Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 28: Four persons, including three of a family, were killed and two others suffered injuries when the car in which they were travelling jumped the median and crashed into an oncoming truck at Sarjapur in Bengaluru yesterday. The diseased are Anjani Yadav (31), a techie, his wife Neha (28), their two-year-old son Dhruv and their family friend Shubhra Santosh (27). They hail from Uttar

Unnao, Aug 28: She was declared "born dead" and thrown in the garbage by the doctors of a Kanpur hospital. A relative saw signs of life in the newborn and picked her up. The baby girl grew up physically challenged due to the first few minutes of negligence by the doctors. Twenty-nine years later, Noopur Singh, won Rs 12.5 lakh at the country's most celebrated game show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' (KBC

Bengaluru, Aug 27: As three-time Lok Sabha member Nalin Kumar Kateel took charge as the new Karnataka BJP president, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday asked party workers to strengthen the outfit, even as he set the target of over 150 seats in the next assembly polls. Kateel vowed to strengthen the organisation under the guidance of the other leaders and said, he was accepting the

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Congress leader Dr G Parameshwara on Tuesday hit out at Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa stating that Karnataka for the first time is being "completely run by Delhi" and the way senior BJP leaders are being treated by their own party is not just an attack on their self-respect but on the whole state. "Karnataka has never witnessed state leadership being completely run

Mangaluru, Aug 27: In a heartrending tragedy, a youth riding a motorbike with a helmet on, but the chin strap unclipped, was killed today when the headgear flew off in an accident on the outskirts of the city. The victim has been identified as Abhish K Nair, 30, who was an amateur cricketer. He had participated in several local cricket tournaments. An alumnus of St Aloysius College, Mangaluru, he

Bhopal, Aug 27: The BJP in Madhya Pradesh is under fire from the Opposition since the arrest of five persons in Satna district in a terror-funding case as one of those arrested is a Bajrang Dal leader called Balram Singh. The Anti-Terror Squad of the Madhya Pradesh Police had last Wednesday arrested five persons in Satna for suspected links with a terror-funding racket managed by Pakistani

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Criticising that Chief minister B S Yediyurappa had created three Deputy Chief ministers post to serve political interest the Congress in Karnataka had said that “it was not done in the interests of the people”. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, the KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao, said that “the posts of DyCMs were created in Karnataka to serve political interests

New Delhi, Aug 27: In a controversial move, the Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) today decided to rechristen the iconic Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium as Arun Jaitley Stadium in the memory of the late BJP leader who passed away on Saturday. The renaming will take place on September 12 at a function where a stand at the Kotla will be named after India captain Virat Kohli as announced earlier

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Ajjikuttira Kariappa Subbaiah, the first president of BJP in the State who later turned a bitter critic of the party, passed away here on Tuesday due to age related complications. Mr. Subbaiah, who started off as a firebrand politician, was a leading advocate and social activist. Doctors attending on him in Manipal Hospitals said he had suffered a renal failure two years ago and

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Congress legislators Ivan D'Souza on Tuesday expressed anger over the appointment of three deputy Chief Ministers in Karnataka saying, "this government is against the verdict of the people." Speaking to media in Bengaluru, the Congress leader said, "This is the first time in the history of Karnataka that three deputy Chief Ministers have been appointed. I believe that this