Karnataka

Udupi, Apr 3: Nisha James, the Superintendent of Police Nisha James of Udupi district launched the woman police patrol vehicle, “Rani Abbakka Force” on Tuesday to mark the Police Flag Day at the Chandu Maidan here. Speaking on the occasion after flagging off the patrol vehicle, Ms. James said that the woman patrol vehicle would start its operations from Tuesday itself. It would have a woman sub

Mangaluru, Apr 3: Anwar Manippady, former chairman of Karnataka State Minority Commission, has hit out at Siddaramaiah-led previous Congress government and H D Kumaraswamy-led incumbent Congress-Janata Dal(S) coalition government in the for dragging their feet on implementing his report on encroachment of Wakf property. Addressing a press meet here on Tuesday at the BJP election office, Mr

Karwar, Apr 3: Union Minister of State for Skill Development Entrepreneurship Anant Kumar Hegde, along with his supporters, took out a procession in Karwar on Tuesday before filing his nomination papers for the elections to the Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha Constituency as BJP candidate. The former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and MLAs and MLCs and BJP leaders accompanied the Union Minister in the

Bengaluru, Apr 2: JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of wanting to make India a "Hindu Rashtra". The former prime minister also sought to know as to why article 370 of the Constitution that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir should be abolished. "Why it should be abolished? The question is- why it should be abolished? I did not give article 370 there

Bengaluru, Mar 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address two BJP campaign rallies in Karnataka on April 12 in Bengaluru and coastal city of Mangaluru. Announcing this at a press conference here today, BJP general secretary Arvind Limbavali said that Modi wave continues to prevail in the south Indian state. He said the PM will address rallies at Chitradurga and Mysuru on April 8. He will address

Koppal, Apr 2: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, BJP leader and former deputy chief minister of Karnataka KS Eshwarappa caught himself in a controversy for slamming the oppositions and the Muslims for not trusting in them. While addressing members of Kuruba and minority communities on Tuesday in Koppal, KS Eshwarappa said, “Congress uses you only as a vote bank, doesn't give you a ticket. We won't

Hubballi, Apr 2: The minority leaders of the Congress have told the high command that there was no need to give party ticket to any minority candidate to contest in the Lok Sabha polls but to save the country and the Constitution from 'Modi BJP', according to former minister C M Ibrahim. Speaking to media persons here today he said that Congress candidate from Dharwad constituency would be

Bengaluru, Apr 2: In an alarming indication that more number of people are switching from public transport to private commute, Karnataka’s vehicular population has now touched 2.1 crores. Around 1,750 new vehicles are getting registered in Bengaluru city alone every day and the vehicle population in the capital of the state has crossed 80.45 lakh, said Transport Commissioner V.P. Ikkeri. During a

Hubballi, Apr 2: BJP leader K S Eshwarappa took a dig at coalition partners Congress and JD(S), saying minister G T Devegowda keeps himself away from Congress campaign rallies in Mysuru Lok Sabha constituency, and the photos of former chief minister Siddaramaiah were absent in the hoardings of Congress-JD(S) Parivarnata Samavesh held in Bengaluru on Sunday. Speaking to reporters here on Sunday

Bengaluru, Apr 2: The Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce(KFCC) on Monday washed its hands of any responsibility towards Friday’s cylinder blast at a film shoot site, which left a 28-year-old woman and her four-year-old daughter dead. “We can’t get involved in the matter. We can only arrange a meeting between the crew of the film Ranam and family members of the woman. But currently, their phones