Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 13: The stone pelting incident on residence of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Legislator drew a strong protest in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, forcing the Speaker Ramesh Kumar to adjourn the House abruptly, on Wednesday. As soon as the house reassembled after a three-hour adjournment, the Opposition BJP members, who were staging Dharna in the well of the House on Audio case

Bengaluru, Feb 13: In a rare case on record of State Legislature, Legislative Assembly Speaker Mr Ramesh Kumar ordered expulsion of his own words when he said he was akin to a rape victim in the heightened audio tape episode scam that engulfed the ongoing Karnataka Budget Session. Mr Kumar asked his Secretaries to expunge his words as spoken in the Assembly on Wednesday. The Speaker said, making

Bengaluru, Feb 13: Newly appointed the All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary taking the political scene by storm ahead of the coming Lok Sabha election, will be invited to address a party workers convention in Hubli, likely during February end, KPCC Campaign committee chairman, H K Patil informed here on Wednesday. Speaking to media, Mr Patil said that party workers were looking

Mangaluru, Feb 13: Abu Dhabi-based Bearys Welfare Forum (BWF) will be hosting its seventh round of mass marriage ceremony at Milagres Hall in Mangaluru on February 16. Announcing this at a press conference in the city today Mohammad Ali Uchi, president of BWF, said that as many as 14 couples would enter wedlock this time in the presence of prominent religious, social and political leaders

Hassan, Feb 13: Several BJP workers were injured when JDS workers allegedly pelted stone after attacking the House of BJP Legislator Pritham Gowda alleging that he had accused that former Prime Minister H D Devegowda was behind exposure of 'Operation Lotus' audio which is rocking the ongoing Karnataka Budget Session in Bengaluru. Taking strong exception to the alleged attack by the JDS workers

Bengaluru, Feb 13: All the Four Congress MLAs, facing disqualification for defying the party's whip and not attending CLP meeting and the Session, attended the House here on Wednesday and voted in line with the directions of the party. The Four Congress MLAs, including former Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi and three other MLAs, who were staying in Mumbai, attended the House and participated in the day

Bengaluru, Feb 13: With the State Government insisting on ordering Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the alleged recording of the conservation of the BJP leaders on Operation Lotus, the Opposition BJP resorted to stage a day-night Dharna inside the Legislature here on Wednesday. As soon as the House assembled for the day during the ongoing Budget session of Karnataka Assembly and

Bengaluru, Feb 13: Well known Kannada Film Producer Jayashridevi passed away following brief illness at Apollo hospital in Hyderabad on Wednesday. She was 60. She was survived by her adopted son Vasu. Ms Jayashtridevi had produced films like Bhavani, Nammura Mandara Hoove, Amruta Varshini, Sri Manjunatha, Nishabdha, Kona Eeedite and other popular films. She was also executive producer of recently

Bengaluru, Feb 13: Congress MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi, who had been missing for the last 10 days, arrived in Bengaluru on Tuesday night after his party recommended disqualification of four of its MLAs for not attending the ongoing Karnataka Assembly budget session. Jarkiholi had also not attended the Congress Legislature Party meet ahead of the budget session. On Monday, the Karnataka Congress had

Aligarh, Feb 13: In a shocking development, 14 students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Uttar Pradesh were charged with sedition after a group of aggressive journalists belonging to Republic TV entered the campus without permission and fought with students under the pretext of reporting last evening. The journalists were backed by the activists of Sangh Parivar who not only thrashed the