Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sep 23: G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, has strongly justified the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government over the terrible delay in flood relief release to Karnataka. Speaking to newsmen on Monday at BJP office here, he said nearly 10 states suffered natural calamity across the country and reports have been sought from them. Even the centre has reports of

Bengaluru, Sept 23: Congress leader V S Ugrappa accused the Election Commission of becoming a "puppet" of the Central government. "The ECI appeared before the SC today and said that it does not have any objection to allowing the disqualified Karnataka MLAs to contest the by-polls. It clearly shows that the election body has become a puppet of the central government," he said on Monday. Ugrappa

Bengaluru, Sept 23: Students held a protest here on Monday demanding the appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor at National Law School of India University (NLSIU). Alleging delay in the appointment, the students demanded that proper procedure is followed in the appointment. Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also extended his support to the demands of the students and demanded the government to

Bengaluru, Sept 23: MoS for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Monday said that the survey will be conducted in order to re-open cinema theatres, temples and educational institutions which had been closed. "We have constituted a committee to reopen schools which have been closed for many years. Around 50,000 temples were closed over the years, of which some were destroyed, and idols were defaced. We

New Delhi, Sept 23: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Karnataka Assembly Speaker on an interim plea of 17 disqualified Congress-JD(S) MLAs, seeking its directions to allow them to contest Assembly bypolls scheduled on October 21 in the state. A three-judge bench, headed by Justice N V Ramana, sought a response from the Karnataka Assembly Speaker on the former MLAs' petition. "Issue

Mangaluru, Sept 23: A tense atmosphere prevailed in Mukkacheri Kadapara area of Ullal on the outskirts of Mangaluru last night following a group clash which left at least two people including a prominent leader of Youth Congress injured. The injured are Suhail Kandak, general secretary of Karnataka state unit of Youth Congress and Irshad, a 18-year-old resident of KK Nagar in Ullal. Both of them

Bengaluru, Sept 23: Congress MLA Byrathi Suresh was the reason behind the death of former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son, Rakesh, who passed away in 2016, alleged Congress leader and disqualified MLA MTB Nagaraj on Sunday. "Byrathi Suresh was the reason behind the death of former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son Rakesh. Rakesh was very healthy and he was very close to Suresh, who

Bengaluru, Sept 22: After the Karnataka State Election Commissioner Sanjeev Kumar declared that the 17 disqualified MLAs, who had earlier resigned from the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) leading to the collapse of the coalition government, will not be allowed to contest in the upcoming by-polls, the helpless MLAs have decided to seek SC permission to contest bypolls. The Supreme Court is

Bengaluru, Sept 22: A complaint against Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and other prominent BJP leaders including party president Amit Shah and working president JP Nadda, for violating the provisions of Model Code of Conduct (MCC), was lodged with the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) by a delegation of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Sunday. "Yediyurappa had a video conference

Bengaluru, Sep 22: BJP Working President J P Nadda on Sunday held discussions with senior party leaders in Karnataka on the coming byelections to 15 assembly constituencies, necessitated by the disqualification of rebel Congress and JDS MLAs. BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel and Revenue Minister R Ashoka were among those present at the informal meeting here, a day after the Election