Karnataka

Bangalore, Mar 22: The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (OCEO), Karnataka, has made it mandatory for all candidates contesting the coming Assembly elections to conduct transactions pertaining to their election expenses through a single bank account so that the election expenditure can be closely monitored. Disclosing this to reporters on Thursday, Chief Electoral Officer Anil Kumar Jha said

Bangalore, Mar 22: Speeding up preparations for polls after the Election Commission of India's announcement of Assembly election dates, Karnataka Janata Party (KJP)?President B?S?Yeddyurappa has released the party's first list of 69 candidates. While Yeddyurappa has decided to test his electoral luck again from Shikaripura in Shimoga district, his close associate and former minister Shobha

Belthangady, Mar 21: Hardly few days after women's day celebration, the assault on women in the name of dowry continues, only raising question on the sheer meaning of such celebrations while the women at the grassroots continue to fight the unchanging realities. An incident of a man assaulting his wife and children and throwing them out of the house for dowry has been reported from Charmadi

Bangalore, Mar 21: Lok Sabha member Prahlad Joshi was on Wednesday appointed state ruling BJP chief by national President Rajnath Singh to lead its tough battle in the May five Assembly polls. The appointment of Joshi, representing Dharwad, was announced by Karnataka BJP just a day after the Election Commission declared the poll schedule. Joshi pipped other contenders as he has a comparatively

Kasargod, Mar 21: An accidental fire caused heavy loss and destruction of property at a tyre factory in Pavoor near Manjeshwar in Kasargod district. The fire occurred at T A Energy Industries situated in Gerukatte on Wednesday afternoon. It is surmised that the fire lasted an hour and a half. Soon after the fire began, fire personnel from Uppala and Kasaragod fire stations reached the spot and

Meikila(Myanmar), Mar 21: At least three people in Myanmar have been killed with five wounded as extremist Buddhists set fire to several mosques in the city of Meiktila. Clashes erupted late on Wednesday between extremist Buddhists and Muslim Rohingyas, according to a report issued by the Myanmar Police Force. Police imposed an overnight curfew to control the situation, saying that at least three

Bangalore, Mar 21: More than 500 companies of paramilitary forces -- 50,000 personnel -- will be required for the May five Assembly polls in Karnataka, in addition to those drawn from the state police. "We require more paramilitary forces as it is a single phase poll", Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer Anil Kumar Jha told a press conference here today, adding "We require more than 500 companies"

Udupi, Mar 21: Hassles of waiting in serpentine queue to get ration cards is a thing of the past. Your new ration card is just a message away because as per the new process launched by the Government, the submission of applications for obtaining new ration cards can be done through mobile phones. As per the directive issued by the Commissioner of the State Department of Food, Civil Supplies and

Mangalore, Mar 21: To ensure that all the eligible voters exercise their franchise and to create awareness on exercising franchise, under SVEEP (systematic voters education and electoral participation plan), a committee under the chairmanship of Zilla Panchayat CEO has been constituted in the district, said Deputy Commissioner N Prakash. Speaking to presspersons here on Wednesday, he said that

New Delhi, Mar 21: The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the death sentence of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case and commuted the death sentence of 10 others. The apex court also upheld the conviction of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt under the Arms Act in the terror attack and sent him to five years in prison. While confirming the death sentence of Yakub Memon, the bench of Justices