Karnataka

Mysuru, Apr 6: PM Narendra Modi will address election rallies in Mangaluru and Bengaluru on April 13, former Deputy CM R Ashoka said. Speaking to media, he said that the tour was earlier scheduled on April 8, but since BJP manifesto will be released in Delhi on that day the visit was rescheduled. He said that Modi will also tour Karnataka on Apr 9th and address election rallies in Chitradurga and

Hubballi, Apr 6: While no aspirant from Karnataka figures among the top 10 rank holders in the 2018 UPSC Mains, results for which were announced late Friday, two feature in the top 50. Rahul Sharanappa Sankanur has secured the 17th rank, while Lakshmi N has bagged the 45th. Rahul, nephew of MLC SV Sankanur, is a BE graduate in electronics and communications from RV College of Engineering

Chikkamangaluru, Apr 6: Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy has claimed that he knew "nearly two years ago" that the Narendra Modi government at the Centre would script a Balakot-style strike closer to the Lok Sabha elections to hugely benefit from military tensions along the international border. "About two years ago, a retired military officer told me that the Modi government would build a narrative

Udupi, Apr 6: A leopard, which had attacked a calf a couple of days ago at Heskethur village of Kundapur taluk in Udupi district, was trapped by the Forest Department on Friday. The department kept a cage to trap the leopard with a dog as bait in a separate compartment of the cage. The leopard got trapped at around 2 a.m. The department staff then took away the cage from the village at around 7 a

Mangaluru, Apr 6: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) on Thursday conducted an on-site mock exercise in the refinery to check preparedness to handle emergencies. The drill was conducted in the presence of District Disaster Management group including Narendra Babu, Deputy Director of Factories, Mangaluru. The mock drill was conducted in Oil Movement and Storage area FB7004D ATF tank

Mysuru, Apr 6: The former Minister and Congress MLA Tanveer Sait on Friday alleged that pro-Modi slogans raised at a Congress meeting in Channarayapatna of Hassan district were part of a ‘conspiracy’ of the BJP. “Those who raised slogans were not Congress workers,” he claimed. Speaking to reporters after releasing the Kannada version of Congress Manifesto at the Congress Bhavan here, he refuted

Mangaluru, Apr 5: Congress leader V.R. Sudarshan on Friday said the priority of the party is to undo the fear psychosis and hatred created by the NDA government in the country and the same has been brought out in its Lok Sabha poll manifesto. Introducing the party manifesto in Mangaluru, Mr. Sudarshan told reporters that the NDA government has just created animosity between communities. As such

Bengaluru, Apr 5: Lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi while reacting to Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy's complaints of alleged harassment by Income Tax officials, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said that Modi was behind it to demoralise the Opposition. "This is going on for a while. In the past, he used CBI, ED and Income Tax departments. He is doing

Bengaluru Apr 5: The BJP strongman in Karnataka B S Yeddyurappa today said he will work as an ordinary worker, and he will not rest until he ensures victory in at least 22 seats for the party out of the total number 28 in the state in the coming elections. Unperturbed with the denial of party ticket to former BJP stalwarts including L K Advani, Murali Manohar Joshi, and Sumitra Mahajan, to contest

Madikeri, Apr 5: Excise Department sleuths on Friday seized nine kilograms of ganja and arrested three persons from Kootupuzha check post on the Kerala-Karnataka border. The arrested peddlers are K Ranjith (34) of Machery, Vipin (41) of Kannothumchal and K V Saneesh (32) of Kottali. Excise special squad Circle Inspector P K Satheesh Kumar led team seized the ganja during vehicle checking at the