Tag: Karnataka

At least seven people were charred to death after a Hyderabad-bound sleeper bus from Goa caught fire after a head-on collision with a DCM van near Kamalapur in Kalaburagi.

The police said that 28 passengers were travelling in the bus. Of them, 21 managed to come out of the bus.

Students of the University College in Mangalore staged protest and boycotted classes seeking implementation of the Hijab rule in the college.

The coastal region of the state is considered to be communally sensitive and bastion of BJP. The region is prone to communal tensions and clashes. The hijab crisis which snowballed into an international issue started from here.

The students from Mangaluru's University College boycotted classes in protest against allowing Muslim girls to wear hijab in class.

The Karnataka government has made uniform compulsory for Pre-University Course(PUC) students from academic year 2022-23.

The IMD has sounded a red alert for Karnataka's coastal districts and hilly regions for Wednesday.

The monkey has been carrying out sudden attacks on people, especially single women. It is biting and scratching people.

Amid the clamour from some quarters for boycotting 'halal' meat in the state, animal rights organisation PETA India has raised billboards at several points in Bengaluru, urging people to turn vegan.

Vasanth Kumar had come to watch 'KGF Chapter 2' with his four friends. He was hit by two bullets in abdomen and thigh. The miscreant had fired three bullets from a revolver. The quarrel started over the matter of the accused putting his leg on the seat of the victim.

Chief Minister Bommai, Health Minister K.Sudhakar and MP Shivakumar Udasi offered floral tribute to Naveen, before the mortal remains was handed over to the family.

The Karnataka High Court dismissed the petitions filed by some students seeking direction for permission to wear Hijab in classrooms. In its landmark judgement, a full bench of the High Court held that wearing of Hijab is not a part of Essential Religious Practice in Islam and so is not protected under Article 25 of the Constitution.

Hijab row has surfaced in colleges of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Shivamogga districts. Girl students have objected to college authorities' decision to turn them away from attending exams for wearing hijab.

The police and the fire department personnel rushed to the spot and carried out operations along with the local villagers, to rescue trapped workers from inside the mine. According to the officials, six labourers, who were trapped inside, have been been rescued so far.

The girl students, who appeared for the exams with a piece of cloth around their head, were met with protests by a few students who asked the former to leave the examination hall.