Karnataka

Bengaluru: Former Karnataka chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah has called for another Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting in Bengaluru at 11 am on Monday. Like the previous time, all party MLAs have been directed to attend the meeting. Calling another such meeting last week, Siddaramaiah had warned the MLAs saying that anti-defection law would be used against those who fail to

Udupi, Jan 21: Even though no case of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD or monkey fever) has reported in the Udupi district, the Kasturba Medical College (KMC) Hospital of Manipal has confirmed that 40 people from in and around Sagara in Shivamogga district tested positive for the same. A total hundred patients from Shivamogga were admitted at the KMC hospital. Of these, 40 patients have tested

Davos,Jan 21: Indian billionaires saw their fortunes swell by ₹ 2,200 crore a day last year, with the top 1 per cent of the country’s richest getting richer by 39 per cent as against just 3 per cent increase in wealth for the bottom-half of the population, an Oxfam study said on Monday. Globally, billionaires’ fortunes rose by 12 per cent or $ 2.5 billion a day in 2018, whereas the poorest half of

Mysuru, Jan 21: AH Vishwanath, state JD(S) president, on Sunday played down rumours of some Congress legislators complaining against chief minister HD Kumaraswamy during the Congress legislature party meeting at a resort in Bidadi and demanding a change at the helm of the state. Asked if Congress MLAs have demanded a change in chief minister, Vishwanath said it is not an issue to be discussed at a

Bengaluru, Jan 20: Karnataka's deputy chief minister G Parameshwara said he was unaware of what ensued between Congress MLAs Anand Singh and J N Ganesh on Saturday night. He expressed his ignorance about a reported fight between Congress MLAs Anand Singh and J N Ganesh. "I've seen that (reports of a fight between Anand Singh and JN Ganesh) only through media. I was there till 8 o'clock yesterday

Mangaluru, Jan 20: A Church architecture exhibition was organized by the members of the Pariah Pastoral parishad of the Cathedral as one of the post celebrations of 450 years of the Rosario Church today at Rosario Cultural hall. The Celebration of the day began with the mass at the Church. Rev. Fr Antony Shera, Secretary of Catholic Board of Education, Mangalore Diocese celebrated the mass, Rector

Bengaluru, Jan 20: The Congress party’s central leaders, who are disturbed over the recent political developments within the party in Karnataka are working overtime to thwart opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s efforts to bring down the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka. With dissidence within the CLP on the rise, the central leadership is likely to offer ministerial posts to the

Mysuru, Jan 20: The Karnataka government’s revision of guidance value of properties has hit the real estate market across the state. The growth of real estate sector had seen flat growth since the time of demonitisation and now even the registration in the Sub Registrar offices across the state has come down. However, the officials has dismissed the allegations and claimed that it was only 5 to 25

Kolkata, Jan 20: Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday hit out at BJP for speaking about fighting corruption and resorting to horse-trading on the same day in the southern state. Kumaraswamy was referring to a recent political situation in Karnataka when two independent MLAs announced on January 15 they were withdrawing support to his government, leading to the ruling Congress-JD(S)

Bengaluru, Jan 20: In an ugly turn to the ongoing political drama in Karnataka, a Congress MLA has been hospitalised after being allegedly injured during a brawl with a party lawmaker, who is reportedly under the BJP radar, at a resort on the city outskirts. The incident occurred late Saturday night at the resort where the Congress MLAs are hunkered down since Friday in a move to keep the flock