K’taka BJP delegation visits Mangaluru; warns authorities against threatening Hindu activists

K'taka BJP delegation visits Mangaluru; warns authorities against threatening Hindu activists

Follow Us on Google News Mangaluru, June 9 (IANS) The Karnataka BJP delegation, on Monday, visited the district authorities in communally-sensitive Mangaluru and warned the authorities not to threaten Hindu activists and organisations in the region at the behest of the Congress-led state government. A delegation comprising State BJP President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra, Leaders … Read more

Appeasement, double standards causing unrest in Mangaluru: Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje

Appeasement, double standards causing unrest in Mangaluru: Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje

Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, May 31 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Labour and Employment, Shobha Karandlaje, has alleged that whenever the Congress government comes to power in Karnataka, peace in the coastal district of Mangaluru is disturbed. Speaking to the media on Saturday at the BJP … Read more

K’taka: Death toll rises to five in Mangaluru due to heavy rains

K’taka: Death toll rises to five in Mangaluru due to heavy rains

Follow Us on Google News Mangaluru, May 30 (IANS) The death toll in the coastal district of Mangaluru, Karnataka, rose to five on Friday following heavy and incessant rainfall. Authorities, with the assistance of the residents, have launched rescue and relief operations across the district despite the downpour. Among the deceased are two infant siblings … Read more

Mangaluru IPS officers transferred based on local sentiment & requests: Karnataka Home Minister

Mangaluru IPS officers transferred based on local sentiment & requests: Karnataka Home Minister

Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, May 30 (IANS) The transfers of the Mangaluru Police Commissioner and Superintendent of Police, following incidents of mob lynching, revenge killings, and stabbing incidents, took place on the requests and sentiments of the local people, Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara said on Friday. Addressing reporters here in the wake … Read more

2 men get death threat from suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed affiliate amid communal tensions in Mangaluru

2 men get death threat from suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed affiliate amid communal tensions in Mangaluru

Follow Us on Google News Mangaluru (Karnataka), May 30 (IANS) Amid rising tensions in the communally-sensitive Mangaluru district following incidents of mob lynching, revenge killings, and stabbings, two members of the Hindu Jagaran Vedike have reportedly received death threats from individuals claiming allegiance to the terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed. One of the men, 31-year-old Rakshit K … Read more

Heavy rain continues to lash coastal Karnataka, girl killed in Mangaluru landslide

Heavy rain continues to lash coastal Karnataka, girl killed in Mangaluru landslide

Follow Us on Google News Mangaluru (Karnataka), May 30 (IANS) A girl was killed in a landslide, while authorities rescued two people in the Mangaluru district as heavy rainfall continued in the coastal Karnataka region on Friday. Rescue operations are underway to locate and save three others trapped under the debris. Due to incessant rain, … Read more

Congress aiding, abetting communal strife in Mangaluru, says Karnataka BJP chief

Congress aiding, abetting communal strife in Mangaluru, says Karnataka BJP chief

Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, May 29 (IANS) The Karnataka BJP has accused the Congress-led government of “aiding and abetting” communal strife in the state’s coastal region of Mangaluru. Speaking to reporters at the BJP headquarters in Bengaluru on Thursday, state President B.Y. Vijayendra commented on the ongoing unrest in Mangaluru, stating, “This Congress-led … Read more

K’taka govt concerned over revenge killings, escalating communal strife in Mangaluru

K'taka govt concerned over revenge killings, escalating communal strife in Mangaluru

Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, May 29 (IANS) The Karnataka government is concerned about incidents of revenge killings and escalating communal strife in Mangaluru region. The government is finding itself in a difficult position following allegations from local Muslim community leaders that Home Minister G. Parameshwara and Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao — who … Read more

BJP indulging in politics over dead bodies: K’taka Minister on Mangaluru situation

BJP indulging in politics over dead bodies: K’taka Minister on Mangaluru situation

Follow Us on Google News Shivamogga, May 28 (IANS) Karnataka Minister for Health, Dinesh Gundu Rao, on Wednesday, slammed the BJP after the murder of a man belonging to a minority community in the communally sensitive Mangaluru district, saying that the party (BJP) is indulging in politics over dead bodies. “When it comes to murderers, … Read more