Karnataka

Christchurch, Mar 22: The Muslim call to prayer rang out across New Zealand on Friday followed by two minutes of silence nationwide to mark a week since a white supremacist gunned down 50 people at two mosques in the city of Christchurch. As the call was broadcast around the country, thousands of people -- including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern -- stood silently in a park opposite the mosque

Udupi, Mar 22: Former minister and Congress leader Pramod Madhwaraj, who was defeated in recently Assembly polls from Udupi constituency, is now JD(S) candidate from Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency. Congress has reportedly given permission to Madhwaraj to contest with JDS ticket after ceding the constituency to the later as part of seat sharing deal. The coalition candidate will now take on

Bengaluru, Mar 22: The flying squad officials have registered a case against multilingual actor-cum-activist Prakash Rai, who has filed his nomination papers to contest independently for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency, on the charge of violating the model code of conduct. In a complaint to the police on March 19, Murthy D, a flying squad official for

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Ending suspense, the BJP gave tickets to all incumbent MPs, except Koppal’s Karadi Sanganna, in the first list of 21 candidates that was announced on Thursday. It was speculated that some incumbents may be denied tickets, even as state president B S Yeddyurappa had asserted that all of them would be fielded again. The party held back the declaration of candidates for seven

Dharwad, Mar 21: The death toll in the collapse of multi-story building under construction touched in Dharwad city on Tuesday touched 11 today even as Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on visited the spot and Hospitals where more than 60 rescued were given treatment in twin city Hubballi-Dharwad. Sources said that the death toll which was 7 yesterday rose to 11 today with recovery of four

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwara, who is upset over party's decision to concede the Tumakuru Lok Sabha seat to JDS has appealed the JD(S) leaders to give back the seat to Congress. Speaking to newsmen here on Thursday, Dr Parameshwara, who was also former KPCC President, opined that as per the 'Coalition Dharma' the JD(S) should not have asked the Tumakuru Seat

Bengaluru, Mar 21: The special election Squads including Flying, Static, Police and Excise squads have so far seized Rs 23,88,16,719 lakhs worth material, liquor, drug, vehicle and cash in Karnataka which goes to poll in two phases on April 18 and 23. According to official sources, in Dharwad city 2,200 Gas stoves, worth about Rs 16,52,040 was seized yesterday and case was booked in Hubli Police

Muscat: Oman Billawas, an association of Billawa community members residing in the Sultanate of Oman, organized its first ever Oman Billawas Premier League (OBPL 2019) cricket tournament on Friday, March 15th on the lush green lawns of Al Hail School of Cricket at Mabella in Oman. The event marking the 10th year of unity and progression of Oman Billawas is a refinement of its annual cricket day

Mandya, Mar 21: Worried over the active participation of the Congress leaders and workers at the yesterday's Cine Actor, Sumalatha's election meeting, ‘trouble shooter’ in the JD(S)-Congress government's coalition government D K Shivakumar, met some of the Congress leaders in Mandya on Thursday and tried to prepare the party leaders to support JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy. The Congress

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Karnataka government has appealed to the neighboring Maharashtra State to release about 4 tmc of water from its two reservoirs to mitigate the drinking water crisis faced in many Districts in the Northern Karnataka. In a letter addressed to the Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Phadnivas, Karnataka Minister for Water Resources D K Shiakumar on Thursday stated that several