Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 25: Actor Prakash Raj, who is contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate from Bengaluru Central, on Thursday left a counting centre midway after learning that he was trailing at number three behind the BJP and the Congress. The National Award winning actor is pitted against Rizwan Arshad of the Congress and sitting BJP MP P C Mohan. A video posted by a

Bengaluru, May 25: The voters belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Tribe, who were a traditionally supporters of the Congress seems to have shifted their loyalty in the 2019 Lok Sabha election to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and it was evident as all the seven seats reserved for SC/ST was won by Saffron party candidates in Karnataka. The Congress which had won as many as five LS seats reserved for

Bengaluru, May 25: Karnataka Minister for Higher Education G T Devegowda today underlined that the recent debacle in Lok Sabha election was a big lesson but there is no threat to the Congress-JD(S) Coalition Government in the State. "It is a big lesson for us. All the leaders of the Coalition parties have accepted the defeat and we bow to the people’s verdict," he added. Talking to newsmen here on

Vijayapura, May 25: An octogenarian woman who fell into a 60-ft-deep well in Kallakavatagi village near here was rescued with the help of locals. 85-year-old Tangevva Gadyala, was rescued with the help of a charpoi. The woman suffered serious injuries and is said to be recovering. There was 8-feet water in the well which was filled through tanker when the woman fell into the well.

Mangaluru, May 25: Sujnan R Shetty, a student of Alva’s English Medium High School in Moodbidri, has now emerged another state topper in SSLC examination 2019 after the re-evaluation of two papers. When the results were announced on April 30, Shetty had scored 623 out of the total 625 marks. There was shortage of one mark each for a perfect score in Kannada and English. When the re-evaluation

Bengaluru, May 25: The BJP’s landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections has triggered tremors in the Congress-JD(S) coalition, with Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy offering to resign on Friday. But the Congress, sensing the volatility of the situation, asked Kumaraswamy to stay put and continue. At an informal Cabinet meeting that Kumaraswamy had convened amid the atmosphere of unease, the

Bengaluru, May 23: The Modi wave that swept through the State enabled the BJP to garner over 51 per cent of votes, thereby decimating the Congress and its ally, JD(S), eating into their vote share. The JDS, the state's lone regional party, that had two Lok Sabha members in the previous Lok Sabha was reduced to just one this time as its vote share declined drastically compared to the 2018 assembly

Bengaluru, May 24: Despite the severe setback to coalition partners Congress and Janata Das (S) in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections, the one-year-old coalition government would continue unhindered and complete its full five year term, Coordination Committee Chairman Siddaramaiah today said. His comments comes in the wake of both the parties faring badly in the just concluded general election

Bengaluru, May 24: Newly elected youngest BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, who won by a thumping margin of 3.30 lakh votes from key Bengaluru South Lok Sabha segment in the just concluded elections, today urged his fellow newly elected Parliamentarian Prajwal Revanna, the lone JD(S) member, not to quit his seat but make known the voice of Karnataka youth in the Parliament. This segment was represented for

Bengaluru, May 24: Notwithstanding the severe drubbing received in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections by coalition partners Congress and the Janata Dal (S), the coalition government in Karnataka will remain solid, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara said here on Friday. Addressing newsmen, after an informal Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister here on Friday, the DCM said, “The council