Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 29: Cases have been filed against former Karnataka chief ministers HD Kumaraswamy and Siddaramaiah, former ministers G Parmeshwara and DK Shivakumar, and ex-Bengaluru city police commissioner Suneel Kumar under several Sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including Sedition charge, for allegedly obstructing I-T officials from discharging their duties. Acting on a private

Bengaluru, Nov 29: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday said two first information reports (FIRs) have been registered against Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa over his speeches that allegedly solicited votes in the name of caste. "Alleged speech made by BS Yediyurappa, Chief Minister of Karnataka on caste lines in Gokak and Shiruppi village in Kagwad Assembly constituencies

Bengaluru, Nov 28: Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday said his family has got a patent on crying as he took objection to Union minister D V Sadananda Gowdas comment that shedding tears during election was their family business. "I will say that our family has a patent over it (shedding tears). Ours is a life of emotions and tears are an expression of pain in our hearts

Mangaluru, Nov 28: It wasn’t just another day at this fish restaurant in Mangaluru. One of the customers was Dr C N Ashwath Narayan, the deputy chief minister of Karnataka and the amount of the tip he left happily was Rs 20,000! Dr Narayan, who was on Mangaluru visit on Tuesday, November 26, made a pit-stop at recently launched 'Fish Market' restaurant near Navabharat Circle , for lunch along with

Bengaluru, Nov 28: The Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday filed a complaint against former state chief minister Siddaramaiah for allegedly luring people to vote in favour of the Congress party. The complaint was filed with the Election Commission of India (ECI). In the complaint, the party alleged that Siddaramaiah asked voters to take money from BJP legislator from Hirekerur

Bengaluru, Nov 28: BJP announced K C Ramamurthy as the party candidate for the December 12 by-election to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka to fill the vacancy caused due to his resignation as member from the Congress party. Ramamurthy, who represented the Congress in the Upper House and whose term was up to June 2022, tendered his resignation on October 16 to the House Chairman and Vice-President M

Udupi, Nov 28: Pejawar Mutt seer Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swami has expressed concern over deteriorating state of affairs and lamented that the moral values in politics was declining with every passing day in the country. Speaking with media here on Wednesday evening, Swami said that the three-day BJP-NCP government in Maharashtra was nothing but a reflection of collapse of moral values. He further

Hubli, Nov 28: Karnataka Congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao on Thursday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party's MP Pragya Thakur's remark in Parliament on Nathuram Godse and also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not taking stringent action against her. "The Prime Minister last time has also said that he will not forgive her. But so far, he has not done anything. In Lok Sabha, Pragya Thakur had

Bengaluru, Nov 28: Just days ahead of the Karnataka bypolls, the Congress party on Thursday submitted a note to the Governor Vajubhai Vala alleging that the functioning of the B.S. Yediyurappa led BJP government has come to a standstill as the party has assigned election campaigning work to all its ministers. "Congress has filed a complaint to the office of Governor against the state government

Shimoga, Nov 28: The fishermen in Shimoga city are struggling to survive as the water of the Tunga river has been contaminated following excessive disposal of waste and discharge of untreated sewage into the water body resulting in the extinction of most of the aquatic life. The Shimoga city, which was once self-reliant in freshwater fish production, is now depending on other parts of the district