nirale, who created a fake online identity of a Muslim youth 'Mushtaq Ali' to threaten a BJP legislator and post series of hateful comments against Hindus. pic.twitter.com/jk7aj9Um8K — Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) March 24, 2022 Based on MLC’s complaint, the cyber, economics, and narcotics police wing in Shivamogga came into action. On the other hand, some activists al

Bengaluru:  Karnataka Minister and senior BJP leader K S Eshwarappa on Thursday claimed that all Muslims and Christians in the country will associate themselves with the RSS, some day in the future. The Rural Development Minister’s statement came during a discussion in the legislative Assembly, when the Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri used the term “Our RSS” and that a day would come when opposition legislators would also say the same, to which Congress legislators expressed reservation. Today or tomorrow all the #Muslims and #Christians will become #RSS . : #Karnataka RDPR minister #KSEshwarappa in assembly today. #AssemblySession #BudgetSession #VidhanSoudha pic.twitter.com/inN2pbAyJr — Safa 🇮🇳 (@safaperaje) March 24, 2022 It all started when Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah made a reference to the saffron organisation, while speaking about his personal equations with some BJP leaders and Ministers. “Personal relations are important, th

Haveri : Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot on Thursday visited the family of Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, the student of Medicine who lost his life in Kharkiv city of war-torn Ukraine during Russian shelling. Governor Gehlot paid floral tributes to the portrait and condoled the death of Naveen at his residence in Chalageri village near Ranibennur in Haveri district. He also consoled his family members. Shekarappa, father of Naveen said that the Governor had given gold medal to his elder son Harsha. Now, he has remembered it and expressed his sadness over the death of Naveen, a talented student, he said. He further stated that the Governor told him that he was supposed to visit Naveen’s home on March 21 when his body arrived from Ukraine. But, due to pre-arranged event in Madhya Pradesh he couldn’t make it. “The governor has assured us not to worry and the government is with the family,” he said. Naveen had died on March 1 when he came out of bunker to get food for himself

Bengaluru: A hijab-wearing student Lamya Majeed, an MSc Botany post-graduate student of the University of Mysore has bagged seven gold medals and two cash prizes, at the varsity’s 102nd convocation on Tuesday. Lamya hails from Mangalore, Karnataka, the state which was engulfed by the hijab row until recently, is currently working on her master’s thesis at the University of Mysore. She is hoping to pursue her Ph.D. in a foreign university. Also Read Karnataka: People praise hijabi student Bushra Mateen after she wins 16 gold medals Speaking to the media, Lamya said, “I am interested in plant pathology and plant disease. If I get any chance to go abroad for more research work I will go. But my intention is to help farmers and agriculture.” Lamya has already cleared the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (Gate). Here are some reactions Again and again,it's witnessed that #Hijab is not an obstacle to #education Thousands of hijab-wearing students like #Bushra M

Bangalore : The founder of Helping Citizen A Alam Pasha on March 22 visited Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), Hyderabad to submit evidence related to the IMA scam. Alam Pasha who is known as Helping Citizen is an Indian Social activist. He is known for cleaning corruption and castism in Karnataka, India. He played a large part in the 2013 – 2021 Karnataka anti-corruption movement. He is the petitioner before Apex Court for Airlifting 2,800 Indian Students from Poland–Ukraine. IMA scam Karnataka-based I-Monetary Advisors (IMA), an investment firm purportedly run in compliance with Islamic banking rules, collapsed in May 2019 after it could not repay either the deposits or dividends on the deposits it had illegally accepted. IMA jewel ponzi scam had duped several thousands of investors to the tune of over Rs 15,000 crore. The prime accused Mohammed Mansoor Khan, managing director and chief executive officer of the IMA Group of companies, at the time of his arrest, had all