Karnataka

Kushalnagar, Nov 21: There is a need to teach a befitting lesson to the disqualified MLAs through byelection results in the state, said former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy. Speaking to reporters during a private visit to Guggehosur in Somwarpet on Wednesday, he lamented that the anti-defection law has lost its power in a democratic set-up. “The people who have won after contesting from a

Nov 21: In a new development in the Karnataka Premier League (KPL) match-fixing scandal, Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao on Wednesday revealed that players had allegedly been blackmailed through honey-trapping tactics by bookies. The police commissioner shared new details of the scandal while announcing that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was being formed within the Central Crime

Bengaluru, Nov 21: The ruling BJP in Karnataka on Wednesday asked a party rebel to withdraw his candidature in the December 5 assembly by-elections to 15 constituencies as it expressed confidence of a clean sweep, citing internal reports. After a meeting of party election in-charges of all the 15 constituencies, BJP bypolls convener and party General Secretary Arvind Limbavali said minor

Bengaluru, Nov 21: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said the main objective of Congress and its erstwhile alliance partner JDS in the coming assembly byelections is to defeat defectors from the two parties who are now the BJP candidates. Making it clear that the path of the two parties in achieving the objective was different, He asserted the rebels who were disqualified

Mangaluru, Nov 20: A young cleric and religious teacher lost his life in fatal road mishap that occurred at Ujjodi near Pumpwell in the city today. The victim has been identified as Haafiz Tauseef Ahmed, a resident of Melkar-Rangelu near Panemangaluru in Bantwal taluk. He is son of Abdul Hameed, a resident of Aladka in Melkar and grandson of Late Mammunhi of Kumbra in Puttur. He was working as

Bengaluru, Nov 20: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday asked the officials to form a state disaster respond force (SDRJF), on the lines of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in the country. Addressing the state disaster management meeting at Vidhana Soudha here, Mr Yediyurappa said the SDRF was the need of the hour, in order to provide speedy relief work in case of

Bengaluru, Nov 20: B S Yediyurappa-led BJP government of Karnataka has decided to recommend the Union government to slap ban on the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), Karnataka tourism minister C T Ravi informed here on Wednesday. Speaking to the media, he said that there was a suspicion that SDPI was behind the murderous attack on the former minister and Senior Congress MLAs, Tanveer Sait

Bengaluru, Nov 20: In order to encourage electric vehicles in the state, Karnataka Government was mulling on providing vehicle registration on priority for electric vehicles after 2020, Principal Secretary, Commerce and Industries, Government of Karnataka Gaurav Gupta said on Wednesday. He was speaking at ''Electric Vehicle and Changing Landscape on Mobility'', a session organised at Bangalore

Kollam (Kerala), Nov 20: Age is merely a number for 105-year-old Bageerathi Amma who scripted history when she appeared for her fourth standard exam becoming the oldest learner of the Kerala State Literacy Mission. This grandmother from Parakulam in Kollam district of Kerala Bageerathi Amma has six children and 16 grandchildren. Bageerathi had to stop her education at the age of nine when she was

Newsroom, Nov 20: Home Minister Amit Sha today declared in Rajya Sabha that the National Register for Citizens (NRC) would be implemented pan-India. He asserted that no one from ant religion would be persecuted. He stated that the NRC was a process to get everyone on the citizens’ list. He also said that the NRC would be carried out again in Assam along with the rest of India. More details are