Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 25: Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar today reserved his order on Resignation tendered by Congress MLA Dr Umesh Jadav. The issue was crucial for Dr Jadav, who has already joined BJP and got ticket to contest from Kalaburagi in the Lok Sabha election against senior Congress leader M Mallikarjun Kharge, even as Congress Legislative Party leader Siddaramaiah's

Bengaluru, Mar 25: Candidates of Congress-JDS coalition parties in Karnataka including former prime minister H D Devegowda, Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, union minster D V Sadananda Gowda were among the stalwarts who filed their nomination papers for the first phase of Lok Sabha Elections in Karnataka to be held on April 18. Most of the candidates rushed to file their nomination

Mangaluru, Mar 25: Ilyas Mohammad Thumbay, the Social Democratic Party of India candidate for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, filed his nomination papers today. The SDPI seized the opportunity to show its strength by holding a rally from Hampankatta to the office of Deputy Commissioner. Apart from leaders of the party, hundreds of workers also took part. Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth

Mangaluru, Mar 25: Former union minister B Janardhana Poojary, who had yesterday predicted the defeat of Congress and blessed Dakshina Kannada BJP candidate Nalin Kumar Kateel, today took a complete U-turn and endorsed Congress candidate Mithun Rai. “Mithun Rai is THE BEST. He is suitable candidate for Dakshina Kannada. After a long deliberation, Congress has fielded him from this seat. He is the

Mangaluru, Mar 25: BJP leader and two-time Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, who is seeking reelection to the parliament for the third consecutive time, today nomination papers. Accompanied by the local leaders of BJP, Mr Kateel submitted nomination papers to Deputy Commissioner-cum-Returning Officer Sasikanth Senthil at the latter’s office. Prior to this Mr Kateel addressed party workers at

Bengaluru, Mar 25: Panic gripped Electronics City, the information technology hub in Bengaluru, after an accidental fire broke out following a leak in a GAIL (Gas Authority of India Ltd.) pipeline last evening. The incident occurred at about 7 p.m. at AECS Layout. There were no casualties or injuries, as the fire broke out in an open area in the locality. Fire and emergency officials rushed to the

New Delhi, Mar 25: The Karnataka government Sunday allowed cab aggregator Ola to resume its service which was suspended two days back for running bike taxis without permission. "Olacabs will run their business as usual from today. However there is an urgent need for policies to catch-up with new technologies & also industries too should work closer with Govt to help evolve policies for innovations

Bengaluru, Mar 25: The Janata Dal (Secular), which was supposed to field candidate from Bengaluru North constituency as per seat sharing deal with Congress ahead of next month’s Lok Sbha polls, late last night decided to cede the seat to the latter. The Congress made an announcement to this effect, an hour past midnight, Sunday. AICC General Secretary and Karnataka in-charge K C Venugopal took to

Chikkamagaluru, Mar 25: Four of a family i drowned in river Tungaat Vidyaranyapura near Sringeri, famous temple town of the district, on Sunday afternoon. The deceased are identified as Ramachandra (36), Rathnakara (35), Nagendra (24), and Pradeep (26). Another seven-year-old boy who jumped into the river was rescued by a relative. According to the Sringeri police, it all started around 12 noon

Bengaluru, Mar 25: In a not-so-subtle rebuke to Congress over seat-sharing arrangement in Karnataka for the upcoming Lok Sabha election, HD Kumaraswamy said on Sunday that he and his party workers won't create impediments even if Congress does. JDS and Congress are in alliance in Karnataka for the upcoming election but have reportedly had differences galore over which party will contest from where