Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 18: Four dissidents skipped the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting in Bengaluru on January 18 that was called as a show of strength to counter the alleged bid by the BJP to topple the coalition government in Karnataka. Their absence posed no imminent threat to the seven-month old Congress-JD(S) government headed by H.D. Kumaraswamy but suggested that all was not well within

Bengaluru, Jan 18: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today said that his government is keen to introduce Millets in Midday meal in schools , Government Hostels and subsidesidesed in Indira Canteens for all people in the State. Speaking after inaugurating a three day Oranics and Millets International Trade Fair here on Friday he said that “over the last three years, the State Government has

New Delhi, Jan 18: Come January 26, new news television channels and a weekly newspaper will add to the ever growing list of players in the Indian media space. Republic Bharat, a Hindi offering from Arnab Goswami's stable, will debut on Republic Day. Ahead of its launch, the channel has launched a new campaign ‘Poochta Hai Bharat', aimed at establishing it as a movement to fight for real causes

Bengaluru, Jan 18: Senior Congress leader and the former Karnataka Minister H K Patil, took over as the new Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee’s Campaign Committee Chairman at a party workers meeting held here on Friday. AICC general secretary K C Venugopal, who is also party affairs in Karnataka, symbolically handed over the charge by giving party’s flag. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Patil

Bengaluru, Jan 18: Ahead of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting here, Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa on Friday said it was the Grand Old Party's responsibility to keep its flock together and his party had nothing to do with the "confusion" in the ruling coalition in the southern state. He also said the allegations that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was trying to poach Congress

Kalaburagi, Jan 18: The disgruntled Congress MLA from Chincholi assembly seat in Kalaburagi district, was deeply hurt due to the slanderous campaign launched by the congress workers against him, Ramachandra Jadhav, his brother said here on Friday. Speaking to newsmen, Ramachandra Jadhav said that, “My brother was deeply hurt by some of the youth Congress workers, who had staged in front of the

Bengaluru, Jan 18: Officially announcing his decision to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from Bengaluru Central, multi-lingual actor Prakash Raj aka Prakash Rai today at a press conference here obliquely urged Congress to support him by not fielding any candidate. Replying to a question whether he would divide secular votes by stealing the votes of Congress in the minority dominated

Indian caste system has been a big obstacle to the journey towards equality. With Independence and the Indian Constitution coming into being, the provisions were made for socially backward classes for reservations for SC and ST. Later in 1990, VP Singh when faced with the threat to his power from Choudhary Devilal, implemented to report of Mandal Commission which gave 27% of reservation to other

Bengaluru, Jan 18: Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H D Deve Gowda and Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy have urged the minority communities, especially Muslims, to extend its support to the party to “uproot” the Narendra Modi regime at the Centre. Speaking at the JD(S) minority convention organised at the Palace Grounds on Thursday, the two leaders reiterated their party’s intention to

Newsroom, Jan 18: An expatriate worker hailing from Karnataka has mysteriously gone missing in Oman since December 10, 2018. Deepak R P (30) was working with the Mass International Hypermarket in Muscat, Oman for the past seven years. Manjula V, Deepak’s mother, who lives in Bengaluru, claimed that she last heard from her son on December 10 around 11 am after which his phone remained switched off