Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 13: Wipro Chairman Azim Premji has earmarked 34% of Wipro Ltd shares worth ₹52,750 crore ($7.5 billion) for his philanthropic activities, a statement said on Wednesday. “Azim Premji has increased his commitment to philanthropy, by irrevocably renouncing more of his personal assets and earmarking them to the endowment, which supports Azim Premji Foundation’s philanthropic activities

Udupi, Mar 13: The CID sleuths of the Forest department have arrested two persons in the town, when they were allegedly trying to sell off an elephant tusk weighing over two and half kgs. According to official sources, the accused Poonacha and Ganesh, the residents of Kodagu district, were allegedly trying to sell the elephant tusk, were trapped by the Forest officials, in the guise of buyers. The

Shivamoga, Mar 13: Taking a jibe at JD (S) chief HD Deve Gowda, BJP leader K. S. Eshwarappa on Wednesday said if the former prime minister had 28 sons, he would have fielded all of them from different constituencies in the forthcoming general elections. The senior BJP leader from Karnataka was indirectly accusing the JD(S) supremo of dynasty politics. While Deve Gowda himself is a sitting MP, his

Bengaluru, Mar 13: Karnataka BJP Chief BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said Dr Umesh Jadhav will contest elections from Kalaburagi against Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, while Tejaswini Ananth Kumar is likely to contest from Bengaluru South. However, the former Karnataka chief minister said the final decision will be taken by party high command. "Dr Umesh Jadhav will contest elections from

Kasaragod/Mangaluru, Mar 13: The Indian National Congress, which has been trying to wrest Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for past three decades, is reportedly mulling to field U T Ifthikar Ali, younger brother of Karnataka’s minister for urban development and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge U T Khader, in the 17th Lok Sabha elections. The coastal

Shivamogga, Mar 13: Two teachers, including the principal of a residential school in Maluru village of Karnataka's Shivamogga city have been suspended after a video apparently depicting them hugging each other surfaced on social media. Karnataka residential educational institutions society Nandan Kumar JV on Tuesday evening suspended the principal and a physical education teacher of Morarji Desai

Mysuru, Mar 13: Former UP Chief Minister Mayavati headed Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will contest all the 28 seats in Karnataka in the 17th Lok Sabha elections to be held in two phases on April 18 and 23, former Minister and MLA N Mahesh said here on Wednesday. Addressing the party workers, he said that last time they had committed a mistake by tying up with JD(S) and had realised the mistake. This

Hassan, Mar 13: Three members from the same family, including a woman, were killed on the spot and four others sustained serious injuries in a ghastly road mishap in Hassan district. The mishap occurred when the car in which they were travelling collided with a State road transport bus near Lakshmidevaranahalli village in Arasikere taluk in the wee hours on Wednesday. Police said that the victims

Udupi, Mar 13: Families of missing 7 fishermen have decided to boycott the Lok Sabha elections scheduled for April 18 election to Udupi-Chikkamagaluru seat in protest against the Government agencies failing to find out whereabouts of their family heads though it is already 88 days since they missing. The tragedy struck as the fishermen ventured into the deep sea by trawler Suvarna Tribhuja from

Bangalore, Mar 13: Senior BJP leader and Lingayat community strongman BS Yeddyurappa has claimed that his party will form the government in the southern state of Karnataka ''within next 24 hours'' if it manages to win at least 22 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha election 2019. The former Karnataka chief minister also urged the voters to vote for BJP if they wanted their state to usher in a new era