Karnataka

Kalaburgi, May 15: Even as talk about who should be occupying the post of Chief Minister has led to much tension in the State in recent days, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said on Tuesday that Congress veteran M. Mallikarjun Kharge should have got the post a long time ago. “We, the politicians of the State, are responsible for denying [him] the Chief Minister’s post,” he said emotionally. Mr

New Delhi, May 14: Monsoon rains are expected to arrive on the southern Kerala coast on June 4 and deliver less rainfall than average in 2019, the country’s only private weather forecasting agency said on Tuesday, dampening prospects of higher farm and economic growth in the $2.6 trillion economy. Rains usually lash Kerala state around June 1 and cover the whole country by mid-July. Timely rains

In an attempt to dissuade fish transporters from discharging waste effluents on roads and foul smell in the surroundings, Dakshina Kannada district administration has decided to enforce ‘Kerala model’ to plug the practice of unhygienic fish transportation. The police department has issued a notice to all ‘Fish Transporters’ to retrofit their carriages with leak-proof insulation. Further, the

Hubballi, May 14: Former Karnataka Chef Minister and Congress Legislative Party leader Siddaramaiah today reiterated that he will not contest in the next election. However, he was quick enough to add "that does not mean that I will not become Chief Minister again. Even today I repeat that I will not contest in the next election, but if people bless me why should not I become Chief Minister again

Kalaburagi, May 14: Opposition Leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also BJP State President, today ruled out possibility of BJP Legislators joining Congress after May 23. Referring to AICC General Secretary and party incharge of Karnataka affairs K C Venugopal's claim, he said that " no single BJP MLA will join the Congress or any other political party". Addressing

Bengaluru, May 14: An eight-month-old baby boy was allegedly electrocuted when he was playing in a shed at an under-construction residential building in Kodihalli on Saturday evening. The deceased, Ravi Kumar, was the youngest among six children of Anil Sahani from Begusarai, Bihar. Anil had come to the city with his family and the couple was working as connstruction workers for the last two

Terrorism Worldwide has assumed horrific proportions. We have witnessed worsening acts of terror from 9/11 2001. After this terrible act; terrorism got to be linked a religion, and the term ‘Islamic terrorism’ was popularized by American media. The turmoil’s in West Asian countries due to intervention of American Imperialism for the control over oil resources created an unprecedented crisis in

Kalaburagi, May 14: State BJP president BS Yeddyurappabacktracked on his comments that there would be a “positive atmosphere” for his party to form the government after the Lok Sabha election results are announced on May 23, insisting that he never said the coalition government will fall or that he would become chief minister. Yeddyurappa, on Sunday, said as many as 20 Congress MLAs were ready to

Hassan, May 14: A day after a 26-year-old married woman allegedly committed suicide by overdosing on unidentified tablets, the victim’s father on Monday accused her husband of driving her to take an extreme step. MK Ashwini, 26, married her then boyfriend Adithya, a resident of Shankaripuram in Hassan district, three years ago. The couple tied the knot at the sub-registrar’s office. Things turned

Kalaburgi, May 14: Congress leader KC Venugopal on Monday said that many BJP MLAs in Karnataka are willing to quit the saffron party and join Congress after the declaration of Lok Sabha election result on May 23. The senior Congress leader, however, told media that his party is not going to lure away the BJP legislators because they are willing to quit the BJP on their own. "We are not going to