Karnataka

Mandya, Mar 11: Ms Sumalatha, wife of late Karnataka Minister M H Ambareesh, who is tried in vain to get Congress ticket to contest from her husband's Mandya constituency, will announce on March 18 her final decision to contest or not in the Lok Sabha election. Speaking to newsmen here on Monday, she said she got moral support in the constituencies besides entire film industry has already extended

Bengaluru, Mar 11: Former External Affairs minister and BJP leader S M Krishna strongly advocated continuation of Mr Narendra Modi as India’s Prime Minister and said he would actively campaign for the victory of BJP candidates in the coming Lok Sabha elections from Karnataka. The veteran leader said here on Monday that he felt that Mr Modi should continue as the prime minister and to strengthen

New Delhi, Mar 11: Forty-seven prominent personalities, including Malayalam actor Mohanlal, former foreign secretary S Jaishankar, Akali Dal leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and renowned journalist Kuldip Nayar (posthumous), were conferred the Padma awards by President Ram Nath Kovind here on Monday. Bihar leader Hukumdev Narayan Yadav (Padma Bhushan), former CEO of multinational techno giant Cisco

With sarcastic overtones on communalism, divisive politics and fake news, this Mangaluru-based Beary rapper’s potshots on issues and concerns is a force to be reckoned with. Mustafa Ullal, a 33-year-old rapper and a father of two has garnered 12,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel. While the rap scene is yet to pick up in coastal Karnataka, Mustafa believes ‘Apna time Aayega’. Known by his Rap

Udupi, Mar 11: The Bharatiya Janata Party has been inciting hatred between the communities across Karnataka in general and coastal belt in particular, according to former chief minister Siddaramaiah. Addressing the Parivarthan Rally at Royal Garden Maidan in Kalsanka, Siddaramaiah called upon the people of coastal Karnataka to be cautious of saffron party’s divisive politics. “Ahead of polls BJP

Mangaluru, Mar 11: A school girl has been impregnated by her own brother who is also a “minor” at Vittla in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. The shocking incident came to light during a regular health check-up organised by a local primary health care centre for school students. Growing suspicious over the girl’s behaviour, a staffer of the primary healthcare centre suggested the

Mangaluru, Mar 11: A middle aged woman from this coastal city who had allegedly impersonated inspector general of police (home guards) D Roopa and directed a cop to book a hotel room in her name a few months ago, was arrested by Bengaluru police and later released. The accused has been identified as Asha Prakash (45), a resident of a private apartment complex in Pandeshwara, Mangaluru. She had

Bengaluru, Mar 11: SpiceJet has been directed by a consumer court to pay Rs 47,800 to a passenger who lost his baggage while travelling from Bengaluru to Delhi recently. The passenger, Sanjeev Kumar Mishra, stated in the complaint that his luggage was found missing on arrival in Delhi after he flew on January 21, 2019. While receiving his complaint, the authorities said they would find and return

Bengaluru, Mar 10: Karnataka, which has 28 Lok Sabha seats, will vote in general elections in two phases. While 14 seats will go to the polls in phase 2 on April 18, the rest 14 will vote in phase 3 on April 23. Voters of state capital Bengaluru will exercise their franchise on April 2. The Election Commission announced that the general elections will be held in seven phases across India and the

New Delhi, Mar 10: The Lok Sabha elections will be held between April 11 and May 19 in seven phases and the counting of votes will take place on May 23, the Election Commission announced on Sunday. Karnataka will undergo 2 phased polls on April 18th and April 23rd for 14 Lok Sabha seats each. The term of the present Lok Sabha ends on June 3. No. of seats per phase: Phase 1, April 11, 91 seats, 20