Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 22: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said on Thursday he will not plead for support with those Congress leaders who are against his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy's candidature as coalition candidate from Mandya in the Lok Sabha polls. Taking a dig at those opposing Nikhil, the Chief Minister said "those who are originally from the Congress have already extended their support and JD

Kolar, Mar 22: Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar has said that he "doesn't sleep with men" and has a legal wife. His comment came after Congress leader KH Muniyappa's last month opined that his relationship with Kumar was like that of "a husband and wife". "I don’t sleep with men. I have a legal wife. So, he (KH Muniyappa) may be interested but I am not", Kumar said reacting to the month

Vijayapur, Mar 22: At least nine persons died and six others suffered injuries as two vehicles collided early morning on Friday at NH 218 near Chikka Sindagi of Sindagi taluk of Vijayapur district in Karnataka. The deceased have been identified as Sagar 25, Chand Basha 24, Ajeem 26, Ambarish 28, Shakeer 25, Guru 32, Srinath 30, Younis 27, and Mangsoob 27, all belong to Chittapur of Kalaburgi. They

Christchurch, Mar 22: The Muslim call to prayer rang out across New Zealand on Friday followed by two minutes of silence nationwide to mark a week since a white supremacist gunned down 50 people at two mosques in the city of Christchurch. As the call was broadcast around the country, thousands of people -- including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern -- stood silently in a park opposite the mosque

Udupi, Mar 22: Former minister and Congress leader Pramod Madhwaraj, who was defeated in recently Assembly polls from Udupi constituency, is now JD(S) candidate from Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency. Congress has reportedly given permission to Madhwaraj to contest with JDS ticket after ceding the constituency to the later as part of seat sharing deal. The coalition candidate will now take on

Bengaluru, Mar 22: The flying squad officials have registered a case against multilingual actor-cum-activist Prakash Rai, who has filed his nomination papers to contest independently for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency, on the charge of violating the model code of conduct. In a complaint to the police on March 19, Murthy D, a flying squad official for

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Ending suspense, the BJP gave tickets to all incumbent MPs, except Koppal’s Karadi Sanganna, in the first list of 21 candidates that was announced on Thursday. It was speculated that some incumbents may be denied tickets, even as state president B S Yeddyurappa had asserted that all of them would be fielded again. The party held back the declaration of candidates for seven

Dharwad, Mar 21: The death toll in the collapse of multi-story building under construction touched in Dharwad city on Tuesday touched 11 today even as Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on visited the spot and Hospitals where more than 60 rescued were given treatment in twin city Hubballi-Dharwad. Sources said that the death toll which was 7 yesterday rose to 11 today with recovery of four

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwara, who is upset over party's decision to concede the Tumakuru Lok Sabha seat to JDS has appealed the JD(S) leaders to give back the seat to Congress. Speaking to newsmen here on Thursday, Dr Parameshwara, who was also former KPCC President, opined that as per the 'Coalition Dharma' the JD(S) should not have asked the Tumakuru Seat

Bengaluru, Mar 21: The special election Squads including Flying, Static, Police and Excise squads have so far seized Rs 23,88,16,719 lakhs worth material, liquor, drug, vehicle and cash in Karnataka which goes to poll in two phases on April 18 and 23. According to official sources, in Dharwad city 2,200 Gas stoves, worth about Rs 16,52,040 was seized yesterday and case was booked in Hubli Police