Karnataka

Kalaburagi, Dec 6: The Veerashaiva-Lingayat Swabhimanigala Balaga, a Veerashaiva community outfit here, on Thursday demanded reservation for economically weaker section within the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community as done in Maratha community modal in Maharashtra. Addressing a joint Press conference here on Thursday, M S Patil Naribol and Divya Hagaragi, President and head of Women’s wing

Bengaluru, Dec 6: The Bengaluru Police on Thursday ruled out possibility of any sabotage in the the cylender blast at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), in which a research researcher died on the spot and three others seriously injured. The 32-year-old research engineer Manoj Kumar died and three others sustained serious injuries in the blast that took place in IISc's Aerospace Engineering

Mysuru, Dec 6: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Women wing President Pushpa Amaranath today urged for more berth to fair sex in the expansion of the Cabinet of Congress-JDS Coalition government scheduled for December 22. Speaking to newsmen here on Thursday, she said as many as four to five women Legislators are in the race and one should be included in the Cabinet. In this regard she

Bengaluru, Dec 6: The much awaited Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meeting, for which JD(S) leader and Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy were also invited on December 8, was postponed as the Coalition Government Coordination Committee which met here yesterday decided to hold the Cabinet expansion on December 22. According to sources a communication had been sent to Congress and JDS Legislators in

Mysuru, Dec 6: Former Karnataka Minister and Congress MLA Tanveer Sait has expressed his desire to become a Minister again, saying everyone wants to become a part of the Coalition government. Replying to a question by the scribes about Cabinet expansion scheduled for December 22, he said that “Though I am not a Minister, I am working as one. People of my constituency have elected me to serve them

Bengaluru, Dec 6: V Elumalai, the BBMP councilor from Sagayapuram ward passed away in the wee hours of Thursday. The 40-year-old councillor was admitted to a private hospital here around 20 days ago and was reportedly on ventilator support for as many days. Medical sources said that he passed away due to multi-organ failure. He is survived by his wife and three children. The councillor, who was

Udupi, Dec 6: A leader of Vishwa Hindu Parishad has been booked by the local police for allegedly trying to disrupt peace in the district through provocative speech. The accused is Manjunath Swamy, head, South Zone Public Relations, VHP. A case was registered against him at the Udupi Town Police Station here on Wednesday for making a provocative speech and hurting religious sentiments during the

Kannur, Dec 6: Artistic creations at Kannur International Airport, which is all set for inauguration on December 9, depicting cultural traditions of Malabar and Kannur have now added two more pieces of art, but these represent the cultural heritage of the nearby state of Karnataka. While one picture represents the Kodagu culture, the other depicts traditional art forms of Karnataka. Now, pictures

Bengaluru, Dec 6: Netra Pallavi M, a Bharatiya Janata Party councilor of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has levelled allegations of sexual harassment against her own party’s leadership. 33-year-old Pallavi, who represents Atturu ward in BBMP on Wednesday told media persons that a few senior BJP leaders sought ‘favours’ from certain woman councillors. The BJP leadership, however, denied

Ballari, Dec 6: Congress leader and Ballari MP V S Ugrappa has accused BJP leaders of playing politics over the drought issue in Karnataka. Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, Mr. Ugrappa sought to know where were the BJP leaders when the Central team, which had come to assess the drought situation, held a meeting. “One should not politicise drought. BJP leaders, if they were concerned