Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 25: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, in New Delhi on Thursday, told the Supreme Court that new Karnataka Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri had no difficulty in hearing aggrieved MLAs and taking a fresh call. "We have no difficulty in hearing them all (disqualified MLAs) and take a fresh call," Mehta told a Bench of Justices N.V. Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna and Krishna Murari. Mehta was

Tumakuru, Oct 25: Eight people were killed on the spot and two critically injured in two separate road accidents that took place in the district, here. Police said on Friday five people were killed and one person injured when their car dashed against a parked Tractor at Hosakere village in Kunigal Taluk on Thursday evening. The deceased were identified as Kiran (24), Madhu (24), Mohan (22)

Mysuru, Oct 25: Former minister and Congress leader C H Vijayashankar is likely to return to his former party, the BJP, ahead of bypolls in Karnataka. Vijayashankar met BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Thursday, a day after Kateel and chief minister BS Yediyurappa discussed bringing him back into the party fold during a meeting on Wednesday. During the meeting in Bengaluru, local leaders

Bengaluru, Oct 25: Senior Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar met party chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on Thursday and thanked them for extending support to him, a day after he was released on bail by the Delhi High Court in a money laundering case. He also met senior party colleague K C Venugopal and advocate Mukul Rohatgi during the day. Shivakumar, the Congress's all-weather

New Delhi, Oct 25: Moderate rainfall is forecast for south Konkan, Goa and Karnataka due to the formation of a deep depression over the east-central Arabian Sea. It is likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm during the next six hours, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). "It is very likely to move east-northeastwards till October 25 evening. Then it is very likely to

Bengaluru: Pointing to defeat of political leaders who switched sides in Assembly elections in Maharashtra and bypolls in some states, senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Thursday said ''defectors'' in Karnataka would face similar outcome in the coming byelections leading to resignation of Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. "I won't say that this result (Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly polls) will

Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday targeted senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah over the collapse of the 14-month-old coalition government in the state and asked him to "honestly" answer who caused the damage. "Due to whose mistake did the coalition fail? Who is to be held responsible for the failure? Who caused the damage? Could you please answer honestly,"

Bengaluru, Oct 24: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Dinesh Gundu Rao on Thursday claimed that nearly all turncoats who have joined the BJP have lost in the polls. In a tweet, Rao said, "Be it Alpesh Thakor or Udayanraje Bhosale, nearly all the turncoats who cheated the electorate and their party by joining the BJP have been defeated." He also asserted that the rebel MLAs of

New Delhi, Oct 24: A day after he was granted bail in an alleged money laundering case, Congress leader DK Shivakumar on Thursday said Congress workers need to 'show strength'. Speaking to the media here, the former Karnataka minister said he was "grateful" to the Congress workers who have been standing with him during his days in jail. "For a Congress worker, forget DK Shivakumar forget my status

Mangaluru, Oct 24: The Social Democratic Party of India is gearing up for the polls to urban local bodies (ULBs), scheduled to be held on November 12 in Karnataka including Davangere and Mangaluru city corporations. Addressing a press conference in the city today, Akram Hasan, SDPI Karnataka state secretary, said that the party has already finalised 25 candidates in Mangaluru, Davangere, Magadi