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Bengaluru, Nov 29: The Bharatiya Janata Party candidate K C Ramamurthy had filed nomination for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Karnataka, here on Friday. State BJP President Nalinkumar Kateel, union minister D V Sadananda Gowda and other leaders were present on the occasion. The election to the RS seat is being conducted to the vacancy created due to the resignation submitted by Ramamurthy himself

Bengaluru, Nov 29: Karnataka Deputy chief minister (DCM) Govind M Karajol on Friday slammed Congress for calling all disqualified MLAs 'incapable leaders' after they joined the BJP on November 14 just ahead of the by-polls in the state and said that the Congress has even cheated Babasaheb Ambedkar. "The MLAs are capable and worthy, while the Congress is unworthy. They treated people in a bad

Bangalore, Nov 29: The City Crime Branch (CCB) of Bangalore on Friday busted an international drug racket and arrested a man on charges of obtaining drugs from Canada and transporting them to India. The accused identified as Atif Aslam--a native of Kolkata in West Bengal was arrested on Thursday. Accused named Atif Aslam had contacted drug sellers in Canada through the dark web and used to obtain

Bengaluru, Nov 29: After an FIR was registered against him for allegedly obstructing I-T officials from discharging their duties, Congress leader DK Shivakumar called it a "political vendetta" and said he is ready to go to jail. "This is all a political vendetta. All cases are being done by these officers and friends of BJP. We know that. We will fight it out politically. We are ready to go to

Bengaluru, Nov 29: Cases have been filed against former Karnataka chief ministers HD Kumaraswamy and Siddaramaiah, former ministers G Parmeshwara and DK Shivakumar, and ex-Bengaluru city police commissioner Suneel Kumar under several Sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including Sedition charge, for allegedly obstructing I-T officials from discharging their duties. Acting on a private

Bengaluru, Nov 29: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday said two first information reports (FIRs) have been registered against Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa over his speeches that allegedly solicited votes in the name of caste. "Alleged speech made by BS Yediyurappa, Chief Minister of Karnataka on caste lines in Gokak and Shiruppi village in Kagwad Assembly constituencies

Bengaluru, Nov 28: Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday said his family has got a patent on crying as he took objection to Union minister D V Sadananda Gowdas comment that shedding tears during election was their family business. "I will say that our family has a patent over it (shedding tears). Ours is a life of emotions and tears are an expression of pain in our hearts

Mangaluru, Nov 28: It wasn’t just another day at this fish restaurant in Mangaluru. One of the customers was Dr C N Ashwath Narayan, the deputy chief minister of Karnataka and the amount of the tip he left happily was Rs 20,000! Dr Narayan, who was on Mangaluru visit on Tuesday, November 26, made a pit-stop at recently launched 'Fish Market' restaurant near Navabharat Circle , for lunch along with

Bengaluru, Nov 28: The Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday filed a complaint against former state chief minister Siddaramaiah for allegedly luring people to vote in favour of the Congress party. The complaint was filed with the Election Commission of India (ECI). In the complaint, the party alleged that Siddaramaiah asked voters to take money from BJP legislator from Hirekerur

Bengaluru, Nov 28: BJP announced K C Ramamurthy as the party candidate for the December 12 by-election to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka to fill the vacancy caused due to his resignation as member from the Congress party. Ramamurthy, who represented the Congress in the Upper House and whose term was up to June 2022, tendered his resignation on October 16 to the House Chairman and Vice-President M