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Mangaluru, Apr 20: Former minister and sitting Mangaluru MLA U T khader, former Mangauru South MLA J R Lobo and former Bantwal MLA B Ramanath Rai today filed their nomination papers from their respective constituencies for the upcoming Karnataka assembly polls scheduled for May 10, 2023. Hundreds of Congress workers took part in a rally in support of Mr Khader ahead of nomination filing. Flanked

Bengaluru, Apr 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi would campaign in about 20 places in poll-bound Karnataka including coastal belt, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Thursday. He said the Prime Minister's campaign programme is being finalised. "There is all possibility of the Prime Minister campaigning in about 20 places", Bommai told reporters here. "In most (of these) places, he will address

Sanaa, Apr 20: Nearly 90 people were killed and hundreds of others injured in a deadly stampede that broke out in Yemen's capital during a charity distribution in the holy month of Ramadan. The latest tragedy to strike the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country came days ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. At least "85 were killed and more than

Bengaluru, Apr 20: Inayat Ali Mulki has been given ticket from the Mangaluru North constituency by the Congress, which released its final list of five candidates for the upcoming legislative assembly elections last night. A well-known businessman, Inayat Ali had entered the politics through the National Students' Union of India, the students’ wing of Congress and has been associated with the party

Hubballi, Apr 18: A day after the BJP named State BJP general secretary Mahesh Tenginkai as its candidate from Hubballi-Dharwad Central constituency, former chief minister Jagadish Shettar, who is now the Congress candidate after quitting the BJP, said on Tuesday that BJP national general secretary (organisation) B L Santosh is responsible for the BJP denying him (Shettar) the ticket. Charging

Mangaluru, Apr 18: At least four persons lost their lives and many others sustained injuries, some of them critically in a head on collision between two vehicles in Kadaba taluk of Dakshina Kannada on Tuesday afternoon. While the ill-fated Alto car was heading to Subramanya, the Toofan was heading to Dharmasthala, sources said. Both the vehicles collided with each other on Uppinangady-Subramanya

Mangaluru, Apr 18: The candidate of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) for Mangaluru constituency, Riyaz Farangipet who has submitted nomination to contest from the Ullal constituency in Mangaluru, faces alleged sedition charges and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is closely watching his movements. The SDPI has fielded a formidable candidate in the form of Riyaz in Mangaluru

At least five Australian universities have placed bans or restrictions on students from some Indian states, amidst a surge in fraudulent applications from South Asia seeking to work – not study – in this country, according to a media report. Australia is on track for its biggest-ever annual intake of Indian students, topping 2019’s high watermark of 75,000. But the current surge has prompted

Bengaluru, Apr 17: The Congress in Karnataka has got a shot in the arm with senior BJP leader and former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar switching over to it. Buoyed by the development, the party has clearly set its eyes on drawing the Lingayat vote bank to its side. Lingayat vote bank is standing firmly with BJP so far. With the joining of former D.C.M. Laxman Savadi and Shettar, both senior

Udupi, Apr 17: Former minister and Kaup Congress candidate Vinay Kumar Sorake has dropped a bombshell by claiming that Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai has brought a massive amount of money to Udupi when the visited the district by helicopter. Speaking at Udupi Congress Bhavan ahead of Udupi Congress candidate Prasadraj Kanchan’s nomination filing, Mr Sorake accused the BJP of trying to win