Fed up of caste and religion based politics as well as rampant corruption, Akhil K Gowda (25), a young engineering graduate from  Sullia who runs an  NGO named "Yuva"  in Mysuru is on a solo cycling mission across the state with the objective of creating a political awareness in the society. His cycle jatha with the  slogan "Vote for Clean Politics" will cover 3,000 kms.  

"The main principle of Hindutva is tolerance. What sort of Hindutva are you pursuing if you cannot tolerate another religion?."  This was how the JD(S) supremo and former PM  H D Devegowda chose to question the BJP leaders.

If renowned multi-lingual actor  Prakash Rai had participated in a function at Sirsi last Saturday,  on Monday BJP workers 'cleansed' the stage where the actor was seated by sprinkling Gomutra or cow's urine.

"I have  suffered enough at the hands of  Sangh Parivar. I was responsible for the BJP coming to power in Karnataka. But I was treated disrespectfully. Those who came to power in the name of Hindutva  are today trying to  curtail Togadia and get him encountered. This is a  horrifying situation," said Sri Rama Sene leader Pramod Mutalik.

Filmmaker Amole Gupte says the biopic on badminton ace Saina Nehwal has not been shelved as they plan to start shooting in September this year.

Former world and Asian champion L Sarita Devi (60kg) and world silver-medallist Sonia Lather (57kg) advanced to the finals of the National Women's Boxing Championships here today.

Robots will soon replace men in cleaning up sewer holes in Kerala, ending the age-old practice of manual scavenging in the southern state.

Attacking the Mehbooba Mufti led dispensation in Jammu and Kashmir, former chief minister Omar Abdullah said today that the state government had failed on all fronts and claimed that recent comments by Governor N N Vohra certified this failure.