Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 1: With the announcement of dates for by-polls to 15 Karnataka Assembly seats, Congress and the BJP seem to be struggling to find a suitable candidate for the Shivajinagar Vidhan Sabha seat. Bypolls to the Muslim dominated constituency, which has close to 1.9 lakh voters was necessitated after the resignation of former Congress leader R Roshan Baig. People in the constituency were

Mysore, Oct 1: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has formed his government after a lot of efforts and therefore he should be cautious of the "snakes and scorpions" active in the state politics, said former tourism minister and JD(S) leader Sa Ra Mahesh on Tuesday. "Yediyurappa is already in trouble due to three groups in the BJP. The first is of the disqualified MLAs, the second is Yediyurappa haters

Bengaluru, Oct 1: Unsatisfied with the CBI investigation into the I-Monetary Advisory ponzy scam, several investors have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking registration of cases against the firm under Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019, a central legislation. According to them, CBI, which had taken over investigation from the special investigation team (SIT) constituted

New Delhi, Oct 1: A Congress party delegation led by Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan here to discuss various issues including post-flood relief and rehabilitation efforts in the south Indian state. "We discussed issues of flood relief and rehabilitation efforts and the issue of night traffic ban on the forest stretch of NH-766, along with other general

Bengaluru, Oct 1: In what can be termed as a major embarrassment to the Congress, KPCC president Dinesh Gundurao’s wife Tabassum Rao has accused the party leadership of denying opportunities to young leaders. “There is growing dissonance among young leaders as the old guard is not conceding them any space,” Tabassum said in a Facebook post. “While the party can benefit from the experience of

Bengaluru, Oct 1: In another jolt to arrested Congress leader D K Shivakumar, the Enforcement Directorate on Monday summoned his brother, Bengaluru Rural MP DK Suresh, for questioning in a money-laundering case. Earlier, Shivakumar's daughter Aisshwarya had to appear before ED officials for questioning in Delhi. Sources said Suresh has been asked to appear before ED officials on October 3. Suresh

Mangaluru, Sept 30: Karnataka had failed to aggresively promote and its tourism and its potential remained untapped fully, state minister for tourism, Kannada and Culture C T Ravi said here on Monday. Addressing a meet-the-press programme at the press club here, he said that despite the state having several scenic spots, including five heritage sites, national parks and waterfalls, tourism has not

Bengaluru, Sept 30: Amid differences over Karnataka government's plan to create a new Vijayanagara district by carving out six taluks from Ballari, senior Congress leader G Parameshwara on Monday requested Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to consider creation of another new district by bifurcating Tumakuru. In a letter to the Chief Minister, Parameshwara proposed announcement of Madhugiri district

Bengaluru, Sept 30: In an embarrassment to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, freedom fighter H S Doreswamy on Sunday revealed that Nathuram Godse had visited Karnataka to attend an event of RSS in Bengaluru, about a fortnight before he killed Mahatma Gandhi on January 30, 1948. “Godse stayed at the reception committee chairman’s house,” the 101-year-old Gandhian said. Doreswamy was speaking at a

Hubli, Sept 30: Amidst growing opposition among BJP leaders in Karnataka over the issue of election tickets to the 17 disqualified MLAs, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol on Monday asserted that there is "no problem" and that the national leadership will take care of the issue. Speaking to ANI, Karjol said, "Our leader Yediyurappa made it clear that there is no problem at all. Ours is