Karnataka

Belagavi, Apr 21: BJP leader and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje once gain resorted to personal attack against former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Campaigning for BJP in Chikkodi on Sunday, the hardliner said: “Siddaramaiah has lost his mental balance. He should be admitted to NIMHANS if the Congress-Janata Dal(S) coalition had to be saved in Karnataka”. She was responding to reports

Mangaluru, Apr 21: A 58-year-old Mangalurean woman is among the 207 people killed in the eight blasts that rocked Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo on Easter Sunday. The victim has been identified as Razeena, wife of Abdul Khader Kukkady, a native of Mangaluru who works as an executive in a firm in Dubai. Razeena was a Keralite before her marriage. According to reports, the couple had been to Sri Lanka

Mandya, Apr 21: Amid reports on rampant illegal betting taking place in the Mandya district of Karnataka where a high stakes electoral battle is on between Nikhil K, son of chief minister H D Kumaraswamy and independent candidate and senior actor A Sumalata, police have formed special squads to check the menace. Reports said people of the district were involved on a betting spree waging not just

Hubballi, Apr 21: The Congress is fighting this election against the endless lies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who promised ‘achhe din’ but failed to act according to his word, according to former Minister H.K. Patil. Considered the face of the Congress in Bombay Karnataka, Mr. Patil has been the voice of north Karnataka on several issues. A leader born out of the cooperative movement, Mr

Bhopal, Apr 21: Facing flak for her remarks against the then Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare, Malegaon blast accused and BJP candidate Pragya Singh Thakur demanded an apology on Saturday from those who “tortured” her for “nine years.” Pragya had apologised on Friday after her statement that Karkare died in the 26/11 terror attack because she had “cursed” him for “torturing” her, evoked

Udupi, Apr 21: The district special court here has rejected the bail plea of journalist Chandra K Hemmadi, 40, who was accused of sexually assaulting a boy student. He has been charged in 21 cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act. The accused had filed a petition in court on March 27 seeking bail in the first case filed against him in Byndoor police station

Shivamogga, Apr 21: Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an “evil force,” former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Saturday said that he will block his bid to become the prime minister again. “I will support Rahul Gandhi to the prime minister’s post. Let us see what will happen on May 23,” he said. Addressing a JD(S)-Congress convention in Umblebail, he stated that he is keeping a close watch on

There are continuous attempts from RSS camp to show that Mahatma Gandhi looked up to RSS with respect. The latest in this direction is the piece by RSS joint General Secretary Shri Man Mohan Vaidya. (The Mahatma and the Sangh, IE, 12 April 2019). Vaidya first tries to dissociate from Godse by stating that in the many discussions which he has attended on Gandhi within Sangh, Godse is not mentioned

Mangaluru, Apr 21: A notice has been issued to a sector officer seeking his explanation for carrying spare EVMs in an auto-rickshaw to the polling booth in Bharati English Medium School, Kulai, from where they were sent to the de-mustering centre, on April 18. After polling on April 18, the sector officer brought the spare EVMs with him in his official vehicle to the polling booth in the school in

Ballari, Apr 21: B L Santosh, BJP’s national joint general secretary, took potshots at Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, over the former wearing a dhoti and the latter sporting a bindi. The remarks have drawn criticism from the Congress. “Unlike Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is a daiva bhakta (devotee), Mr. Gandhi and Ms Vadra are devotees of elections,” he