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Bengaluru: A controversy has erupted in Karnataka over the state’s ruling BJP government’s decision to build 10 new colleges exclusively for Muslim girls, with Hindu organisations warning of widespread protests. The government is however moving ahead with its decision and has allotted a Rs 2.50-crore grant, sources said, adding that that Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is all set to lay down the foundation stone for the colleges this month. The colleges are going to be built in the Malnad and north Karnataka regions initially, and will expand later, the sources added. Maulana Shafi Saadi, Chairperson of the Karnataka Wakf Board, said that the proposal for the exclusive colleges was made by the Board and the decision was taken after large number of Muslim girls have opted to stay at home since wearing of hijab is not allowed in college premises. “The proposal was made to the Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani. The delegation was led by Karnataka Minister fo

Bengaluru: The investigators probing the Mangaluru cooker blast case have turned their focus towards detecting the Kerala connections with the suspected terrorist Mohammad Shariq, sources said on Thursday. The sleuths of National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Cyber Crime Unit officers have already reached Kerala and launched a hunt for breaking the nexus of suspected terrorist Mohammad Shariq, sources said. The sleuths have got information that Mohammad Shariq had stayed in Aluva, Munambam and Kochi cities of Kerala. The investigators have also gathered inputs on Mohammad Shariq being involved in a drug racket. The sources confirmed that they were looking for a few kingpins who controlled and handled Mohammad Shariq. The sources also explained that the group planned terror acts in south Indian states. The group indulged in gold smuggling and drug peddling to fund the terrorist activities in the country. Also Read Mangaluru blast: Islamic outfit claims responsibility, warn

Bengaluru : A routine exercise of checking school bags in Bengaluru schools revealed shocking facts of the students being in possession of condoms, contraceptives, cigarettes and whiteners. Incidents such as consuming alcohol, having shots of vodka in schools have become quite common these days. But, what is disturbing is that substances are found, says D. Shashikumar, general secretary of the Associated Managements of Schools in Karnataka (KAMS). Shashikumar told IANS on Wednesday that this is just the tip of the iceberg. The schools have decided to send these children on a 10-day holiday. The managements have also decided to keep the information confidential and arrange counselling for the students and their parents. The checking was conducted mainly in the schools located on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The condoms and contraceptives were found in the bags of Class 10 students, both boys and girls. Upon questioning, the students without any hesitation told the teaching staff tha

The Karnataka Waqf board will soon start schools and colleges where students will be allowed to wear the hijab, unlike several government educational institutions in Karnataka. According to Waqf board chairman Shafi Sadi, the schools and colleges will be self-funded and will be set up at Mangaluru, Shivmogga, Hassan, Kodagu, Bijapur and Hubballi. #hijabrow #Karnataka Waqf board plans to start 10 colleges which will allow #hijab inside classrooms. Colleges to come up in #Mangaluru , #shivamogga , #hassan & #kodagu . WAQF board will raise funds by itself for these colleges. Govt colleges have banned hijab inside classrooms. pic.twitter.com/rWkAdwlK6q — Imran Khan (@KeypadGuerilla) November 30, 2022 “A total of Rs 25 crore have been allotted for the educational institutions. There would be no autonomous rules for these colleges and follow the board and universities’ rules,” Sadi said. Government sources said that chief minister Basavaraj Bommai might soon make an announ

Belagavi: Security arrangements at the border areas of Belagavi district have been tightened ahead of the Supreme Court taking up the petition regarding border dispute with Maharashtra on Wednesday. Tight vigil is being maintained in Chikkodi, Nippani and Kagawad borders with platoons of district reserve and Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) deputed at the border check posts of Kagawada, Nippani and Kaganoli. As many as 21 additional check posts have been set up across Belagavi district sharing the border with Maharashtra to ensure law and order. However, buses are plying between the states normally since morning. ADGP (Law and Order) Alok Kumar has warned that workers of the Maharashtra Ekikarana Samithi (MES) or any other group trying to disturb the peace, shall be dealt with strictly. Border row has escalated between Karnataka and Maharashtra, with pro-Kannada and Marathi outfits coming to a confrontational situation in the state. Also Read Cong slams BJP for ‘blaming

Bengaluru: The Karnataka police has issued a notice to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Chief Commissioner Tushar Girinath in connection with the sensational voter ID scam, sources said on Wednesday. According to police, a notice has been issued asking Tushar Girinath to join a probe by the Halasuru Gate police station in Bengaluru. The notice is with regards to linking of the Aadhaar Card and Voter ID, the sources said. During the probe, the accused attached to the Chilume institute, now under radar in connection with the scam, maintained that they collected the inputs of Aadhaar card details based on this order, sources said. The police have probed 45 Regional Officers and Assistant Regional Officers. Four of them have been arrested, while other ROs and AROs are fearing arrest. Ruling BJP in Karnataka which is facing allegations by the opposition Congress of manipulating the voters’ list and stealing data to its advantage, had also lodged a complaint for investigation of

Bengaluru : A 22-year old woman was allegedly raped by a bike taxi driver and his friend, when she had hired the service to get dropped at a friend’s place, police said on Tuesday. They said the incident is said to have taken place during the intervening night between Friday and Saturday, in the Electronic City Police Station limits. According to a police source, the victim is from Kerala. “The woman had hired a ‘Rapido’ bike to go from one friend’s house to another. On the way, the bike driver took advantage and has taken her to his place, where he along with his friend have raped her. There was another woman along with them during the crime, who cooperated and then tried to hush it up,” Bengaluru Police Commissioner Pratap Reddy said. Also Read Class 10 student gang-raped by five classmates in Hyderabad Speaking to reporters here, he said, as the victim was suffering from pain in her body parts, she visited doctors for medical help on November 26 afternoon, following which

Hyderabad: The Additional Special Judge for CBI Cases, Hyderabad has sentenced C. Narayanaswamy, then Branch Manager, Bank of Maharashtra, Khairatabad Branch, Hyderabad to undergo seven years of Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) with a fine of Rs 1 lakh. A few others K. Sridhar, Managing Partner of Divine Galaxy, Hyderabad, K. Ananda Rao, Managing Partner of Divine Galaxy, Hyderabad and Nanda Gopal, Proprietor of Sufi Impex Inc. Chennai, who were proven guilty were also asked to undergo seven years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs 75,000 each. The Court has also imposed a fine of Rs 1.50 lakh on Amar Data Systems Private Ltd., Bangalore for causing loss to the bank. Also Read Hyderabad: 2 drug peddlers held, 115 packets of Ganja seized The Central Bureau of Investigation registered a case on March 3, 2002, against C. Narayanaswamy and others on the allegations that the accused entered into a conspiracy with private persons and sanctioned loans to the tune of Rs 60 lakh. An amo

A day after a Muslim student’s outburst over a casual ‘Islamophobic’ remark made by his professor at the Manipal Institute of Engineering College (MIT), Karnataka state education minister B C Nagesh remarked that the incident was blown out of proportion. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Nagesh said it was unfortunate the incident happened and the government has taken steps by suspending the concerned professor. “The government took necessary action on that (the incident) . The teacher has been suspended. The third thing what I am saying is (pause) …. We generally use the name of Ravana (a Hindu mythological demon character from Ramayana ), ‘Why do you behave like Ravana ?’; ‘Why do you behave like Shakuni (a Hindu mythological character from Mahabharata )’ (pauses) …. Why it doesn’t become serious? Is Ravana a positive character? (pauses) …. It is not. When such names have been used (pauses)…. it should not have been made such a big issue,” Nagesh said. Karnataka’s Educatio

Bengaluru: A BJP MLA in Karnataka has warned of action against a call by Hindu activists to boycott Muslim traders from carrying out their businesses during the Subramaneshwara fair in Bengaluru. The activists and the Bajrang Dal have demanded that only Hindu traders should be allowed to carry out business during the fair which sees the participation of thousands of devotees. Uday B Garudachar, the MLA from Chikpet constituency, has clarified that there would not be any new rules because Hindu activists demand that people of all religions are permitted to carry out their businesses. “Only allowing Hindu traders is not tenable. If anyone tries to create a problem in the fair, legal action will be initiated against them,” he added. “We are elected representatives and got elected after getting votes of people belonging to all religions. There is no room for discrimination. The tradition which has been followed for years will be carried forward.” Expressing their outrage against the

Dakshina Kannada: A man has been booked for allegedly forcing a Hindu girl to convert to Islam, sexually assaulting and blackmailing her in Mangaluru city of the district, police said on Tuesday. According to police, the girl has lodged a complaint against Khaleel, a mobile shop owner. The Mangaluru women’s police has taken up the investigation of the case. The girl was working in a fancy store at Bikarnakatte locality where she met Khaleel at the mobile shop and developed a friendship. Taking advantage of the bond, Khaleel allegedly planned the crime. He promised her a good job and financial support and took her to his home in Kallapu. He introduced her to a group of women there who forced her to get converted to Islam, the victim said. They asked her to read the Quran and also got her to do namaz. After this, the accused had sexually assaulted her. Also Read Karnataka BJP leaders draw flak for sharing stage with history-sheeter He changed the victim’s name to Ayesha and t

Bengaluru : BJP leaders in Karnataka sharing the stage with history-sheeter ‘Silent’ Sunila, has elicited a sharp criticism, especially from the opposition Congress. BJP’s Bangalore Central MP P C Mohan, Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya, Chickpet MLA Uday Garudahar, Bengaluru South BJP president N R Ramesh among others on Sunday were seen at a blood donation camp with Sunila. The Congress, in a series of tweets, accused the ruling BJP of having links with criminals, and asked Home Minister Araga Jnanendra whether he had prevented police from taking action. “How can the crime rate in the state come down, when criminals have links with BJP. @JnanendraAraga, does your department not have the ability to catch rowdies or have you prevented the cops yourself? How did the BJP leaders catch the rowdy, whom the crime branch could not?” the Congress asked. “Courtesy BJP-Now the police are silent in front of the rowdy called Silent Sunil! @JnanendraAraga- Wasn’t the police looking for him? W

Bengaluru: Amid the simmering border dispute with Maharashtra over Belagavi, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is leaving for the national capital on Monday. With the issue listed for hearing in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Bommai will meet senior lawyer Mukul Rohatgi in Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the state’s strategy. Speaking to reporters in Mysore Monday, Bommai said, “On Sunday we had a meeting and former Supreme Court Judge Shivraj Patil has been appointed as Chairman of the State river waters and borders protection authority. On November 29 I will discuss with Mukul Rohatgi about our strategy on the border dispute which is coming for hearing in the Supreme Court on November 30.” Also Read Karnataka: Mysuru ‘dome’ shaped bus stop ‘renovated’ after BJP MP’s outburst Bommai will also be meeting some central ministers apart from party president J.P. Nadda during his Delhi visit. Bommai’s upcoming Delhi’s visit has again fuelled speculation of the much-expected c

Chittoor: A brake binding incident was reported on the Bangalore-Howrah Duranto Express train enroute to the Kuppam station in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, a statement by the Indian Railways informed. “Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal-Howrah Duronto Express, while approaching Kuppam Station, Chittoor Dist (Bengaluru Division/South Western Railway) suffered brake binding and smoke due to friction of the brake block in a coach,” railway officials said in the statement. Initially, a fire was suspected, but the public relations branch of the South Western Railway (SWR) issued a press statement later, clarifying that the train had suffered a brake binding. Also Read The SWR took to Twitter and wrote, “This is not a fire accident, but a case of brake binding. The on board staff attended (to) it immediately and train service was started at 13.36 hrs.” In the press statement, the Office of General Manager, Rail Soudha Hubballi, under the SWR informed that there had been some

Bengaluru : Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said he would go to Delhi on November 29 to hold a meeting with senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi over the border row between Karnataka and Maharashtra ahead of the case coming up in the Supreme Court on November 30. He was speaking to reporters after a maiden meeting with the newly appointed Karnataka Border and River Formation Commission chairperson and former judge of the Supreme Court Justice Shivaraj Patil. “I will visit Delhi on November 29 and will discuss with senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi in detail about everything related to the case right from whatever happened since 2004 when the case was filed by Maharashtra in the Supreme Court and the developments that had taken place in the past and the key highlights of the dispute,” the Chief Minister explained. He said that during the meeting with Justice Patil, senior advocate Uday Holla, Advocate General Prabhuling Navadgi, Home Minister Araga Jnanendra and Irrigation

In a bizarre incident that can question the value of education in India, a landlord in the metropolitan city of Bengaluru refused to offer his house for rent to a candidate as the latter is not a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) or the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and other colleges of that stature. The tenant, Priyansh Jain, a software engineer by profession is finding hard to find a home for himself as he, ‘unfortunately’, is not an IIT/IIM graduate. Jain currently works in Atlassian and is a graduate of Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), one of the many reputed engineering colleges in India, especially, in southern India.   The screenshot of the Whatsapp conversation between Jain and his broker (Photo: Twitter) Jain was looking for a single occupancy flat in Indiranagar, Domlur or HAL area. While preference to a particular religion, caste, food habits and lifestyle has been normalised, lending a home based on one’s educational qualification

Bengaluru: NIA has submitted charge sheet against Deepthi Marla, alias Maryam, the granddaughter-in-law of former Congress MLA Late Idinabba from Dakshina Kannada district for allegedly running a terrorist network in Karnataka and recruiting gullible Muslim youths to terrorist outfit ISIS. In another case, the blackmailing and rape of a 13-year-old minor girl has taken a ‘love jihad’ turn in Mandya district of Karnataka. Apparently, the 25-year-old accused after raping, tortured the victim to embrace Islam and marry him. In yet another incident, Apoorva Puranik, who embraced Islam after marrying Mohammad Ejaj Shiroor in Hubballi was stabbed 20 times for seeking a divorce. She found that Ejaj was already married with two children. Investigations revealed that Ejaj, an auto driver, allegedly trapped the victim, a MBA graduate, took her private videos, blackmailed and coaxed her into marriage. The incident was reported in March in Hubballi. Also Read Father-son booked under NSA fo

Bangalore: Congress Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala on Saturday welcomed the swift action by the Election Commission in ordering review of deletions and additions in voters’ list and suspension of two additional district election officials. Alleging that the “kingpin” of “voter fraud” is none less then in-charge Minister cum Chief Minister, Basavaraj Bommai and Chief Commissioner of BBMP, who is Electoral Officer, Surjewala demanded that an FIR must be lodged by the EC against them for a fair inquiry. “Chilume Trust and Chilume Enterprises were authorised by the Bommai government to collect voters’ data for all 28 assemblies of Bengaluru. They have illegally collected voters’ personal data and uploaded it on a Private app,” he charged. Also Read Centre led by PM Modi involved in Karnataka voters’ID scam: Congress “Any fair inquiry in vote fraud by the EC has to cover all 28 assemblies. Chilume hired nearly 10,000 employees and subcontracted the work of data collec

Bengaluru: Congress’ Karnataka state unit in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala has alleged that the BJP-led Union government is involved in the voters’ ID scam. “The Central government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is directly involved in stealing data from voters. The funds have been transferred from the bank account of a company run by the Central government to many persons, who hail from the place where Ravikumar of Chilume Institute, the main accused in the scam,” Surjewala said on Friday. This is the evidence which proves direct involvement of the Union government in the scam, he added. “Large amount of money has been transferred from the account of a company run by the Central government. Along with stealing of voters’ data, the tax money of the common people has been looted,” the Congress leader alleged. It is clear that the Central government is involved with the state government led by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in the voter ID scam, he said. Also Read Bom

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday condemned the alleged incidents of painting of Karnataka buses with pro-Maharashtra slogans and appealed to the Eknath Shinde government to take immediate steps to put a stop to this. Bommai also said such incidents will create a division among the states and hence Maharashtra should act swiftly. Reports from Pune said a group of activists allegedly from a pro-Marathi outfit painted state-owned buses with slogans such as “Jai Maharashtra” in black ink and raised slogans against Bommai. The alleged incidents come amidst a war of words between leaders of the two states over the inter-state boundary dispute over Belagavi. “Our India is a union of states. Every state has got its own rights. These states were formed under the State Reorganisation Act. The law is very clear and it is the duty of the respective government to maintain peace, law and order and see that there is peace and tranquility between the states,” Bommai

Bengaluru: An investigation into the death of a 67-year-old man whose body was found on the roadside in Bengaluru has revealed that he died while having sex with his domestic help, police said on Friday. The police probe revealed that the domestic help who was the victim’s lover, disposed the man’s body covering it with a bed sheet and plastic cover with the help of her husband and brother. The accused have confessed that they did it out of fear of getting caught. According to police, the body of Balasubramanian from J.P. Nagar, was recovered from the roadside on November 17. The police after initiating probe found that he had left his house the previous day. Also Read Bangalore student held for installing secret camera in women’s restroom He had gone out with his grandson. After dropping him to badminton class, he called up his family members and told that he would come to house late but never returned. The man’s family had lodged a missing complaint with the Subramanyana