Karnataka

Newsroom, Mar 12: Enraged by the detergent brand Surf Excel’s latest advertisement which promotes Hindu-Muslim communal amity, dozens of online Hindutva activists have mistakenly taken revenge against software giant Microsoft’s Excel. The ad that promotes Surf Excel’s ‘Daag acche hai’ campaign has also divided social media. While some people are praising Surf Excel for the advertisement, the ad

Bengaluru, Mar 12: Strongly defending his decision to introduce his son Nikhil to politics as Janata Dal (S) candidate from party bastion Mandya, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said on Tuesday that he was not the first person who had set such trend to project a family member in the State and the electoral history will speak for itself. Speaking to newsmen here on today Mr Kumaraswamy

Bengaluru, Mar 12: Senior Congress leader A Manju from Hassan district, the stronghold of JD(S), on Tuesday indicated that it was true that he had met BJP Karnataka President B S Yeddyurappa and said he was against the party leaving key segments to JD(S) in Old Mysuru area in the coming Lok Sabha elections. According to State BJP sources, the Congress leader, who is nursing his ambition to fight

Bengaluru, Mar 12: Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar on Tuesday postponed hearing on Congress petition to disqualify its four disgruntled Congress MLAs for disobeying the party whip by not attending the Congress legislative Party (CLP) meeting and allegedly indulging in anti-party activities. Sources said that the Speaker had put off the hearing 'indefinitely' as Code of conduct

Bengaluru, Mar 19: The Bharatiya Janata Party has reportedly decided to field Tejaswini Ananth Kumar, widow of late Union Minister H N Ananth Kumar from Bangalore South constituency. Ananth Kumar represented the constituency in the Lok Sabha for six consecutive terms since 1996. Tejaswini had initially conveyed her reluctance to contest polls. However, state and central party leaders had been

San Francisco, Mar 12: Complying to users and platform security concerns, Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp is banning accounts of users who have been using modified versions of the app like WhatsApp Plus and GB WhatsApp. These altered versions of the messaging app are developed by third-parties where the company cannot validate its security practices. These unofficial apps violate the Terms

Kasaragod, May 12: A man set an 18-year-old girl on fire after she rejected his advances at Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala. The accused poured petrol on her on a street in broad daylight and set her ablaze. The victim, a student of radiology and a native of Ayiroor, Pathanamthitta, has been hospitalised and the initial reports suggest that she has suffered 75 per cent burns. The

Bengaluru, Mar 12: Former PM and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda is likely to contest this Lok Sabha polls from Bengaluru North constituency which is currently represented by union minister D V Sadananda Gowda. Speaking to media persons here yesterday Gowda, however, said that he had not yet decided on the constituency from where he would contest. But going by the stand taken by the Congress, the

Bengaluru, Mar 12: Congress and JD(S) have finally made headway in seat-sharing talks with the national party identifying four seats it's ready to spare for its coalition partner. As per the formula, the JD(S) will contest from Hassan, Mandya, Shivamogga and Uttara Kannada constituencies. Sources said discussions are going on for four more seats - Mysuru-Kodagu, Tumakuru, Bengaluru North and

Bengaluru, Mar 12: An internationally renowned DJ has thanked Bengaluru city police for coming to her rescue, after an event-organising team allegedly tried to cheat her. According to her, they did not provide her accommodation and also refused to pay for her concerts as promised. Kesha Ayres, from England and based in Bali, Indonesia was in the city two weeks ago after a Bengaluru company