Karnataka

New Delhi, Apr 12: Social networking platforms Twitter, WhatsApp and Facebook have removed more than 500 posts, advertisements, accounts and other objectionable content found to be violating the poll code, following directions of the Election Commission between April 10 and 11, the poll body said Thursday. "Facebook -468 posts were reported and removed. The posts included violations of MCC and

Bengaluru, Apr 12: A video showing actress-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar slapping a man over alleged misbehaviour during a rally here has gone viral on the social media. In the brief video clip available on Twitter, the Congress spokesperson is seen jostling for space in a crowd and then suddenly turning and slapping a man before a policeman takes him away. As the clip went viral, Khushbu did

Mangaluru, Apr 12: Congress leader and urban development minister U T Khader has justified the religious beliefs of Dakshina Kannada Congress candidate Mithun Rai, saying it is wrong to consider recitation of a verse from Hanuman Chalisa during poll campaign as the party’s soft Hindutva policy. Addressing a press conference at the Dakshina Kannada Pradesh Congress Committee office, Mr. Khader said

Bengaluru, Apr 12: A pre-university student from Yadgir has been arrested by the Central Crime Branch officials on charge of circulating the 2017 PU Kannada question paper on WhatsApp and other social media platforms claiming that it was this year’s paper. The images were “leaked” a few days before the exam on March 16, causing much consternation among Education Department officials. Based on a

Newsroom, Apr 11: Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, who heads the State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is known for endorsing “immoral policing” in coastal Karnataka, has indirectly justified the intermingling of youth belonging to different religions and genders. The septuagenarian leader was answering to a question posed by Mangaluru based activist-journalist Vidya

Amethi, Apr 11: Congress on Thursday claimed a serious breach in the security of party president Rahul Gandhi and has written to Union Minister Rajnath Singh citing a possible threat to his life. In its letter dated April 10, the Congress claimed that a green laser was pointed at least seven times at Rahul Gandhi's head, during his media interaction which was held after he filed his nomination

Udupi, Apr 11: Stoking a controversy over the denial of the party ticket to Tejasvini Ananthkumar, wife of Union Minister late Ananth Kumar, to contest from the Bengaluru South Lok Sabha seat, Bharatiya Janata Party’s National Joint Secretary B L Santhosh said that ‘tickets will not be given on the basis of one’s DNA’. The BJP leader, during an interaction meeting with the ‘intellectuals’ in

Bengaluru, Apr 11: Renowned Cinema star, Prakash Raj, who is contesting as an independent candidate in the Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha seat, has opined that Independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh is better candidate for Mandya Lok Sabha seat than JDS-Congress candidate Nikhil son of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy. Speaking at 'Meet the Press' jointly organized by the Bengaluru Press Club, and

Mandya, Apr 11: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), taking strong objection to party leaders indulging in anti-party activities and not campaigning for Nikhil Kumaraswamy in the Lok Sabha election has suspended its seven Block Presidents. The suspension was based on complaints received from JDS-Congress leaders against them. A section of Congress workers are supporting Independent

Bengaluru, Apr 11: Hyderabad has replaced Mumbai to join the top three cities when it comes to attracting talent -- Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru being the other two, respectively -- while software engineering and business management skills are the most sought-after in the country, a LinkedIn report said on Wednesday. According to the Microsoft-owned professional network, which has more than 55 million