Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 7: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government of Karnataka an “enemy of farmers” on Wednesday, chief minister H D Kumaraswamy asked him to stop playing politics over farmers. Addressing the farming community after presentation of the Krishi Pandit awards to progressive farmers at the Banquet Hall of the State Secretariat

Udupi, Mar 7: There are at least four strong contenders for the Congress ticket from the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru parliamentary constituency in the upcoming polls, according to Women and Child Development Minister Jaimala. Speaking to presspersons after a Karnataka Development Programme meeting here on Wednesday, Ms. Jaimala said that the four Congress aspirants were Vinay Kumar Sorake, Pramod

Mangaluru, Mar 6: Exposing the failures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, the leaders of Congress party, who addressed the Parivartana rally on Wednesday here, called upon the people to bring them back to power for the development of the district. Addressing the rally here, the former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said there were three girakis (fellows) in

Bengaluru, Mar 6: Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjuna Kharge today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had little to offer to people of Karnataka and his speech in Kalaburgi reflected on his uncertainty over BJP coming back to power post the Lok Sabha elections later this year. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, he said Mr Modi did not fear over his adversaries, but had conceded that the

Bengaluru, Mar 6: Farmers’ welfare is the highest in the mind of Karnataka government and it feels the farming community should be placed higher than the scientists, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today said. Speaking after handing over Krishi Pandit Awards to achievers among the farming community, the chief minister said farmer lead a tough life and bring a bounty not only to the people but also

Bengaluru, Mar 6: The Karnataka Government today signed Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) with leading Corporates in the State for the rejuvenation of six lakes in the State Capital. Announcing this at Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Karnataka Annual Meet 2019 held here on Wednesday, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy called on the industry to come forward and adopt more lakes and water

Bengaluru, Mar 6: HD Deve Gowda, national president of Janata Dal (Secular) and former Prime Minister, on Wednesday claimed that his party has "clinched" 10 seats in Karnataka, while maintaining that final decision will be taken by Rahul Gandhi, president of the coalition partner Congress. "There are 28 seats in all. I have clinched 10 seats. The final decision will be taken after Rahul Gandhi

Bengaluru, Mar 6: The Karnataka Government run hospitals are not only mandated to provide Health services across the state, but also given targets to earn profit, Karnataka Health minister Shivananda Patil informed here on Wednesday. Addressing newsmen here the minister said that "The state-run hospitals, which were equipped with good facilities, have started earning and during we have set a

Chennai, Mar 6: IndiGo airlines offloaded a passenger after he protested the tightened security and mentioned the word "bomb" to airline staff, amid tensions between India and Pakistan and a high-security alert for all airports and airlines in the country. "Am I carrying a bomb in my bag?" the passenger identified as Alex Mathew resident of Pathanamthitta, Kerala reportedly told the airline staff

Kalaburagi, Mar 3: Congress rebel MLA Umesh Jadhav joined the BJP at a rally here Wednesday, two days after he quit the Karnataka Assembly membership, and is tipped to take on Congress veteran Mallikarjun Kharge in the coming Lok Saba elections. Jadhav joined the BJP before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address at the rally, in the presence of state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa, former chief