Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 27: In view of the tumultuous political developments in Karnataka, Congress party's state unit has called for a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting on May 29 in Bengaluru. Along with senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President Dinesh Gundu Rao, will also

Kolkata, May 27: An Air Asia flight was cordoned off on Sunday by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at the airport here after receiving a threat call. The flight I5 588 took off from Bagdogra with 179 passengers on board. The airline said it recieved the call from an unknown person at Bengaluru airport. "AirAsia India received a call stating that the caller would not be

Gurgaon, May 27: A 25-year-old Muslim man was allegedly assaulted here by four unidentified youths for wearing a traditional skull cap, a police official said. The victim was identified as Mohamad Barker Alam, a native of Bihar, living here in Jakob Pura area of Gurgaon. In a complaint to police on Sunday, Alam alleged that four unidentified youths accosted him in a Sadar Bazar lane and objected

Bengaluru, May 27: Amid speculation that JD(S)-Congress coalition may collapse following its drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa on Sunday said his party favoured fresh Assembly elections in such an event, ruling out partnering with the regional party to form a new government. "Forming a government with JD(S) help is an impossibility. I have had a distasteful

Belagavi, May 27: District police were successful in tracing an accused in a double murder case that took place in the wee hours of May 15 at the premises of a petrol bunk in Kittur. Police have arrested Bhimappa Mallappa Tirthappanavar, 24, of Kallapur village in Dharwad district and him sent to judicial custody. He is an employee of RSB Industry in Bailur. Bhimappa had stabbed and killed two

Bengaluru, May 27: Buoyed by a stupendous performance in the recent Lok Sabha polls, the BS Yeddyurappa-led BJP in Karnataka appears to have begun the spade work to topple the year-old JD(S)-Congress government in the state. This was evident on Sunday when disgruntled Congress legislators Ramesh Jarkiholi and K Sudhakar accompanied by BJP leader and former deputy CM R Ashoka met BJP leader SM

Bengaluru, May 26: Pune Magistrate court on Sunday sent two accused in the Dabholkar murder case--Advocate Sanjeev Punalekar and Vikram Bhave -- to CBI custody till June 1. Additional sessions judge S N Sonawane was hearing the matter pertaining to the murder of Narendra Dabholkar, founder of the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS). He was shot dead by bike-borne assailants while

Bengaluru, May 26: Following the massive defeat faced by Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress alliance in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, JD(S) working president MS Narayan Rao issued a circular to party leaders, spokespersons and MLAs asking them to not participate in TV debates or give any statements to the media. The BJP has won 25 out of 28 parliamentary seats in Karnataka - a state government by

Bengaluru, May 26: Sumalatha Ambareesh, the first independent candidate to successfully win the Mandya Lok Sabha seat, met senior BJP leader SM Krishna here in Bengaluru on Sunday. She was accompanied by former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa and party leader R Ashoka. Sumalatha Ambareesh, the veteran actor and wife of late former Congress lawmaker MH Ambareesh

Madikeri, May 26: The rehabilitation of people who lost their houses, owing to landslips in Kodagu during monsoon last year, continues to be a work in progress though the south-west monsoon is hardly two to three weeks away. In all 427 houses are being constructed as part of the rehabilitation package in the first phase and of them about 115 are nearing completion, according to Additional Deputy