Kundapur

How coastal Karnataka was saffronised: The story of rise and rise of Hindu nationalism in syncretic South Kanara

For more than three decades now, South Kanara has gained a reputation as the Sangh Parivar's laboratory. People unfamiliar with coastal Karnataka believe it is responsible for the growth of radical right-wing organisations like Hindu Yuva Sene, Bajrang Dal and Ram Sene, which propagate a form of divisive, hate-fuelled politics, using love jihad and gauraksha as instruments of coercion.

Man arrested in Karnataka's Udupi district for raising 'pro-Pakistan slogans', slapped with sedition charges

The man, said to be mentally unstable, came in front of the mini Vidhan Soudha (a complex housing government offices) at around 10 am and shouted 'Pakistan Zindabad' several times.