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Bengaluru, May 21: Amid poor numbers given by exit polls to the Congress in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections, senior Congress leader Roshan Baig Monday dropped hints of quitting the party, and humbly appealed to Muslims to compromise with the situation, if NDA returns to power. "Well if NDA is coming back to power, I humbly appeal to Muslim brothers to learn to compromise with the situation

New Delhi, May 21: There were rumbles in Bhopal and Bengaluru on Monday, three days before results of the Lok Sabha elections, with BJP challenging Congress to prove its majority in MP and unease over predictions of a saffron sweep keeping the JD(S)-Congress alliance on the tenterhooks in Karnataka. A day after exit polls predicted a BJP win in most of the LS seats in MP, the party said the six

Bidar, May 20: Dismissing the Exit Poll survey that predicted the BJP led NDA to win historic second term with clear majority in the just concluded Lok Sabha election, senior Congress leader and former Union Minister M Veerappa Moily today claimed that the Congress -JD (S) alliance in Karnataka would win at least 16-17 Lok Sabha seats. Addressing a press conference here on Monday, he said “this

Bengaluru, May 20: Karnataka Chief Secretary Vijaya Bhaskar held talks with Dharmasthala Sri Manjunatheshwara Temple Administrator Veerendra Heggade and discussed about the acute water shortage being faced at the pilgrim Centre Dharmasthala. According to official sources, Heggade and the Karnataka Chief Secretary discussed about the acute water shortage being faced by 30,000 to 40,000 devotees

Mysuru, May 20: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy assured a farmers delegation of an early resolution to some of their pending demands including early clearance of dues by Sugar Mills and withdrawal of cases filed against them. Karnataka State Sugar Cane Growers’Association President Kurubur Shanthakumar who led the delegation to the Chief Minister said that Kumaraswamy has assured to

Kasaragod, May 20: The Special Investigating Team (SIT) of the crime branch wing, Kerala Police, probing the Periya double murder case, has on Monday submitted the charge sheet in the Hosdurg Magistrate court. The SIT had implicated as many as 14 persons, including two local CPI (M) leaders of Periya and Uduma. According to SIT sources, the motive behind the crime was personal vendetta. The case

Bengaluru, May 20: Buoyed over the Exit polls that projected big win for the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka, Opposition leader in the Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also the Party State President, has convened a meeting of the newly elected BJP Lok Sabha candidates along with the party MLAs on May 24, a day after the Counting of votes polled in the recently concluded

Bengaluru, May 20: With most exit polls forecasting another term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP almost sweeping Karnataka in the Lok Sabha polls, chief minister H D Kumaraswamy Monday expressed concerns over the vulnerability of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). Hitting out at the pollsters, the chief minister in a series of tweets alleged that the "artificially engineered" or

Bidar, May 20: Four youth including a birthday boy were killed when an unidentified vehicle ran over them on National high way No-65 near Mangalgai village in Humanabad taluk of the district killed on the spot on Sunday night. According to the police the deceased were identified as Sachin H, the birthday boy, Kashinath, Gurunath and Raghuveer, all are same age of around 22 and they all are belongs

Bengaluru, May 20: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday hit out at news channels for ridiculing politicians through their satire shows, adding he felt there was a need to bring in a law to regulate the media. "What do you think of politicians? You think that we are so easily available to be mocked? Who has given you powers to present everything sarcastically," Kumaraswamy asked news