Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 14: A day after Supreme Court's Karnataka verdict,15 out of 17 disqualified rebel MLAs, including those from Congress and JD(S) joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday in the presence of Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa here. Out of the 17 disqualified MLAs, MTB Nagaraj is already a member of the BJP, while Roshan Baig has been left out. The top court has allowed 17 disqualified

Bengaluru, Nov 14: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and State Minister Basavaraja Bommai paid tributes to India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 130th birth anniversary on Thursday. Nehru was born on November 14, 1889, in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj. He breathed his last on May 27, 1964. He became the prime minister on August 15, 1947, following an active role in the freedom

Bengaluru, Nov 14: Karnataka Cabinet Minister KS Eshwarappa on Thursday declined to provide any reason for not taking Roshan Baig in the Bharatiya Janata Party on the day when 15 out of 17 disqualified rebel MLAs, including those from Congress and JD(S) joined the BJP in the presence of Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa here. "We don't want Roshan Baig at any cost, I don't want to tell any reason," he

Mangaluru, Nov 14: The Bharatiya Janata Party has managed to wrest control over the Mangaluru City Corporation ending the Congress rule in the coast city. There were 180 candidates in the fray in 60 wards of MCC. BJP, which had contested in all 60 wards, managed to win 44 seats whereas Congress won only 14 seats. The Social Democratic Party of India, which had one seat in the MCC, won two seats

Bengaluru, Nov 14: Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday said the JDS is ready to support BJP rebel Sharath Bachegowda in upcoming by-poll in Hoskote constituency if he contested independently. Sharath Bachegowda, son of BJP MP BN Bache Gowda, announced his decision to contest as an independent candidate from Hoskote constituency in the upcoming by-polls earlier today

Udupi, Nov 14: A 5-year-old male leopard which had strayed into human habitation in Achlady region near Kota has finally been captured by the officials of the Forest Department. The increasing menace of the wild animal in Vaddarse, Achlady and Bannadi villages had left the residents worried. The department officials initially were not successful in luring the animal to the trap. At around 9 am on

Bengaluru, Nov 13: Congress leader DK Shivakumar was discharged from Apollo Hospital here on Wednesday. Following a complaint of chest pain, Shivakumar was admitted to the hospital here on Monday night. He visited various temples and 'maths' during his visit to Mysuru on November 7. Earlier, he was admitted to a hospital on November 1 following high blood pressure and variations in sugar level

Bengaluru, Nov 13: Virtually bringing to an end to the electoral alliance with the Congress in Karnataka, former Prime Minister and JD(S) National President H D Deve Gowda, had announced that party will field its candidates in all the 15 Assembly seats where by-elections will be held on December 5. Addressing newsmen here on Wednesday, the former prime minister maintained that with today’s Supreme

Dubai, Nov 13: At least six construction workers, believed to be Indian nationals, were killed in Oman when they were buried at an excavation site of a water pipeline project due to heavy rains. The incident happened in the Seeb area of Muscat following heavy rain on Sunday, the Indian Embassy in Muscat said. "We are deeply saddened to learn about the incident involving death of six workers, who

Bengaluru, Nov 13: Former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction with the Supreme Court's verdict in the disqualified MLAs case. "I request that constitutional bodies have to take hard steps to save the democratic system. They have to ensure that those things do not occur again in the future. Some political leaders for their personal gains are misusing our