Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 25: As ruling coalition partners in Karnataka began parleys on seat sharing for Lok Sabha polls, senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Monday said winnability will be the criteria. The leader of the Congress Legislature party also ruled out his contesting the parliamentary polls and said, he would like to continue in state politics. "There is hope that there

Bengaluru, Feb 25: Alleging that there were attempts by some in the Congress to block the rise of Dalit leaders, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara Sunday claimed that he has thrice been denied the chief ministerial post, as he belonged to the community. Speaking at a programme in Davangere, Parameshwara, a Dalit, said, Basavalingappa missed the chief ministerial post and so did K H

Bengaluru, Feb 25: A fight between college students and a group of delivery guys at a bar led to a sedition case being filed at the Puttenahalli police station at JP Nagar in Bengaluru. According to sources six college students – three girls and three boys – had been to a bar in the evening. A bunch of delivery guys sitting next to their table. A fight occurred between them and after some time

Bengaluru, Feb 25: Wives, daughters, and relatives of the Congress leaders have been vying for party ticket to contest the Lok Sabha elections, according to Karnataka Mahila Congress president Pushpa Amarnath. She said that Asha Patil, wife of Home Minister M.B. Patil; Geetha Khandre, wife of KPCC working president Eshwar Khandre; Veena Kashappanavar, wife of former MLA Vijayananda Kashappanavar

Kasaragod, Feb 25: An outbreak of H1N1 viral infection has been reported at the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Periye in Kasaragod district, with five confirmed cases and 67 suspected cases under observation. District Medical Officeer A.P. Dinesh Kumar said that only two of the five confirmed cases were hospitalised. All the 67 students of the residential school who were suspected to have the

Bengaluru, Feb 25: A speeding car knocked down two pedestrians on Hosur Main Road at Bommanahalli in Bengaluru. Rani, 55, and Ramadevi, 28, residents of Hongasandra, were house-keeping employees in a private firm. They sustained severe injuries and died instantly. Police said the incident took place at 7.45am when the two were walking by the roadside. Rohith, 23, a data operator in a private firm

Mandya, Feb 25: A man was thrashed at Kala Muddana Doddi, Maddur taluk of Mandya district yesterday by an unruly mob which accused him of raising ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans. The youth has been identified as Sadiq, 29, from Assam. He has been working in rice mill at Kala Muddana Doddi for several years. The local police took him into custody for questioning after the attack. A group of saffron

Mangaluru, Feb 25: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner and District Electoral Officer S Sasikanth Senthil has warned the voters that mere possession of electoral photo identity card (EPIC) would not enable the voters to exercise franchise as their names must be there on the electoral rolls. Speaking to reporters on the preparation of electoral rolls in the run-up for the ensuing Lok Sabha

Mangaluru, Feb 24: A posse of city police personnel, led by Police Commissioner Sandeep Patil, on Sunday raided the Mangaluru District Prison in the wake of the recent disturbances in the prison. Mr. Patil told reporters that the raid was conducted to look for weapons inside the prison and reinforce security there. The team seized six mobile phones and four knives during the raid. The police would

Bengaluru, Feb 24: BJP leader and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today appealed to the masses not punish the BJP government in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls for not keeping its promise to build the Ram Temple in Babri mosque land. Addressing a gathering at an interactive event organised by the Rajajinagar based Thinkers Forum organisation, Sitharaman said, "Your high standards of expectations