Karnataka

Mysuru, Mar 31: The palace town Mysuru will have air connectivity to Kochi soon, according to Mysuru Lok Sabha member Pratapa Simha. Speaking to UNI, the BJP Lok sabha member informed that the city of palaces already connected to Chennai with alliance air, a subsidiar of air India, have plans to operate an ATR 72 aircraft between Mysuru-Kochi . The services are expected to become operation between

Mangaluru, Mar 31: In a major to BJP in Dakshina Kannada ahead of April 18 Lok Sabha polls, a youth leader of the party has decided to join Congress. Ranjan G Gowda, BJP’s Belthangady taluk committee president, will formally join Congress on Monday, April 1, sources said. Ranjan, son of former minister K Gangadhar Gowda, was the BJP candidate from Belthangady assembly constituency in the 2013

Udupi, Mar 31: The police seized 11 head of cattle and three dead calves that were being illegally transported, at Nanchar village coming under Kota police station limits in Kundapur taluk of Udupi yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team headed by SI Rafee M was waiting at Kolkebail Junction at around 1.30 a.m., when a motorcycle arrived from Kaimail at 1.45 a.m. When the motorcycle rider

Bengaluru, Mar 31: A total of 14 women candidates are in the fray in the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies that will go to polls in the first phase in Karnataka on April 18. Of these, except Shobha Karandlaje, who is contesting from Udupi-Chikkamagaluru on BJP ticket, all are Independents. While Mandya has four women Independent candidates, Mysuru and Tumakuru have three and two, respectively. Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Mar 31: The Election Commission has sprung into action in Hassan and Mandya districts, where JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda’s grandsons Prajwal and Nikhil, respectively, are making their electoral debut. On Saturday, Hassan deputy commissioner Akram Pasha was shunted out close on the heels of Hassan BJP legislator Preetham Gowda complaining against him with the Election Commission. Gowda

Mangaluru, Mar 31: The city police have seized Rs. 13.79 lakh in cash at the 21 check-posts established since March 19 when the poll code came into effect. If the seized cash was not meant for election purpose, its owner can present the case before a committee and get it released within 24 hours. According to a press release by Police Commissioner Sandeep Patil, the city police have passed an

Bengaluru, Mar 31: L S Tejasvi Surya, BJP candidate for Bengaluru South, has obtained a temporary injunction order from a local civil court restraining media outlets from publishing “defamatory statements” against him. A candidate getting a gag order on media during campaign has raised many eyebrows. The court order bars 49 media outlets including English and Kannada newspapers and TV stations as

Shivamogga, Mar 30: A hardcore fan of actor Yash has threatened to bomb the Mescom office in Bhadravathi for power cut when a channel airs Kannada film ‘KGF’ on March 30 evening. Senior police officers along with the dog squad rushed to Mescom office in Bhadravati on Friday and conducted search after the electricity supply company received a threat that their office will be exploded if power

Newsroom, Mar 30: An Indian man died and his wife sustained injuries after they were stabbed by an immigrant near Munich in Germany. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj confirmed the incident on Saturday. The victims have been identified as Prashant Basrur, who died after multiple stabbing, and his wife Smita Basarur who was taken to a hospital. Her condition is said to be stable. The couple

Raichur, Mar 30: A young doctor from Karnataka’s Raichur district died under mysterious circumstances at his hospital campus at New Jersey, USA, on Thursday. Nandigam Manideep (28), a resident of Gandhinagar village in Sindhanur taluk, was a final year post graduation student at Saint Peter’s University Hospital. He had begun practising in his last year of studies. He had left for New Jersey three