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Alipura(Gowribidanur Taluk), Chikkaballapur district: Alipura, also known as Alipur town in Gowribidanur Taluk of Chikkaballapur district, adjoining Andhra Pradesh, will be in the news whenever something serious happens in the far-off Iran. On the face of it, Alipura is just like any other big village in the surroundings, unlike one you are keen enough to observe minutely.  Overcrowded with Muslim nameboards: Here, all along the main road leading to the neighbouring Madhugiri Taluk, more than 90 per cent of the small shops and business ventures of all kinds bear typical Muslim names, rather than beginning with Karnataka, Bharat, Hindustan, and India, elsewhere across the state. Founded in the late 17th century: According to local legend, it was founded in the late 17th century by Moulana Syed Mustafa Hussain, following the fall of the Adil Shahi Kingdom of the then Bijapur. He is said to have given a call to all Shia Muslims of the state to migrate to Alipur, to ensure a safe and...

Bengaluru:  Narayan G Sabhahit, Chairman and Managing Director of the Rs 200 crore turnover Techser Power Solutions Private Limited was recently felicitated by the Shri Akhila Havyaka Mahasabha for his contributions to the industry and society. A technocrat turned entrepreneur Narayan Sabhahit belongs to the illustrious Sabhahit family from Haldipur in Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.  A family of legal luminaries: Late Justice G N Sabhahit, a high court judge was his father. Late Vishnu G Sabhahit, also a high court was his elder brother. He is also the President and Chairman of Justice G N Sabhahit Memorial Lecture Trust, which conducts the annual lecture series by eminent jurists to commemorate the death anni...