Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 14: The leaders and workers of Congress party in Dakshina Kannada today began a 42 km padayatra to protest against the stopping of four-laning work of National Highway (NH)-75. The slogan of the three-day padyatra is ‘Rastriya Heddari Poornagolisi; Janara Jeeva Ulisi (Complete National Highway; Save Lives). Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister U T Khader, flagged off the

Bengaluru, Jan 14: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday denied reports of three Congress MLAs visited Mumbai along with BJP leaders and said that they had informed him about the visit and were in touch with him during the visit. “All three Congress MLAs are continuously in contact with me. They went to Mumbai after informing me. My government isn’t under any threat. I know who all BJP

Bengaluru, Jan 14: Former Karnataka chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BS Yeddyurappa on Monday rubbished reports that Congress MLAs were in touch with the saffron party to break them away from the coalition. "There is no truth to all these rumours of three Congress MLAs in touch with BJP. This is between the Congress and the Janata Dal Secular. We are not in touch with any of

Managaluru, Jan 14: In a joint operation, the city crime branch of Mangaluru city police and sleuths of Economic Offence nabbed eight college students in the city while selling ganja to students yesterday. The arrested are: Akshay K Prasad, 22, Jaffer, 22, Nimil, 21, Amit Srivatsan, 21, Ashwin, 21, Mohammed Ameer, 22, Akash S Nair, 22 and Akshay, 22. All of them originally hail from Kerala and are

Mangaluru, Jan 14: Over 2100 enthusiasts took part in NITK Karavali Marathon held yesterday in the city. The event had 5 distance categories – 3km fun run, 5km untimed run, 5km timed run, 10km timed run, half marathon (21 km), full marathon (42km). The full marathon witnessed a participation of around 27, seeing international participation for the first time. The half marathon saw a participation

Bengaluru, Jan 14: Concerned over alleged attempts by opposition Bharatiya Janata Party to destabilise the JD(S)-Congress government in Karnataka by luring ruling party MLAs, Congress ministers met here on Monday to discuss the issue and work out strategies to thwart any such attempt. The meeting convened by the Deputy Chief minister G Parameshwara, ostensibly to discuss about the presentation of

Mysuru, Jan 14: A teenage girl in Karnataka committed suicide by consuming pills and streamed the act live on Facebook allegedly for not getting hall-ticket to attend preparatory exams due to attendance shortage. The deceased has been identified as Yasmin Taj (18), a resident of Cauvery town of Bannimantapa in Mysuru. It is learnt that the college student was suffering from mental depression and

Bengaluru, Jan 14: Congress stalwart and Water Resources Minister D K Shivakumar has slammed Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy for being silent on BJP’s Operation Lotus and preferring not to expose the saffron party. “Kumaraswamy is, in fact, being “lenient” towards the BJP, despite being aware of its attempts to destabilise the coalition government,” he alleged. The minister also said that

Bengaluru, Jan 14: Faced with criticism of reducing JD(S) to a family enterprise, former prime minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda on Sunday asserted the notion was wrong as the party helped many grow including ex-chief minister and Congress strongman Siddaramaiah. Blowing a bugle for the upcoming Lok Sabha election from his constituency and JD(S) stronghold of Hassan district, the 86-year

Bengaluru, Jan 14: Karnataka Minister and senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar said the BJP's ''Operation Lotus'' to topple the state's coalition government was for real, alleging that three Congress MLAs were camping in a hotel in Mumbai in the "company of some BJP leaders". "Horse trading is going on in the state. Three of our MLAs are in Mumbai in a hotel with some BJP MLAs and leaders. We are