Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 1: Even as the State government is scrambling to prevent the spread of monkey fever (KFD), there has been a sudden increase in the number of H1N1 (avian flu) cases across Karnataka in last one month. According to official sources, a total of 603 H1N1 positive cases were reported from January 1 to February 28 across Karnataka this year. In the month of February alone nearly 400

Hassan, Mar 1: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda has hit out at the BJP for politicizing India’s air strikes against alleged terror camps across the LoC in Kashmir, saying the saffron party is using it to promote itself. “If wars could have won elections, the Vajpayee government should have come back to power after the Kargil war,” Gowda stated, while asking PM Narendra Modinot

Kolar, Mar 1: The police have arrested the parents of a 3-year-old boy for inflicting burn injuries on him with a cigarette butt to drive the “devil” out of him, which led to his death. The accused are Harish, a private vehicle driver and his wife Renuka from Malur. HM Ranganaswamy, police sub-inspector, Malur, said Harish had tied the knot with Renuka four years ago. Harish, a drunkard, would

Mandya, Mar 1: Sumalatha Ambareesh lambasted Congress leaders on Thursday, claiming some of them are an “obstacle” in her path to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections from Mandya constituency on a Congress ticket. Sumalatha, wife of actor-politician MH Ambareesh, also claimed that some Congress leaders are dissuading her from contesting even as an independent. Following a tour of Mandya

Mangaluru, Feb 28: Following protests from locals and request from Member of Parliament Nalin Kumar Kateel, the contractor at the National Highway Authority of India's (NHAI) toll plaza at Surathkal has decided to defer collection of toll for local vehicles with registration number KA 19 (local vehicles). Messrs Keshav Agarwal, the new firm operating the toll plaza in Surathkal since November 2018

Newsroom, Feb 28: Karnataka BJP president and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa has grabbed media attention in Pakistan too after he reportedly claimed that air strike carried out by Indian Air Force (IAF) in neighbouring country will help the saffron party in upcoming general elections. Several Pakistani TV channels today gave coverage to Yeddyurappa’s comment that India's air strikes had

Bengaluru, Feb 28: The manager of Karachi Bakery's Bengaluru outlet claimed to have received a call threatening to 'blast the store' if the word 'Karachi' was not removed from the name board. As per Bengaluru police, the caller identified himself as Vicky Shetty, an "underworld don". Based on the complaint filed by the manager, P Sukumar, a case has been case registered at the Indiranagar police

Bengaluru, Feb 28: The Karnataka Government has so far released over Rs 4163 Crore towards farm loan waiver and it will benefit more than 19 lakh farmers, Nodal Officer on Loan Waiver scheme Manish Moudgil today said. Speaking to newsmen here on Thursday, he said that while about 8.5 lakh farmers who had availed loan from the Commercial banks and another 10.40 lakh farmers, obtained farm loan from

Bengaluru, Feb 28: Former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said on Thursday clarified that his statement on air strikes on terror camps in Pakistan by the Indian Air Force was misquoted in a section of the media and he had not said that this air strike would benefit Bharatiya Janata Party in the coming Lok Sabha elections. His clarification comes in the wake of former Indian Army chief Gen V K Singh

Bengaluru, Feb 28: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy here on Wednesday said that if the Congress and JD(S) alliance wins at least 20-22 seats in Karnataka, then a Kannadiga can once again become the next Prime Minister of the country. "In 1996, a Kannadiga HD Devegowda became Prime Minister after you (Karnataka people) blessed us with 16 Lok Sabha seats. If