Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 19: Karnataka BJP president B S Yeddyurappa has said some Congress MLAs skipping the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting and the deep differences between the ruling coalition partners are an indication that a volcano may erupt in the coming days. His remarks came after four dissident Congress MLAs on Friday skipped the CLP meeting here that was called as a show of strength

Bengaluru, Jan 19: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Karnataka State President and former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Saturday called back all BJP MLAs camping in Gurugram. The BJP MLAs from Karnataka said they were in Gurugram since Monday evening to devise strategies for the coming Lok Sabha polls, and not to avoid being "poached" by the ruling Congress-JDS alliance. Earlier in the week

Mangaluru, Jan 19: Two miscreants have been arrested by the Mangaluru City police in connection with circulating a photo and statement against a minor rape victim on social media. The arrested are Nivesh, 28, a resident of Kotekar and Durgesh, 25, a resident of Udayanagar near KPT College. According to police, a minor was sexually assaulted by rowdy-sheeter Akashabhavan Sharan. After his arrest

Bengaluru, Jan 19: Karnataka’s political crisis has worsened as a jittery Congress shifted its legislators to a resort on the outskirts of Bengaluru to keep a leash on a disgruntled bunch who may have swerved towards the BJP following the Congress Legislature Party meeting yesterday. All 76 legislators who attended the CLP meeting chaired by its leader Siddaramaiah were ferried in two buses from

Mangaluru, Jan 19: Principal District and Sessions Judge Kadloor Satyanarayanacharya on Friday sentenced a 27-year-old resident of Kolnadu to one year imprisonment on finding him guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the death of a 45-year-old man in Adyar in March 2017. According to the charge-sheet, Sadashiva, a resident of Neermarga, had been removed from work by Satish Shetty

Mangaluru, Jan 19: Customs sleuths recovered from three passengers 617 grams of gold at the Mangaluru International Airport on Wednesday and Thursday. All the three had reportedly concealed the gold in their inner-garments. The sleuths on Thursday seized gold from two middle aged women who returned from Dubai by Air India Express flight. While one woman was carrying 140 grams of 24 carat gold

Bengaluru, Jan 19: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JDS Congress Coalition Government Coordination Committee Chairman Siddaramaiah today charged that the Central BJP leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi have conspired to topple the democratically formed government in the State. Addressing a press conference after chairing a special Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meeting here on

Bengaluru, Jan 18: Four dissidents skipped the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting in Bengaluru on January 18 that was called as a show of strength to counter the alleged bid by the BJP to topple the coalition government in Karnataka. Their absence posed no imminent threat to the seven-month old Congress-JD(S) government headed by H.D. Kumaraswamy but suggested that all was not well within

Bengaluru, Jan 18: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today said that his government is keen to introduce Millets in Midday meal in schools , Government Hostels and subsidesidesed in Indira Canteens for all people in the State. Speaking after inaugurating a three day Oranics and Millets International Trade Fair here on Friday he said that “over the last three years, the State Government has

New Delhi, Jan 18: Come January 26, new news television channels and a weekly newspaper will add to the ever growing list of players in the Indian media space. Republic Bharat, a Hindi offering from Arnab Goswami's stable, will debut on Republic Day. Ahead of its launch, the channel has launched a new campaign ‘Poochta Hai Bharat', aimed at establishing it as a movement to fight for real causes