Karnataka

New Delhi, Jun 19: Amid growing rumblings in the Karnataka Congress, the grand old party dissolved its unit in the southern state on Wednesday, while retaining its president and working president. “The AICC has decided to dissolve the present committee of (the) Karnataka Pradesh Congress. The president and working president remain unchanged,” a statement issued by AICC general secretary

Bengaluru, Jun 19: Former Karnataka Minister and suspended Congress Legislator, while strongly defending his criticism made against a few senior Congress leaders, declared that he would remain as a party’s loyal worker. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Baig, who had dubbed the AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal as a ‘Bafoon’ and the KPCC President as Dinesh Gundu Rao as a ‘flop

Bengaluru, June 19: Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed by Karnataka State Police to inquire into multi-Crore IMA Fraud case, during raids conducted on Residences, Offices and properties have seized Rs 33 Crore worth Gold, Diamond ornaments and incriminating Documents belonging to building and Apartments of the main accused Mohammed Mansoor Khan who is since absconding. Police in a release

Bengaluru, Jun 19: Renowned theater personality and writer D K Chowta, passed away on Wednesday. He was 82. He was survived two sons and a large number of friends and fans. Chowta, well known in the world of theatre, was the promoter of a theatre troupe “Ranga Niranthara” and was named as the President of the “CGK National Theatre Festival” held last year.

Mangaluru, Jun 20: Senior CPM leader from Dakshina Kannada district, B Madhava, is no more. He was 81. Hailing from Balluriin Kasaragod district, Madhava, a law graduate worked in the Life Insurance Corporation of India at Mumbai, Udupi and Mangaluru, and took active part in the All India Insurance Employees Association. He was instrumental in organising LIC workers, and thus involved himself

Belagavi, Jun 19: A major shuffle of Congress ministers in the HD Kumaraswamy government appears on the anvil in December — if the coalition government pulls through till then. The Congress high command is likely to seek the resignation of all its ministers and inject fresh faces in the cabinet, a decision which will mean some ministerial aspirants who are openly voicing dissent would get a berth

Bengaluru, Jun 19: The Congress on Tuesday suspended rebel MLA R Roshan Baig from the party with immediate effect for "anti-party" activities. "All India Congress Committee has approved the proposal sent by KPCC to take action against R Roshan Baig, MLA on account of his anti-party activities," the state Congress said in a release. "He has been suspended from the party with immediate effect, on

Shivamogga, Jun 18: Several devotees recited verses from the Bhagavad Gita at the Prasanna Ganpati temple here on Tuesday morning. These prayers come as the last straw for the Kannadigas who are suffering from an acute water crisis as a result of a long spell of drought. The devotees believe that reciting these shlokas from the Gita has the power to approach the rain, God. The same belief is also

Bengaluru, Jun 18: The office bearers of Congress on Tuesday asked the party chief of state unit Dinesh Gundu Rao to annul the primary membership of MLA R Roshan Baig over his alleged connection with IMA Ponzi scam's main accused Mohammed Mansoor Khan. In the letter written to Karnataka Congress chief, the office bearers have particularly mentioned the name of Baig and urged Rao to take stringent

Bengaluru, Jun 18: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday visited the house of a 45 year-old farmer, who committed suicide on June 15, and consoled the family members. Debt ridden Suresh committed suicide at his agriculture land by hanging himself from a tree. Before taking this extreme step, he expressed his desire through a video that Kumaraswamy should be invited for his last rites