"In India, dozens of hate crimes against Muslims took place across the country against the backdrop of a wave of Islamophobia under the Hindu nationalist government. At least 10 Muslim men were lynched and many injured by vigilante cow protection groups," it said, adding many of them seemed to operate with the support of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Mandya: Unable to bear the death of K. S. Puttannaiah, who died on Sunday due to cardiac arrest, his fan allegedly committed suicide on Thursday.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday dubbed the NDA government a '90 per cent commission sarkar', retaliating to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's taunt that the ruling Congress government in the state was a '10 per cent commission sarkar'.

London: Justin Forsyth has resigned as Deputy Executive Director of Unicef following accusations of inappropriate behaviour toward female staff while he was Chief Executive of Save the Children.

Bantwal: In an attempt to murder, a gang of youngsters stabbed two youths at Firangipet on Wednesday.

Kapu: A bike rider died on the spot when a tanker hit his bike from behind on Wednesday night near Kadapadi on NH-66.

New Delhi: The CBI on Thursday registered a case and booked five persons on charges of uploading and circulating child pornography through a Whatsapp group that had 119 members from both India and abroad.

Mandya: K.S. Puttannaiah, Melkote MLA and senior Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) leader, who passed away on February 18 due to cardiac arrest, was laid to rest with full state honours at his farm in his native village Kyathanahalli, this afternoon.