Karnataka

Bangalore, Apr 11: Party hopping by politicians is nothing new. But forsaking a constituency to find political fortunes elsewhere is uncommon. Former minister Shobha Karandlaje has not only hopped the party but the constituency as well. Karandlaje, after abandoning Yeshwantpur which she represented in the legislative assembly, is now sweating out in Rajajinagar constituency as KJP candidate

Bangalore, Apr 10: The Congress will target the BJP in Karnataka on corruption and will release a charge sheet ahead of the assembly polls, said party sources Wednesday. "The charge sheet will be released April 13. We will also release our manifesto," said a Congress leader dealing with the state. Former BJP chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa was removed after the state Lokayukta's report nailed

Mangalore, Apr 10: From April 2012 to March 2013, Mangalore International Airport has handled a record number of 10.32 lakh passengers in a year, for the first time in its history. The number of passengers travelling through the airport has increased to more than a million in the current year. In the last fiscal year, about 8.78 lakh passengers travelled through the airport. The overall growth

Mangalore, Apr 10: Days after journalist Naveen Soorinje was granted bail in the infamous homestay attack case, a minor accused in the homestay attack case was granted bail here on Wednesday. The hearing of the juvenile's bail application was held on Wednesday. Advocate Vasudev Gowda told Coastaldigest.com that the Chief Magistrate Court in Mangalore had ordered his release on bail. The accused is

Bangalore, Apr 10: The poll process began in Karnataka today for the May 5 assembly polls with the notification being issued, paving the way for candidates to file nominations. The last day for filing nominations is April 17, with scrutiny of papers the next day and the last day for withdrawal on April 20. Main political parties -- the BJP (175), Congress (177) and Janata Dal Secular (JDS) (122) -

New Delhi, Apr 10: Indian Muslim organizations and human rights bodies today demonstrated near Myanmar embassy in the capital against the violation of human rights, atrocities and acts of cruelty meted out on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Indian Muslim organisations and civil society under the banner of an umbrella body of Muslim organisations All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM) today

Bangalore, Apr 10: In two separate suicide cases, two software engineers allegedly hanged themselves to death in their flats on Tuesday for different reasons. In first incident, Manoj Kumar (36) ended his life by hanging himself in his room at a paying guest accommodation in Shantiniketan Layout, HAL police station limits, on Tuesday morning. A resident of RT Nagar, Manoj was working with a

Mangalore, Apr 10: Upset over denial of ticket, former Congress MLA from Sullia constituency K Kushala has resigned from the Karnataka Janata Party. He had formally joined KJP at a convention held in Haveri after its inception. With this move, Kushala has now decided to contest the assembly polls as an independent candidate. Kushala had contested in 1985 and 1989 as a Congress candidate and won

Puttur, Apr 10: The Perne road tragedy has made chill run down the spine of the locals who saw the incident happen right in front of their eyes. With prayer on their lips, the survivors of the incident, who have become witnessed to the tragedy say that they were probably a bit more lucky because they survived the catastrophic embrace of the same. “I was purchasing some bakery items from a line

Bangalore, Apr 10: Ruling BJP in Karnataka has released the second list of 35 candidates for the May 5 assembly elections, refraining from taking a call on fielding tainted MLAs. Sanjeev Matandoor and Kishor Kumar The list was finalised by the BJP Central Election Committee which met in New Delhi under the Presidentship of Rajnath Singh, party General Secretary H N Ananth Kumar said in a statement