Karnataka

Kalaburagi, May 14: Opposition Leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also BJP State President, today ruled out possibility of BJP Legislators joining Congress after May 23. Referring to AICC General Secretary and party incharge of Karnataka affairs K C Venugopal's claim, he said that " no single BJP MLA will join the Congress or any other political party". Addressing

Bengaluru, May 14: An eight-month-old baby boy was allegedly electrocuted when he was playing in a shed at an under-construction residential building in Kodihalli on Saturday evening. The deceased, Ravi Kumar, was the youngest among six children of Anil Sahani from Begusarai, Bihar. Anil had come to the city with his family and the couple was working as connstruction workers for the last two

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Kalaburagi, May 14: State BJP president BS Yeddyurappabacktracked on his comments that there would be a “positive atmosphere” for his party to form the government after the Lok Sabha election results are announced on May 23, insisting that he never said the coalition government will fall or that he would become chief minister. Yeddyurappa, on Sunday, said as many as 20 Congress MLAs were ready to

Hassan, May 14: A day after a 26-year-old married woman allegedly committed suicide by overdosing on unidentified tablets, the victim’s father on Monday accused her husband of driving her to take an extreme step. MK Ashwini, 26, married her then boyfriend Adithya, a resident of Shankaripuram in Hassan district, three years ago. The couple tied the knot at the sub-registrar’s office. Things turned

Kalaburgi, May 14: Congress leader KC Venugopal on Monday said that many BJP MLAs in Karnataka are willing to quit the saffron party and join Congress after the declaration of Lok Sabha election result on May 23. The senior Congress leader, however, told media that his party is not going to lure away the BJP legislators because they are willing to quit the BJP on their own. "We are not going to

Hubballi/Belagavi/Mysuru, May 14: Cracks in the JD(S)-Congress alliance appear to be widening by the day as a section of Congress leaders, who are rooting for the return of Siddaramaiah as chief minister, continued their clamour despite frowns from the JD(S) even while the Congress and BJP continued to squabble over the stability of the coalition. A day after state JD(S) president AH Vishwanath

Belagavi, May 13: Karnataka Minister for Forest Satish Jarkiholi, who is also District In-charge Minister, today ascertained that the Coalition partners Congress and JDS have full strength to save the government by launching 'Operation Hasta' (Operation Hand) to counter BJP's 'Operation Lotus' launched to woo the ruling party legislators in the State. Addressing a press conference here on Monday

Chamarajnagara, May 13: Five people, including two teen-aged boys drowned in three districts of Karnataka including Mandya, Chamarajanagara and Kodagu in the past 24 hours, police said on Monday. According to police, two youth drowned at Balamuri picnic spot near Srirangapatna in Mandya district, two youths met watery grave at Chiklihole dam in Kodagu district and one drowned at Suvarnavathi

Mangaluru, May 13: Francis John Musembi, a 58 years old man from Kenya was given a fresh lease of life after undergoing a successful kidney transplant at Indiana Hospital & Heart Institute, Mangaluru. A team of doctors led by Dr Pradeep K.J., Consultant Nephrologist and Dr. Abhijith Shetty, Consultant Urologist of Indiana Hospital & Heart Institute, Mangalore performed the transplant. This adds