Karnataka

Mangalore, May 10: The District Congress Committee office wore a festive look on Friday soon after the announcement of selection of Siddaramaiah as 28th Chief Minister of Karnataka. The party workers and admirers of Siddaramaiah distributed sweets in Mangalore. They trouped outside the premises of the office located on Hampankatta road here and burst crackers and launched themselves in a

Bangalore, May 10: Rustic in appearance at times, outspoken Siddaramaiah is not known to mince words and hide his ambitions. And whenever some ruling BJP members tried to taunt him over his ambition, Siddaramaiah, Leader of Opposition in the outgoing Assembly, used to get aggressive and declare without hesitation that he would become Chief Minister. Today, he was proved right after being elected

Mangalore, May 10: Former president of minority wing of Janata Dal (Secular), Dakshina Kannada D M Aslam, has said that he is “happy” about the way the results of the Karnataka Assembly elections has turned out, especially in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. Addressing mediapersons at a news conference here on Friday, he said that he was happy that the minorities in the district had voted

Bangalore, May 10: Senior Congress leader A K Anthony announced the name of Siddaramaiah as the next Karnataka Chief Minister on Friday. At a meeting convened by the party to elicit the view of the new legislators on Chief Minister's post, Siddaramaiah moved a resolution requesting that the CLP leadership be left to the Congress President Sonia Gandhi. It was seconded by H K Patil, Roshan Baig

Bantwal, May 10: The Forest Department has refuted the news of the raid on Kalladka Sri Ram Highschool, which has been covered extensively by the visual media on Friday. Clarifying the same, Forest Department official Padmanabha Gowda said that on the request of Sri Ram Vidya Kendra, the team had come to the school to take away the animals, which have been nursed and taken care by the school

Bangalore, May 10: The average asset per MLA in the 2013 Karnataka Assembly elections is Rs 23.54 crore, a nearly 135 per cent increase compared to the previous 2008 poll, when it was Rs 10.02 crore, according to an NGO. Karnataka Election Watch (KEW) also said today 93 per cent or 203 MLAs of the total 218 analysed are crorepatis. In 2008, 63 per cent MLAs were crorepatis. KEW said it analysed

Bangalore, May 10: The Congress central leadership today began the process of consultations with MLAs on choosing the new chief minister with Siddaramaiah and Union Minister Mallikarjun Kharge locked in a close race for the top post. A four-member team of AICC observers, comprising senior minister A K Antony, Congress General Secretary in-charge of the state Madhusudan Mistri, Luizinho Faleiro

Udupi, May 10: Miscreants pelted stones at a Masjid at Kaup Polipu in Udupi district in the wee hours of Friday, damaging the glass panes and walls of the building. Sources present said that the incident occurred at around 2 a.m. in the morning on Thursday. Members of the community and the cleric, who were present inside the mosque at the time of the incident summoned the police. As the news

Mangalore: After entering the political arena at a rather young age, B Ramanath Rai has proved his worth over the last 30 years as a leader par excellence. The proof for his popularity is the fact that he has been winning in his constituency effortlessly. The greatest highlight in his glorious political career is that this leader has steadfastly faced the communal forces by refusing to budge to

Mangalore, May 10: It was 1983 and the entire state was up against the Congress. Even in Dakshina Kannada district the voters were seeking change and as expected in all the constituencies of the DK the parties like the BJP, Janata Party and CPM managed to win shunning the Congress out completely. Mangalore constituency elected Dhananjay Kumar, K Ram Bhat won in Puttur, N Shivaram won from Bantwal