Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 26: JD(S) leader and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy reiterated that he will extend support to chief minister BS Yediyurappa if the BJP fails to secure the minimum six seats it requires to stay in power in the December 5 byelections to 15 seats. Yediyurappa, however, rejected the offer and pitched instead for “Congress-JD(S)- mukt Karnataka”. “There is no question of midterm

Bengaluru, Nov 26: Hundreds of residents of eight localities near Hulimavu Lake in south Bengaluru on Monday scrambled to save what they could after water from the breached lake gushed into their homes on Sunday. BBMP officials said 319 houses had been badly damaged. The civic agency’s employees and pourakarmikas began cleaning and fogging operations in affected areas to prevent outbreak of

Bengaluru, Nov 25: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday ruled out the possibility of his former ally JD(S) joining hands with BJP after the bypolls, as he talked about the prospects of mid-term polls in the state and the Congress party winning it. The Congress Legislature Party leader also said the B.S Yediyurappa-led BJP government will have to resign on "failing" to garner the

Bengaluru, Nov 25: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday pitched for 'Congress-mukt Karnataka' to realise the BJP's national dream of 'Congress-mukt Bharat'. "If we have to make 'Congress-mukt Bharat' then it should be 'Congress Mukt Karnataka' first. It should begin from here," he said addressing an election rally at Kamalapurain Vijayanagar Assembly constituency from where Anand Singh is

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Chikkaballapura, Nov 25: Disqualified Congress MLA K Sudhakar, who is seeking re-election on a BJP ticket, has alleged that KPCC president Dinesh Gundurao has been receiving “hafta” on a regular basis from illegal clubs and dance bars in Gandhinagar, his assembly constituency in Bengaluru. “He has no right to comment on my principles,” Sudhakar said. “Everybody knows he has a deep nexus with

Mangaluru, Nov 25: In the wake of recent murder attempt on former minister and incumbent Mysuru Congress MLA Tanveer Sait, the Karnataka home department has decided to provide security to his Mangaluru counterpart U T Khader. Sources said that the home department has been insisting on providing a gunman for Khader, the Mangaluru (Ullal) MLA, who was a minister in Siddaramaiah-led Congress

Ayodhya, Nov 25: With winter setting in, the Ayodhya Municipal Corporation has decided to buy jute coats for the cows staying in different shelters of the holy city. Niraj Shukla, Nagar Nigam Commissioner of Ayodhya, said, “We are in the process of getting the cow coats made. This scheme will be implemented in three-four phases. First we are starting with Baishingpur cow shelter, which houses

Bengaluru, Nov 25: Former chief minister and JD(S) Legislature Party leader HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday suggested his party has kept the option of a tie-up with the Congress open post the bypolls. He, however, denied he had promised to save the BJP government. “My assurance to save the government does not mean I want to help the BJP regime,” Kumaraswamy said while campaigning for TN Javarayi Gowda in

Bengaluru, Nov 24: Election Commission of India has introduced new ID with coloured and more authentic-looking Elector Photo Identity Cards, popularly known as EPIC. The new-look EPIC will not only have the latest colour photograph of the voter, but will also have a host of new features, which will lend a unique touch to it. It will have many safety features. The EC has decided to revamp the voter