Karnataka

Mumabi, Jan 16: The police have seized a huge cache of weapons from a BJP leader at Dombivli in Thane district of Maharashtra. After seizure, the police arrested Dhananjay Kulkarni, who is a prominent local leader of the saffron party. He was sent to judicial custody after being produced at Kalyan Court. Dombivali Crime Branch arrested Kulkarni after recovering weapons like swords and air guns

Mangaluru, Jan 16: The three-day padayatra of the Congress, led by the former Minister B. Ramanath Rai from Nelyadi to BC Road on National Highway 75 ended on Wednesday with the Congress leader claiming that the party had thus highlighted the “failures” of Nalin Kumar Kateel, Member of Parliament, Dakshina Kannada. The party launched the padayatra at Nelyadi on January 14 to prevail upon the Union

New Delhi, Jan 16: Asserting that there is no danger to the Karnataka government and the coalition will bring MLAs before public within 48 hours, Janata Dal (Secular) leader Danish Ali on Wednesday criticised the BJP government for trying to 'loot the public mandate'. "BJP has been exposed once again. They have looted the country and people are seeing that they now are trying to loot the public

Bengaluru, Jan 16: The Congress has called a meeting of its Karnataka legislature party on January 18 amid efforts to keep its flock together as it accused the BJP of indulging in horse-trading to destabilise the state government. Asserting that the Congress MLAs were "intact," the party leaders dismissed reports claiming that some legislator were ready to quit and said that there was no threat to

Bengaluru, Jan 16: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday said the Congress MLAs who are in Mumbai are constantly in touch with him and assured that the three legislators will come back. Speaking to media here, Kumaraswamy reaffirmed that the Janata Dal (Secular)-Congress coalition is going on smoothly in Karnataka. "MLAs (Congress MLAs in Mumbai hotel) are unreachable to the media

Bengaluru, Jan 16: A total of over five crore people remained as the eligible voters, who can cast their votes in the coming 2019 Lok Sabha elections, after completion of special summary revision of electoral list in Karnataka, State Chief Electoral Officer Sanjeev Kumar said today. Addressing a Press Conference here on Wednesday, Mr Kumar said that the electoral rolls, comprising 2,54,84972 Men

Bengaluru, Jan 16: Karnataka Congress In-charge KC Venugopal on Wednesday clarified that there is no internal fight in the Congress and he is in touch with party MLAs who are in Mumbai. "I'm in touch with all our MLAs. This drama is going to end in a day or two. We are all together and there is no internal fight in Congress. This (speculation) is all baseless," Venugopal told ANI. The Congress

Chikamagaluru, Jan 16: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today strongly attacked Opposition leader in the Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also the BJP State President, saying that though he is 76 year old he has not learnt lesson in Politics and indulging in pulling down constitutionally formed Congress-JDS Coalition Government in the State. Addressing a press conference

New Delhi, Jan 16: Over 2,300 Muslim women from India will go on Haj this year without 'Mehram' or male companion as all those who applied under this category have been exempted from the lottery system, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Wednesday. The Modi government had last year allowed women going to Haj without Mehram, which had resulted in about 1,300 Muslim women going for

Kasaragod, Jan 16: A man from Kasaragod district who was arrested by the Delhi police recently for alleged plot to “kill a high profile personality”, is in fact an active leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. CM Muhatasim alias Tasim alias Taslim, a resident of Chembarika in Kasaragod district, was picked up from Chattamchal by Vidyanagar police on January 11 as per the directions of Delhi police. The