Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sept 22: After the Karnataka State Election Commissioner Sanjeev Kumar declared that the 17 disqualified MLAs, who had earlier resigned from the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) leading to the collapse of the coalition government, will not be allowed to contest in the upcoming by-polls, the helpless MLAs have decided to seek SC permission to contest bypolls. The Supreme Court is

Bengaluru, Sept 22: A complaint against Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and other prominent BJP leaders including party president Amit Shah and working president JP Nadda, for violating the provisions of Model Code of Conduct (MCC), was lodged with the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) by a delegation of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Sunday. "Yediyurappa had a video conference

Bengaluru, Sep 22: BJP Working President J P Nadda on Sunday held discussions with senior party leaders in Karnataka on the coming byelections to 15 assembly constituencies, necessitated by the disqualification of rebel Congress and JDS MLAs. BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel and Revenue Minister R Ashoka were among those present at the informal meeting here, a day after the Election

Madikeri, Sept 22: This year, the Kodagu district administration has estimated that Rs 1,700 crore was needed for rebuilding Kodagu from two back-to-back calamities. Coffee growers in Kodagu are staring at yet another difficult year and may end up with recurring distress from last week’s flood and landslips, district officials sources told UNI. Rain fury from the start of this month has destroyed

Chitradurga, Sept 22: In a gruesome midnight incident, four persons were killed and seven others seriously injured when a car and van had a head-on collision near kalkere village in Hosadurga taluk here on last night on Saturday. Police said on Sunday that victims have been identified as Gowtham singh, Madan singh, Mukesh singh and Lokesh. The incident occurred when the car was returning Arsikere

Bengaluru, Sept 22: A delegation of Seed World 2019 event on Saturday met the Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa here to discuss various issues concerning agriculture. "The 14-member delegation of eminent global and national heads of various institutions discussed on doubling the farmers' income and the policy push needed for the growth of Agriculture in the state and especially making

Bengaluru, Sept 22: Karnataka Revenue Minister and BJP leader R Ashoka on Sunday said that the party "will not forget the sacrifice made by the disqualified MLAs", who are apparently the reason behind the formation of BS Yediyurappa-led government in the state. Ashoka was at the Bengaluru airport to receive BJP working president JP Nadda when he made the statement. He further hinted that the

Bengaluru, Sept 22: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa-led government on Saturday allotted Rs 50 crore funds from the exchequer for the construction of Anubhava Mantapa in Kalaburagi. The Anubha Mantapaav aims to spread the messages of 12th-century intellectuals like Basavanna, Akkamahadevi and others among the people. The government has directed the concerned authorities to release Rs 20

Hubli, Sept 22: A man was allegedly shot dead by bike-borne assailants in Manjunath Nagar area here on Saturday evening, police said. The deceased has been identified as Parvesh Singh, a native of Bihar's Vaishali district. Speaking to media, R Dilip, Commissioner of Police said, "As per the information we got, Singh was shot by two or three bike-borne assailants. He died on the spot." The

Mangaluru, Sep 22: Coast Guard district (Karnataka) under the aegis of the South Asian Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) conducted a coastal clean-up programme on the beaches in the coastal region in Karnataka . The programme, as part of International Coastal Clean-up (ICC 2019), was held on Saturday at the beaches in Panambur, Tannirbhavi, Suratkal, Sasihithlu, Malpe, Tagore beach