Karnataka

Mandya, Mar 17: Even before the filing of nominations, the sugar bowl Mandya Lok Sabha constituency has been centre stage with the entry into the political arena by senior actress Sumalatha, wife of actor -politician late Ambareesh in the JD(S) strong bastion. Though the Sumalatha yet to announce her entering the fray and from which party, she has started touring the entire constituency and is

Kottayam, Mar 17: Sister Anupama, one of the four nuns who protested against Bishop Franco Mulakkal for allegedly raping a 44-year-old nun, on Sunday expressed disappointment over the delay in filing the charge-sheet against the accused. Speaking to media persons, Sister Anupama said: 'We witnesses are in extreme fear. The investigation of this case is over, and the charge-sheet was to be filed in

Mysuru, Mar 17: Tribal community in Mysore-Kodagu Lok Sabha constituency will face disenchantment after successive governments at the centre and in Karnataka have ignored their demands. Nearly 50,000 tribal families in the Mysuru-Kodagu segment and the number of tribal voters is reckoned to be around 1.25 lakh who will consolidate themselves in the run-up to the elections to be held on the first

Bengaluru, Mar 17: JD(S) leader and Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Saturday termed party general secretary Danish Ali joining Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party, as a "political arrangement" between the two parties. Ali joined the BSP on Saturday in the presence of the party's national general secretary Satish Mishra in Lucknow. According to JD(S) sources, Ali is likely to contest Lok

Dharwad, Mar 17: Senior BJP leader and MP Pralhad Joshi said that the foolishness of Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi are sufficient to make Karnataka a Congress-mukt state. Speaking to media persons here, Mr Joshi said the simmering discontent within the Congress will benefit the BJP and help it comfortably win 22 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka. He said that the Congress is losing its ground in

Mangaluru, Mar 17: A youth, who had sexually assaulted a four-and-half-year-old girl child, has been sentenced to 10-year rigorous imprisonment by the second additional sessions district court which is also a special court to handle cases under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act. The incident took place under Konaje police limits on December 23, 2014. The convict K M Ashraf

Kalaburagi, Mar 17: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Working President Eshwar Khandre said that the RSS and Hindutva forces efforts to defeat senior Congress leader M Mallikarjun Kharge will be in vain and he (Mr Kharge) will win Kalaburagi Lok Sabha seat with thumping majority. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, after overseeing preparation for AICC President Rahul Gandhi

Newsroom, Mar 17: At least five Indians have lost their lives while a few more Indian-origin people continue to be “missing” two day after a white supremacist terrorist massacred 49 people and injured many others at two mosques in Christchurch in New Zealand. From Gujarat Mohammad Farhaj Ahsan, the 30-year-old electrical engineer and three Gujaratis including a father-son duo from Vadodara and a

New Delhi, Mar 17: Folk Singer Teejan Bai, Larsen and Toubro chairman Anil Kumar Naik, scientist S Nambi Narayanan, actor Manoj Bajpayee and 106-year-old environmentalist Saalumarada Thimmakka were among the 54 noted citizens conferred the Padma award by President Ram Nath Kovind here on Saturday. Teejan Bai and Naik received the second highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan. RSS leader Darshan

Bengaluru, Mar 16: Resident Welfare Associations and several other organisations held a protest against the construction of an elevated corridor here on Saturday. However, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara said that there is a difference in people's opinion. "People from the north of the city want this steel bridge and people from south Bengaluru do not want the bridge," Parmeshwara told