A video grab of the alleged gang war between two groups that occurred on May 18 night near Kunjibettu on Udupi-Manipal NH 169A in Udupi. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Udupi Town Police on Saturday, May 25, arrested two persons allegedly involved in a gang-war at Kunjibettu on Udupi-Manipal NH 169A on the night … Read more
A view of the partial lunar eclipse as seen at 1:39 am on October 29, 2023 | Photo Credit: BALACHANDAR L Many astronomy enthusiasts, including students of Poornaprajna Amateur Astronomers’ Club, Udupi watched the partial lunar eclipse early on Sunday, October 29, by staying awake throughout the night on Saturday. According to Souda Atul Bhat, … Read more
National Commission for Women (NCW) member Khushboo Sundar visited Netra Jyothi Institute of Allied Health Sciences at Kadekar in Udupi district of Karnataka, where an alleged incident of voyeurism took place on July 18, to conduct an inquiry, on July 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT National Commission for Women (NCW) member Khushboo Sundar … Read more
Wearing headscarf was an innocent practice of faith and not display of religious jingoism, petitioners in the hijab case contended in the Karnataka high court on Tuesday. Appearing for students of Udupi‘s pre-university college, senior counsel Devadatt Kamat argued that Article 25 spoke of freedom of conscience. He requested that students be allowed to attend … Read more
Udupi BJP MLA K Raghupathi Bhat has said he has been receiving threat calls from unidentified persons after the hijab issue turned into a major controversy. Bhat, who is the president of the development committee of the pre-university college for women in Udupi where the hijab issue originated in Karnataka, told reporters in Udupi on … Read more
Whether it is a bikini, a ‘ghoonghat’, a pair of jeans or a ‘hijab’, it is a woman’s right to decide what she wants to wear, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Wednesday amid the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka. She asserted that this right is guaranteed by the Constitution. Incidents of stone pelting … Read more
Ahead of the Karnataka High Court hearing on a petition over the ‘hijab’ row, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday appealed to everyone to maintain peace and said his government will take steps after the court’s order. He also asked educational institutions to follow mandatory uniform rules issued by the government until the court’s order … Read more