Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 9: The rumours of ‘change of guard’ and the growing clamour for making Congress leader Siddaramaiah chief minister again has caused upheavals in the JD(S)-Congress coalition government. Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday is learnt to have registered a strong protest with the coalition partner Congress on the issue, even as one more Cabinet minister openly backed

Bengaluru, May 8: A sessions court here has asked Asianet News Network and Suvarna News 24x7 to pay Rs 50 lakh to Congress leader Divya Spandana aka Ramya for wrongly linking her to the IPL spot fixing scam in 2013. The case was filed in September 2013 after Suvarna News aired a report linking Ramya, a former MP, to the infamous IPL spot fixing case. The channel carried a news report on the

Mysuru, May 8: The Karnataka Rajya Ritha Sangha and Hasiru Sene on Wednesday demanded the state government to bring out a white paper on the farmers loan waiver scheme alleging that the coalition government was spreading lies on this issue. Speaking to newsmen state president Badagalapura Nagendra said chief minister H D Kumraswamy claims that six lakh farmers had benefited from the scheme. ‘’Let

Kalaburagi, May 8: Amidst hectic Election campaign busy BJP candidate for Chinchol Assembly Bypoll, Dr Avinash Jadhav wrote MD (Doctor of Medicine) examination in Kalaburagi MRCM Medical collage here on Wednesday. Dr Avinash Jadhav, son of Dr Umesh Jadhav is also contesting for Kalaburagi Lok Sabha seat on BJP ticket against sitting Senior Congress leader M Mallikarjun Kharge. Dr Avinash

Vijayapura, May 8: Karnataka Home Department will write to Navy urging for an inquiry into alleged collision by Navy Ship into fishing boat 'Suvarna Tribuja' which was missing since December 2018. Disclosing this to newsmen here on Wednesday, Home Minister M B Patil said that "we will press for immediate probe by Navy through Internal Security Director General and a decision in this will be taken

Bengaluru, May 8: Noting that many Congress leaders are pitching for making him the chief minister out of "affection", Siddaramaiah on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of any change in the top post held by H D Kumaraswamy of the JD(S). "They (Congressmen) are expressing their opinion, but is it possible now? The seat is not vacant now, Kumaraswamy is the chief minister. How can I become the CM

Kochi, May 8: A day after a Qatar-based Keralite was named by the NIA as an accused based on information from arrested alleged Islamic State operative Riyaz Aboobacker, he was picked up by the agency from the Cochin airport on his return on Tuesday. Faizal hails from Oachira in Kollam district. The National Investigation Agency, which had on Monday moved a special court in Cochin for custodial

Bengaluru, May 8: BJP Karnataka President B S Yeddyurappa has sought report from all party legislators in the State to submit reports about drought conditions in their segments within two days and it will be discussed during the meeting of Parliament and Legislature members to be held in the city on May 20. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, he alleged that the JD(S)-Congress Coalition

New Delhi, May 8: Petrol and diesel prices may increase sharply soon after new government comes to power at the Centre with oil companies looking to raise the retail price of the two transport fuels between Rs 3-5 per litre in phases and make up for losses they incurred by keeping the prices at artificially low levels in the run up to elections 2019. Government sources said that oil companies sold

Kalaburagi, May 8: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President Dinesh Gundu Rao strongly criticized BJP State President B S Yeddyurappa and alleged that " he (Yeddyurappa) is completely embodied with self-centred politics forgetting all kinds of ethics and rules, his only aim to become Chief Minister once again". Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, he said that " Yeddyurappa