Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 27: When India is looking towards a government that unite the country and not flare up religious sentiments, the BJP central leadership has named Mr Tejasvi Surya, a highly aggressive proponent of right wing sentiments from Bengaluru South Segment and such forces should be defeated, KPCC President Dinesh Gundurao today said. In an exclusive interview with UNI Kannada Service, the

Bengaluru, Mar 27: Denial of the party ticket to Ms Tejasvini Ananthkumar from Bengaluru South Lok Sabha segment, that was taken without giving a hint to local BJP leaders in the city by the central party leadership, was opposed senior leader N Somanna on Wednesday. Senior BJP MLA elected from the city, came out in the open against naming greenhorn Tejaswi Surya, instead of Ms Tejaswani and said

Bengaluru, Mar 27: The dream of a young Bengaluru-based businessman and his family to own a luxury car culminated in a tragedy. Sagar J Rao, 31, was killed while four others, including his wife and six-year-old son suffered severe injuries as a Range Rover SUV he was test-driving met with an accident in south Bengaluru, on Tuesday. The incident took place at the Nayandhalli toll gate on Nice Road

Manjeshwar, Mar 27: The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded K Surendran, one of the several Kerala general secretaries, as its candidate in the Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency, where the Sabarimala temple is located. Known for his controversial speeches, and topsy-turvy translations, K Surendran had lost 2016 assembly polls by 89 votes to Muslim League in Manjeshwar seat of Kasaragod district

Kalaburagi, Mar 27: Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) has decided to contest for 119 Lok Sabha seats in the country, including 7 in Karnataka, SUCI (C) State Committee member H V Divakar said here on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference here, Mr Divakar criticised Left parties, including CPI(M) and CPI for joining hands with the Congress in Odhissa and West Bengal. “BJP has continued

Bengaluru, Mar 27: The Karnataka State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president B S Yeddyurappa, have expressed confidence that party, which had given ticket to a new face, Tejasvi Surya, for Bengaluru South, Lok Sabha seat for the April-18 Lok Sabha elections, will retain the BJP's bastion. Speaking to newsmen, he said that "There is no any set back to the party candidate for fielding a new

Bengaluru, Mar 27: As the filing of nominations for the first phase of polling for 14 Lok Sabha constituencies ended in Karnataka Tuesday, a total of 455 nominations have been submitted by 362 candidates, poll officials said. Among these, 337 are male candidates and 25 are female, the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer's office that revised nomination figures late Tuesday night said in a release

Bengaluru, Mar 27: Dr Vallish Shenoy, an MBBS graduate from AJ Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangaluru, bagged seven gold medals and one cash prize at the 21st convocation ceremony of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) held here yesterday. A total of 136 medals were awarded to students during the convocation. Dr Aparna, another UG student of D A Pandu Memorial RV Dental

Karwar, Mar 27: The Janata Dal (S) has announced its candidates for Uttara Kannada and Vijayapura Lok Sabha constituencies, which will go to the polls on April 23. For Uttara Kannada, the JD(S) has chosen Anand Asnotikar, a former Bharatiya Janata Party leader who joined the party in January 2018 in the run-up to the Assembly elections. Mr. Asnotikar was elected on Congress ticket in 2008 from

Mangaluru, Mar 27: The Bharatiya Janata Party, which is holding Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency for past three decades, this time aims to defeat nearest opponent, the Congress, by a margin of two lakh votes, according to Sanjeeva Matandoor, DK district president of the party. Speaking to media persons here, Mr Matandoor recalled that sitting BJP MP Nalin Kumar Kateel had defeated the