Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 10: Several progressive thinkers and social activists have decided to support actor-turned-politician Prakash Rai, who is set to contest from Bengaluru Central constituency as an Independent candidate in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Babu Mathew, who had contested from Bengaluru North in the 2014 polls on Aam Aadmi Party ticket and is now part of ‘Save the Constitution’ movement in

Mangaluru, Mar 10: A wild elephant entered the National Highway 75 at the Shiradi Ghat section yesterday triggering panic among motorists. A Forest Department official said that the tusker was seen crossing the national highway at about 3 p.m. The tusker did not damage any vehicles operating on the national highway or property. The elephant did not cause any damage to any farm land near Gundia. It

Shamshabad, Mar 10: Prominent South Indian film actress Vijayashanti, who was once a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party has openly compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a terrorist. Speaking at a rally which was also addressed by Rahul Gandhi, the actress-turned-politician, who is now with Congress claimed that people are scared of Modi as they don’t know when he would throw a “bomb”. “People are

Belagavi, Mar 10: Bharatiya Republic Party President Prakash Ambedkar, who is also grandson of Indian Constitution architect late Dr Babashab Ambedkar has said that his party has joined hands with Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majalis-e-Ittehadul Muslimin (AIMIM) to contest coming Lok Sabha elections from Karnataka, Maharashtra and in other parts of the country as people are looking for

Kalaburagi, Mar 9: Karnataka Legislator from Chincholi Umesh Jadhav, who recently submitted his resignation to the Assembly seat today said that he is yet to receive notice from Speaker Ramesh Kumar to appear before him on March 12 as reported in a section of the press. Talking to newsmen here, he said that he has not yet received any notice from the Speaker but he saw about it in the media. "I

Bengaluru, Mar 9: In a tragic incident, three youths drowned in Burude Falls in Siddapura Taluk of Uttara Kannada on Saturday. The victims were identified as Abhishek Nair, Murali and Sai. The trio, who were on a pleasure trip, went for swimming in the Falls when they got slipped and met watery grave. The bodies were fished out by expert swimmers and sent for postmortem.

Hubli, Mar 9: The Karnataka Government is bringing pressure on the Union government to issue notification to utilise its share of water as adjudicated by the Mahadayi Tribunal, Minister for Water Resources D K Shivakumar said today. Speaking to newsmen here on Saturday, he said that the Mahadayi River Water Tribunal in its order has allocated 13.5 tmc of water from Mahadayi river. "We will take

Haveri, Mar 9: Coming down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during whose five year term has allegedly led to high unemployment rate in the country, All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Rahul Gandhi said that if Congress comes to power at the Center in 2019, his party will enact a Minimum Guarantee Income Bill for the benefit of youth population of the country. Addressing a largely

New Delhi, Mar 9: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday and appealed for the release of pending funds under National Distar Relief Funds (NDRF) and MGNREGA for drought mitigation and wage component and material component to the state. The state faced floods and landslides due to monsoon fury in Kodagu, Malnad and coastal districts on one hand and on

Mangaluru, Mar 9: Union Home Minister Rajanath Singh on Saturday said Pakistan will have to pay a heavy price if it continued to encourage, promote and shelter terrorists. After inaugurating a convention of the Shakti Kendra Pramukhs of three Lok Sabha constituencies (Dakshina Kannada, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga) here, Mr Rajnath Singh said so far country has carried out three strikes