Tag: Udupi
Boats catch fire in Udupi
UDUPI:
Eight fishing boats anchored on the river bank at Gangolli in Udupi district were gutted in a major fire on Monday morning, police said.
Sources...
Horrific Killing of Four Family Members in Udupi
UDUPI:
A shocking and tragic incident unfolded near Santhekatte Nejaru in Udupi, where four members of a single family were brutally murdered, leaving the assailant...
CID to investigate Udupi college washroom filming incident: CM Siddaramaiah
BENGALURU:
The Karnataka government has handed over the case of the three girls allegedly filming a fellow girl student inside a college washroom to the...
‘Gruha Jyothi’ to benefit 3.15 lakh people in Udupi alone: Karnataka...
BENGALURU:
The Congress announced the guarantees to instil confidence among the people who are burdened by spiralling prices of commodities, she said.Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and...
Washroom video case: Victim girl appears before court
UDUPI:
The victim girl of the controversial Udupi college washroom video case appeared before the Udupi district court on Thursday to record her statement, police...
Thousands join rally in Karnataka’s Udupi demanding justice for victims of...
MANGALURU:
More than 5,000 people belonging to various organisations took part in a protest rally held in Udupi district of Karnataka on Wednesday demanding justice...
Rains batter parts of Karnataka at least four dead
BENGALURU:
At least four people lost their lives in Udupi and Vijayapura in rain-related incidents, the authorities said on Tuesday.
There was also widespread destruction of...
‘Hidden camera in college washroom’: Udupi SP asks public not to...
MANGALURU:
Udupi district police have urged the public not to believe rumours regarding news circulating in social media that a hidden camera was placed in...
Karnataka minister warns officials against delay in execution of govt schemes
BENGALURU:
Karnataka Women and Child Development Minister and Udupi district-in-charge Laxmi Hebbalkar on Monday said strict action will be taken against those who cause delay...
Laxmi Hebbalkar visits Udupi math after appointment as district in-charge minister
BENGALURU:
Karnataka Minister for Women and Child Development Laxmi Hebbalkar visited the famous Sri Krishna Math in Udupi on Sunday.
Hebbalkar, who has been appointed as...
Boat capsizes in Udupi, seven fishermen rescued
BENGALURU:
When water started entering the boat, fishermen from another vessel rushed for help and an attempt was initially made to lift the boat using...
Rahul Gandhi to visit Udupi on April 27
MANGALURU:
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit Udupi on April 27 for the Karnataka election campaign ahead of the May 10 elections to the state...
Karnataka hijab ban: SC delivers split verdict, refers matter to CJI...
NEW DELHI:
The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on the ban on hijabs in Karnataka's educational institutions and referred the matter to...
Split verdict in Karnataka Hijab Ban case, matter to be placed...
NEW DELHI:
The Supreme Court on Thursday pronounced a split verdict in the Karnataka Hijab ban case. A bench of justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu...
Karnataka rain fury: 32 people dead, Rs 500 crore to be...
BENGALURU/UDUPI:
As rains continue to wreak havoc in different parts of Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said 32 people have lost their lives...
Karnataka CM announces Rs 500 cr for urgent relief for rain-hit...
MANGALURU:
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said a sum of Rs 500 crore will be released as an immediate measure to restore basic...
SC to hear next week pleas against Karnataka HC order refusing...
NEW DELHI:
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear next week a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict refusing to lift...
Districts of Karnataka that are likely to witness rains till July...
BENGALURU:
The Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring issued alerts on Saturday for Udupi, Mangalore, Kodagu, Uttara Kannada, Chickamagalur, Shimoga, Hassan predicting heavy rains in the...
Eshwarappa to skip Karnataka BJP executive meet
SHIVAMOGGA:
Senior Karnataka BJP leader K S Eshwarappa, who has resigned as Minister following allegations of abetting the suicide of a civil contractor, on Saturday...
Contractor’s death: Karnataka CM rejects interference in inquiry
BENGALURU:
Accusing the opposition Congress of wanting to be investigator, prosecutor and judge in the case relating to civil contractor Santosh Patil's death, Karnataka Chief...
Muslim student requests Karnataka CM to allow them to appear for...
MANGALURU:
A Muslim girl student, who approached the Karnataka High Court to revoke the ban on hijabs inside classrooms in the state, on Thursday appealed...
Contractor death: Siddaramaiah, Surjewala others court arrest demanding Minister’s arrest and...
BENGALURU:
Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala along with many top Congress leaders courted arrest on Thursday while marching to...
Hijab ban in classroom: SC refuses urgent hearing on pleas against...
BENGALURU:
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to accord urgent hearing on the pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict which dismissed the petitions seeking...
Heeding Hindu organisations’ plea, Udupi temple bans Muslims from doing business...
BENGALURU:
The Maari Gudi temple management at Kaup town in Udupi district of coastal Karnataka has decided not to allow 'people from other faith' to...
Muslim vendors denied permission: Rules framed by Congress regime, says Karnataka...
BENGALURU:
The Karnataka government on Wednesday sought to distance itself from the issue regarding denial of permission for Muslim traders and vendors to carry out...
Hijab ban in classroom: SC to hear pleas against Karnataka HC...
BENGALURU:
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list for hearing after Holi vacation the pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict which dismissed the...
Hijab ban in classroom: Plea in SC challenges Karnataka HC verdict
NEW DELHI:
A plea was Tuesday filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict which dismissed pleas seeking permission to wear Hijab...
Karnataka High Court, which dismissed the Hijab related petitions, framed questions...
BENGALURU:
The Karnataka High Court which dismissed a batch of petitions by some Muslim girls from Udupi seeking permission to wear hijab inside classrooms of...
Hijab not part of essential Islamic religious practice: Karnataka HC
BENGALURU:
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday said Hijab was not part of the essential religious practice in Islamic faith and effectively upheld the ban...
Right to wear hijab does not fall under Article 25 of...
BENGALURU:
The Karnataka government on Tuesday told the High Court that there is no restriction on wearing Hijab in India with reasonable restrictions subject to...
Hijab row: Feb 5 GO doesn’t ban hijab, insists AG in...
BENGALURU:
Amid the raging row over the Hijab issue in Karnataka, the state government has told the High Court that its order dated February 5...
58 girls suspended from college in Karnataka for wearing Hijab, holding...
BENGALURU:
Girl students in many parts of Karnataka were denied entry into their respective educational institutions on Saturday as they arrived in hijabs, despite a...
Udupi MGM college reopens, situation peaceful in Udupi
MANGALURU:
The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) college in the district headquarters town of Udupi in coastal Karnataka, which witnessed chaotic scenes last week with student...
Indian secularism ‘positive’, wearing hijab not a display of religious jingoism,...
BENGALURU:
The Muslim girls who have moved the Karnataka High Court against a ban on Hijab on Tuesday argued that the Indian brand of secularism...
Burqa-clad girl asked to remove Hijab, boycotts exam in Karnataka
BENGALURU:
The Hijab row continued to simmer in Karnataka on Tuesday over alleged denial of entry for girl students into schools with their headscarves on...
Section 144 imposed around schools in Udupi
UDUPI:
The Udupi district administration has imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC in areas around all high schools in the district from Monday...
Amid ‘hijab’ row, students seen performing Friday ‘namaz’ in govt schools
BENGALURU:
Even as the row over 'hijab' (scarf) in educational institutions has gripped Karnataka, two videos have surfaced in the social media allegedly showing some...
Hijab row: Udupi BJP MLA says he gets threat calls
MANGALURU:
Udupi BJP MLA K Raghupathi Bhat has said he has been receiving threat calls from unidentified persons after the hijab issue turned into a...
Udupi BJP MLA seeks NIA probe into hijab row
UDUPI:
Udupi BJP MLA K Raghupathi Bhat on Friday demanded an investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the hijab controversy that started at...
Hijab row: Udupi MLA welcomes Karnataka HC order
MANGALURU:
Welcoming the Karnataka High Court interim order on the Hijab issue, Udupi MLA and president of Udupi government PU college development committee K Raghupati...
Hijab row: Bommai appeals to everyone to maintain peace, restrain from...
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU:
As the hijab row intensified further in Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday appealed to the Opposition and the people concerned not...
Hijab row: HC says mischievous people keeping the issue burning posts...
BENGALURU:
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday appealed to the students and people to maintain peace and tranquility as the hijab row escalated in parts...
Hijab row: Karnataka CM declares 3-day holiday to high schools, colleges
BENGALURU:
As protests for and against the 'hijab' intensified in different parts of Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday declared a holiday to high...
BJP creating unrest in state over hijab issue: KPCC chief
MANGALURU/BENGALURU:
The BJP is trying to create unrest among the students and the public in Karnataka over the hijab issue, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC)...
‘Hijab’ row hots up, CM appeals for peace
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU:
The 'hijab' (scarf) row in Karnataka intensified on Monday with some students seeking to defy the government order mandating uniform style of clothes...
Karnataka bans clothes that disturb harmony, public order
BENGALURU:
Seeking to end the hijab (head scarf) controversy in Karnataka that has begun taking political colour, the State government on Saturday ordered banning wearing...
‘Hijab’ row takes political colour in Karnataka
BENGALURU:
The 'hijab' row has taken political colour in Karnataka, as the ruling BJP stood strongly in support of uniform related rules followed by educational...
Hijab row spills into streets at Kundapur
UDUPI:
The ‘hijab’ controversy in Udupi district of Karnataka on Saturday spilled into the streets with a group of students of two junior colleges at...
Hijab-clad students denied entry again to college in Karnataka
MANGALURU:
Muslim girl students, who tried to enter a government pre-university college at Kundapur in Karnataka's Udupi district wearing hijabs (headscarves), were again denied entry...
No one should come to school for practicing their religion: Karnataka...
BENGALURU:
Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Thursday said children should neither wear hijab nor saffron shawls at schools and he has asked the police...
