Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 13: Karnataka BJP Chief BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said Dr Umesh Jadhav will contest elections from Kalaburagi against Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, while Tejaswini Ananth Kumar is likely to contest from Bengaluru South. However, the former Karnataka chief minister said the final decision will be taken by party high command. "Dr Umesh Jadhav will contest elections from

Kasaragod/Mangaluru, Mar 13: The Indian National Congress, which has been trying to wrest Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for past three decades, is reportedly mulling to field U T Ifthikar Ali, younger brother of Karnataka’s minister for urban development and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge U T Khader, in the 17th Lok Sabha elections. The coastal

Shivamogga, Mar 13: Two teachers, including the principal of a residential school in Maluru village of Karnataka's Shivamogga city have been suspended after a video apparently depicting them hugging each other surfaced on social media. Karnataka residential educational institutions society Nandan Kumar JV on Tuesday evening suspended the principal and a physical education teacher of Morarji Desai

Mysuru, Mar 13: Former UP Chief Minister Mayavati headed Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will contest all the 28 seats in Karnataka in the 17th Lok Sabha elections to be held in two phases on April 18 and 23, former Minister and MLA N Mahesh said here on Wednesday. Addressing the party workers, he said that last time they had committed a mistake by tying up with JD(S) and had realised the mistake. This

Hassan, Mar 13: Three members from the same family, including a woman, were killed on the spot and four others sustained serious injuries in a ghastly road mishap in Hassan district. The mishap occurred when the car in which they were travelling collided with a State road transport bus near Lakshmidevaranahalli village in Arasikere taluk in the wee hours on Wednesday. Police said that the victims

Udupi, Mar 13: Families of missing 7 fishermen have decided to boycott the Lok Sabha elections scheduled for April 18 election to Udupi-Chikkamagaluru seat in protest against the Government agencies failing to find out whereabouts of their family heads though it is already 88 days since they missing. The tragedy struck as the fishermen ventured into the deep sea by trawler Suvarna Tribhuja from

Bangalore, Mar 13: Senior BJP leader and Lingayat community strongman BS Yeddyurappa has claimed that his party will form the government in the southern state of Karnataka ''within next 24 hours'' if it manages to win at least 22 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha election 2019. The former Karnataka chief minister also urged the voters to vote for BJP if they wanted their state to usher in a new era

Karwar, Mar 13: A total of 1,922 polling stations would be set up in the six Assembly segments of Uttara Kannada district and two Assembly segments of Belagavi district that fall under the Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency. Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency comprises the Assembly segments of Kittur and Khanapur (Belagavi district), Haliyal, Karwar, Kumta, Bhatkal, Sirsi and Yallapur (Uttar

Bengaluru, Mar 13: The police have solved the murder case of gangster Lakshmana by arresting six persons including a 21-year-old girl, who is said to be the mastermind of the crime. 42-year-old Lakshmana, touted to be one of the richest rowdies of Karnataka, worth more than Rs 600 crore, was hacked to death in broad daylight on March 7 in Bengaluru’s Mahalakshmi Layout. He was released on bail a

Kolar, Mar 13: Police have arrested a married couple under provisions of the Child Marriage Act, Pocso Act and Protection of Civil Rights Act in connection with the rape of a minor Dalit girl and her forced marriage at Hunasikote in Malur taluk of Kolar district. The arrested are Gangaraju, 32, of Kumbara caste and from Dodda Kadathuru village, and his wife Pallavi, a 23-year-old Dalit woman, who