Karnataka

Mudigere, Feb 22: BJP leader and Mudigere MLA M P Kumaraswamy has written to the Home Minister seeking protection in the wake of a recent protest against him by the local unit of the Communist Party of India. The MLA, in his letter written on Tuesday, said in the year 2004 a few people under the leadership of Devavrunda Ravi assaulted him over the absence of doctors in a hospital. He had filed a

New Delhi, Feb 22: The Indian Election Commission on Thursday said Indian expats have not been granted the right to cast their votes online in the Lok Sabha elections due this summer. Responding to news reports which said Non-Resident Indian (NRI) voters can cast votes online in the upcoming polls, a commission spokesperson said no such facility has been extended. "If it happens, it needs

Udupi, Feb 22: A case has been registered at the CEN police station here over derogatory messages on BJP leader and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje being circulated on Facebook. The BJP has condemned the messages and urged the Superintendent of Police to take stern action, according to a press release by T.V. Hegde, secretary of State unit of BJP.

Bengaluru, Feb 22: Congress MLA JN Ganesh, arrested on Wednesday from Somnath in Gujarat, was on Thursday remanded in judicial custody till March 6 by the chief judicial magistrate’s court in Ramanagara. Bidadi police, who arrested the Kampli MLA for allegedly attempting to murder his colleague, Hospet MLA Anand Singh in a resort in Ramanagara district late January 20 night, did not seek his

Udupi, Feb 21: Nisha James has been appointed as the Superintendent of Police of Udupi district. Ms. James, an IPS officer of 2013 batch, is presently serving as Commandant, 4th Battalion, KSRP, Bengaluru. Laxman Nimbargi, who is presently the Superintendent of Police, Udupi District, has been transferred as Superintendent of Police, Wireless, Bengaluru. Ms. James served as Assistant

Kalaburagi, Feb 21: Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikurjun Kharge today underlined that he will not change his Kalaburagi Lok Sabha constituency and reports appearing in a section of the press of contesting from Kolar is far from truth. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Mr Kharge termed as false the news appearing in a section of the press that he has faced anti-incumbency

Mangaluru, Feb 21: Muslim Sanghatenagala Okkoota, an unofficial umbrella body of a section of Muslim organisations in Dakshina Kannada (DK) has warned the Congress party against fielding former minister Vinay Kumar Sorake from the DK Lok Sabha constituency in looming general elections. A two-time MLA from Puttur, and a former MP from Udupi, Mr Sorake lost the assembly election from Kaup in 2018

Kasaragod, Feb 21: The involvement of senior leaders of the CPI(M), including the Uduma MLA K Kunhiraman, has been alleged by the family of the two victims of the Periya double murder case. Two youth congress workers - Kripesh and Sarath Lal, were hacked to death on Thursday last in Periya near here. Pointing his accusing fingers at the Uduma MLA K Kunhiraman, Sathyanarayanan, father of Sarath Lal

Ramanagara, Feb 21: Suspended Congress MLA J N Ganesh was remanded to 14 days Judicial custody by CJM Court Judge M Anitha on his production on Thursday on charges of brutally assaulting another Congress MLA Anand Singh last month. Kampli Legislator Ganesh, who was absconding since last one month after allegedly assaulting Congress MLA Anand Singh at a Resort near Bengaluru on Jan 20, was nabbed

Mangaluru, Feb 21: A 60 year old man got a fresh lease of life after one of the rarest heart valve replacements (Valve in Valve) was done for the first time in Karnataka, by a team of doctors led by Dr Yusuf Kumble at Indiana Hospital & Heart Institute, Mangaluru. Mr. Raghavan, a patient hailing from Kerala, had undergone an open heart surgery and mitral valve replacement in Kerala about 12 years