Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 3: Former prime minister and JD(S) Supreme H D Deve Gowda appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to exclude Dairy sector from the ambit of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. In a letter to Mr Modi, he said that allowing import of Dairy products will have severe impact on the economic condition of the Dairy farmers. “If the union government does not

New Delhi, Nov 3: With a purportedly incriminating video of chief minister BS Yediyurappa triggering a controversy in Karnataka politics, Congress on Saturday alleged that Union home minister Amit Shah was behind the resignation of its MLAs which toppled the JD(S)-Congress government in the state. AICC general secretary KC Venugopal told reporters that Yediyurappa is seen in the video as saying

Bengaluru, Nov 3: JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday said the BJP as a party stood exposed by an audio clipping in which chief minister B S Yediyurappa purportedly is heard saying rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs, who were later disqualified, were kept in Mumbai during the final days of the coalition government under the watch of BJP chief Amit Shah. In the clipping that has gone viral, Yediyurappa

Bengaluru, Nov 2: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has hit out at party leaders for lack of support in "saving" the BJP government and not recognising the "sacrifice" of disqualified Congress-JD(S) MLAs, because of whom they could come to power. Yediyurappa said that he felt like having committed a "crime" for occupying the chief minister's post making disqualified MLAs trust in him. A

Bengaluru, Nov 2: Former minister of Karnataka and noted social leader, Vaijanath Patil passed away in Bengaluru on Saturday morning. The 82-year-old Patil was admitted to Fortis Hospital for prolonged illness. As the president of Hyderabad-Karnataka Horata Samithi, Patil led mass movements for getting Special Status under 370(J) to the region amending the Constitution which was a long pending

Kalaburagi , Nov 1: Attempt to hoist a separate statehood flag of Kalyan Karnataka by members various organisations to boycott Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations was foiled by police here city on Friday. Members of the Hyderabad Karnataka Pratyeka Kalyan Karnataka Rajya Horata Samiti president M S Patail Naribol and a few others, who tried to break the police cordon at Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Chowk

Mangaluru, Nov 1: Indian Coast Guard (ICG) sleuths have arrested 15 fishermen from Iran and seized two boats recently for entering Indian waters illegally. The arrested fishermen were handed over to Mangaluru Police for further investigations, according to release issued here on Friday. The arrested fishermen have been identified as Azam Ansari, Abubaker Ansari Miya, Moosa Dahadani, Shidh Baachu

Mangaluru, Nov 1: City Crime Branch (CCB) on Friday arrested four students on the charges of peddling drugs in the city. Police Commissioner Dr P S Harsha said that based on credible information the CCB sleuths and personnel from the Economic and Narcotic Offences station conducted the raid. The students were regular drug peddlers, their potential target being other students. "Narcotic drugs

Mangaluru, Nov 1: A 40-year-old person died after being hit by a moving train here on Friday. This was the third similar incident reported since October. Railway police said the deceased has been identified as Mohammed Basheer (40), a resident of Chembugudde.

Mangaluru, Nov 1: A city-based group in Mangaluru here conducted a unique "selfie with potholes" campaign to highlight the issue of potholes in the city on Friday. City-based Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) Civic Group initiated the campaign by urging people to click selfies with potholes and using the hashtag ##Fixitanna-ROADhaTHODha upload them to the social media mentioning the location