Karnataka

New Delhi, Apr 19: Attacking Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his "false claims" about development of the state, Congress leader Digvijay Singh accused him of hiring public relations companies to boost his image and to spread wrong facts about the state. Accusing Modi of spending huge amounts on his publicity, Singh said, "Today's world is of media and public relations. Narendra Modi has

New Delhi, Apr 18: Investigators probing the Bangalore blast have tracked down the owner of the motorcycle where the bomb was planted but no one has been arrested so far in connection with yesterday's explosion. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today said that with the help of Tamil Nadu Police, the first buyer of the motorcycle has been traced and then the second buyer and from there they traced

Mangalore, Apr 18: After having deserted the JD(S) following high drama in terms of internal conflict, M G Hegde and his group of supporters are all set to join Congress again. Mr Hegde, who had migrated from Congress to JD(S) last year, had been appointed as JD(S) state secretary by H D Kumaraswamy. However, he had quit JD(S) last month along with former minister B Nagaraj Shetty and others in

Bangalore, April 18: The Karnataka government Thursday announced a reward of Rs.5 lakh to anyone providing credible information on the blast near the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) office in the city, in which 16 people were injured. "We will reward Rs.5 lakh to anyone providing credible information on the bomb blast that would help us in cracking the case and arresting the suspects," state

Mangalore, Apr 18: A 25-year-old working woman was allegedly strangled to death in her boy-friend's room at Bejai-Kapikad in Mangalore. The victim has been identified as Anjana, who was working as assistant manager at Katipalla branch of Syndicate Bank. A native of Kerala, Anjana was staying in the bank quarters at Gandhinagar. Anjana had gone missing since last Wednesday and her mother had filed

Mangalore, Apr 18: Popular support for Congress party has grown twofold this time and the party will come to power with a thumping majority in the upcoming Assembly elections, Veerappa Moily, Union Petroleum Minister has said. He was speaking to media persons during his visit to the Congress party's Mangalore (South) Assembly constituency election office in the city on Thursday. Mr. Moily said

Mangalore, Apr 18: Congress will bag at least 130-135 out of the 224 Assembly seats in the state, Ibrahim Kodijal, Interim District President of the Congress party has said. Addressing media persons at the district party office in Mangalore on Thursday, Mr. Ibrahim said that people are fed up of BJP's maladministration. Exit polls and media surveys have already shown that Congress will reign

Riyadh, Apr 18: Saudi Arabia will take new steps, including jail terms for small business owners and the hiring of 1,000 inspectors, to crack down on foreigners working illegally in the world's top oil exporter, Labour Minister Adel al-Fakieh said. “We have and will continue to have millions of foreign workers. We have 7.5 million legal foreign workers and we need them,” Mr. Fakieh told the Saudi

Mangalore, Apr 18: It is unfortunate to see BJP's internal conflicts and loopholes being focused while its achievements in the five year tenure are being completely sidelined, said MLC Capt. Ganesh Karnik. Briefing about the party's poll preparations at a media conference in the city on Thursday Mr Karnik claimed that BJP government stressed on enhancing the level of education in the state like no

Mangalore, Apr 18: N Yogish Bhat, BJP's candidate for Mangalore (South) Assembly constituency has accused his Congress counterpart J R Lobo of filing a “false affidavit” while submitting his nomination papers. Addressing media persons at a news conference at the district BJP office in Mangalore on Thursday, Mr. Bhat said that a certain N R Rai from Alsoor in Bangalore had filed a case before the