Karnataka

Raichur,Apr 19: Police on Friday arrested a perpetrator who was allegedly behind the suspected rape and murder of a young Engineering student, whose body was found in a hanging state in the forest area in Raichur Rural Police station limits on Thursday morning. Superintendent of Police Kishore Babu said that the arrest was made on receiving a complaint by parents of the deceased student. The

Mangaluru, Apr 19: The city unit of the Girls Islamic Organisation of India (GIO) will be organising an Islamic summer camp under the promulgation ‘So Flee To Allah’ from April 23 to 29 at Hidayah Centre, Beebi Alabi Road, Bunder, Mangaluru. Girls aged between 13 and 28 years can participate in the camp after paying a nominal fee of Rs 300. The camp will be held between 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m

Bengaluru, Apr 19: Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday questioned if the BJP became rich by selling tea across the country. Hitting out at the BJP over its manifesto while addressing media here, Kumaraswamy said, "BJP has stated in the manifesto that they will run a corruption-free government. What corruption free? Did Modi sell tea

Bengaluru, Apr 19: Former prime minister and Janata Dal (Secular) supremo HD Deve Gowda said that unlike Bharatiya Janata Party veteran LK Advani, he is not going to retire from active politics, and that if Rahul Gandhi becomes the Prime Minister of the country, he will be by his side. Talking about his decision to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Deve Gowda said, "I announced three years back

Bengaluru, Apr 19: Sleeping on the terrace to beat the summer heat turned costly for a tea shop owner: Burglars struck at his house in Bapujinagar, Byatarayanapura, on Tuesday night and fled with gold ornaments and cash. Venkatesh N, 58, said he, his wife and two children locked the house and went to the terrace at 11pm to sleep. “But when I woke up the next day and came down to open the main door

Bengaluru, Apr 19: BJP's Karnataka unit on Thursday wrote to the Election Commission (EC) over alleged "mass indiscriminate deletion of voters' names from the voters list" in the state. The party alleged that some officials are working as agents of the ruling coalition government of JD(S) and Congress. In a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer, the BJP said, "The officials have purposefully and

Bengaluru, Apr 18: The fierce, high-decibel election to the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies of Karnataka witnessed an estimated voter turnout of 66.21% in the first phase on Thursday. Polling was largely peaceful except for stray incidents of violence and large-scale complaints of missing names in the electoral rolls. Bengaluru’s voter apathy continued with just about 48% of the city’s voters showing

Udupi, Apr 18: The polling today was by and large peaceful in Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha constituency which saw a voter turnout of 75.8 per cent. The voter turnout in the eight Assembly segments of the parliamentary constituency were: Udupi – 78%; Kaup – 77%; Karkala – 78%; Kundapur 77%; Chikkamagaluru – 69%; Sringeri – 78%; Mudigere – 73%; and Tarikere – 72%. Hephsiba Rani Korlapati

Bengaluru, Apr 18: Election Commission officials on Thursday searched the chopper of Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy here. The bags kept in the chopper used by Kumaraswamy, who was travelling from Ramanagara in Uttara Kannada district, were checked. This comes alongside Kumaraswamy's visit to Kumta to attend a public rally in favour of Janta Dal (Secular) candidate Anand Asnotikar. In a

Mangaluru, Apr 19: Polling for the 17th Lok Sabha elections in Dakshina Kannada passed peacefully with 77.25% of voters braving the sun to exercise their franchise on Thursday. In the 2014 general elections, 77.18% of the voters had exercised their rights. Voting commenced at a brisk pace early in the morning in urban areas while people turned up slowly at polling stations in rural and semi-urban