Karnataka

Mangaluru, Apr 6: The city police have busted another online cricket betting racket and arrested three more persons including an elderly man. The arrested have been identified as B Ismail (26) from Mudebihal taluk of Vijayapura district, Ismail (65) from Adyar-Valachil, Mangaluru and Joseph (27) from Kayartadka, Belthangady. The arrests were made following a raid by the sleuths of Urwa police

Mysuru, Apr 6: In a major embarrassment to the JD(S), its workers raised slogans in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a meeting chaired by two Cabinet ministers in Mysuru on Friday. The discord ahead of the Lok Sabha election worsened with Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy accusing the Congress and others of creating a Chakravyuha — a reference to a deadly labyrinth from the Mahabharata — to

Bengaluru, Apr 6: The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) today expelled two Congress leaders from the party for contesting against candidates put up by alliance Coalition partners in the Lok Sabha election. The KPCC General Secretary Shafulla on Saturday said that the party has expelled the AICC co-opt member Amrith Shenoy who is contesting as Independent candidate for Udupi

Bengaluru, Apr 6: CCB sleuths have nabbed a 32 year-old drug peddler, a native of Nigeria, and seized 10 kg ganja worth about Rs 5 lakhs from him during a raid conducted on his rented house in the city. Police said on Saturday that the arrested was identified as Yusuf Abdulahi, Anambra, Nigeria and staying in a rented house in the City at No 6, Second floor, Munithayappa Layout, Pooja Garden

Bengaluru, Apr 6: Congress Legislative Party (CLP) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today warned Congress party leaders in the districts who indulge in anti-party activities and working against coalition partner JD(S) candidates in the ensuing Lok Sabha election. His warning comes on the back drop of several Congress leaders and workers openly expressing their disappointment

Kalaburagi, Apr 6: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Senior BJP leader Jagadish Shettar on Saturday said that Congress-JDS Coalition government in the State may collapse on its own after the Lok Sabha Elections. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, Shettar said that " this 'Kichidi' government may not be in the political map after the BJP government retains power at the Centre after

Madikeri, Apr 6: An eight year-old elephant was allegedly shot dead at a village in Virajpet forest division in the Kodagu district of Karnataka. Forest department officials said the a male elephant’s carcass was found near Pallangala village on Friday and officials say they have zeroed in on the suspect, who is absconding. Though there is speculation that this could be the same elephant that was

Mysuru, Apr 6: PM Narendra Modi will address election rallies in Mangaluru and Bengaluru on April 13, former Deputy CM R Ashoka said. Speaking to media, he said that the tour was earlier scheduled on April 8, but since BJP manifesto will be released in Delhi on that day the visit was rescheduled. He said that Modi will also tour Karnataka on Apr 9th and address election rallies in Chitradurga and

Hubballi, Apr 6: While no aspirant from Karnataka figures among the top 10 rank holders in the 2018 UPSC Mains, results for which were announced late Friday, two feature in the top 50. Rahul Sharanappa Sankanur has secured the 17th rank, while Lakshmi N has bagged the 45th. Rahul, nephew of MLC SV Sankanur, is a BE graduate in electronics and communications from RV College of Engineering

Chikkamangaluru, Apr 6: Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy has claimed that he knew "nearly two years ago" that the Narendra Modi government at the Centre would script a Balakot-style strike closer to the Lok Sabha elections to hugely benefit from military tensions along the international border. "About two years ago, a retired military officer told me that the Modi government would build a narrative