Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 21: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday cancelled his scheduled visit to the national capital on a day when opposition parties will be meeting Election Commission officials over the issues of EVMs. The Janata Dal (Secular) leader is skipping a visit to Delhi at a time when opposition parties are in a huddle after exit polls predicted a victory of the BJP-led NDA

Bengaluru, May 21: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday slammed Congress leader Roshan Baig for his claim that both state unit president Dinesh Gundurao and Congress Legislature Party CLP leader Siddaramaiah should be blamed for the "flop poll campaign" in the state. Parameshwara said that it is Baig's personal opinion and not the party's opinion or assessment. "As far as his

Bengaluru, May 21: Amidst turmoil in the Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka, Congress leader Roshan Baig on Tuesday called his party leader KC Venugopal a "buffoon" and blamed Siddaramaiah for the "collapse" of the alliance in the state. "KC Venugopal is a buffoon. I feel sorry for my leader Rahul Gandhi ji. Buffoons like Venugopal, the arrogant attitude of Siddaramaiah and the flop show of

Mangaluru, May 21: City-based Derik’s Chess School prodigy Aaron Reeve Mendes has won Runner Up place in Ontario state Under 8 chess championship, Canada held on 11th & 12th May 2019. He scored 4 points in 5 rounds including victories against FIDE rated players and defending champions. With this performance, Aaron has qualified for Canada national championship in under 8 category to be held during

Bengaluru, May 21: Amid poor numbers given by exit polls to the Congress in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections, senior Congress leader Roshan Baig Monday dropped hints of quitting the party, and humbly appealed to Muslims to compromise with the situation, if NDA returns to power. "Well if NDA is coming back to power, I humbly appeal to Muslim brothers to learn to compromise with the situation

New Delhi, May 21: There were rumbles in Bhopal and Bengaluru on Monday, three days before results of the Lok Sabha elections, with BJP challenging Congress to prove its majority in MP and unease over predictions of a saffron sweep keeping the JD(S)-Congress alliance on the tenterhooks in Karnataka. A day after exit polls predicted a BJP win in most of the LS seats in MP, the party said the six

Bidar, May 20: Dismissing the Exit Poll survey that predicted the BJP led NDA to win historic second term with clear majority in the just concluded Lok Sabha election, senior Congress leader and former Union Minister M Veerappa Moily today claimed that the Congress -JD (S) alliance in Karnataka would win at least 16-17 Lok Sabha seats. Addressing a press conference here on Monday, he said “this

Bengaluru, May 20: Karnataka Chief Secretary Vijaya Bhaskar held talks with Dharmasthala Sri Manjunatheshwara Temple Administrator Veerendra Heggade and discussed about the acute water shortage being faced at the pilgrim Centre Dharmasthala. According to official sources, Heggade and the Karnataka Chief Secretary discussed about the acute water shortage being faced by 30,000 to 40,000 devotees

Mysuru, May 20: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy assured a farmers delegation of an early resolution to some of their pending demands including early clearance of dues by Sugar Mills and withdrawal of cases filed against them. Karnataka State Sugar Cane Growers’Association President Kurubur Shanthakumar who led the delegation to the Chief Minister said that Kumaraswamy has assured to

Kasaragod, May 20: The Special Investigating Team (SIT) of the crime branch wing, Kerala Police, probing the Periya double murder case, has on Monday submitted the charge sheet in the Hosdurg Magistrate court. The SIT had implicated as many as 14 persons, including two local CPI (M) leaders of Periya and Uduma. According to SIT sources, the motive behind the crime was personal vendetta. The case