Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sept 16: Hitting out at the BJP government in the state and at the centre over the delay in announcing flood relief for Karnataka, senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday termed B S Yediyurappa as the weakest chief minister. The Centre had not given even a single rupee since the floods caused havoc last month despite a Central team visiting the affected places and the state

Mangaluru, Sept 15: A man hailing from Kasaragod was arrested on Saturday night on charge of criminal trespass into the Mangaluru International Airport. The jurisdictional Bajpe police took Arif Kothikkal into custody. According to a press release, Central Industrial Security Force personnel found Kothikkal using a fake e-ticket to gain entry to the departure gate of the airport. Arif reportedly

Bengaluru, Sept 15: BJP veteran and Karnataka’s Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K S Eshwarappa has raked up a fresh communal controversy by comparing the Opposition MLAs who seek Muslim votes to Hijdas (members of transgender community) . Speaking at an event organised by Sri Rama Sene in the city, he lashed out at a few Congress MLAs who were hesitating to join the saffron party. “A

Chikkamagaluru, Sept 15: A farmer shot himself dead on Saturday unable to cope with the devastation caused by rain and landslides that washed away his plantation and paddy fields in Chikkamagaluru. The deceased is as Channappa Gowda, who had been depressed ever since his farmland was washed away in August. In another case, a hapless farmer in Saundatti taluk in Belagavi district, who lost his home

Kalaburgi, Sep 15: BJP Lok Sabha member from Kalaburgi today denied that the party was trying to lure opposition legislators or its leaders as Congress and Janata Dal (S) was being disintegrated and its leaders joining the BJP 'spontaneously'. Denying that the BJP was operating ‘Operation Lotus’ to lure rival legislators, Jadhav said it was not true but the recent dissidence it only reflected on

Ajman, Sept 15: Thumbay Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Hospital, the biggest state-of-the-art hospital for physical therapy and rehabilitation conducted the ‘2nd International Annual Conference on Innovation in Rehabilitation Practice and Medicine’, at Thumbay Medicity, on the 13th and 14th of September 2019. The conference was attended by renowned international speakers and experts who

Bengaluru, Sept 15: With an eye on bypolls and to keep 17 disqualified MLAs in good humour, the state government has generously doled out funds for assembly segments represented by the former legislators. Chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday released Rs 26.5 crore for Hirekerur represented by disqualified MLA BC Patil to take up development works. This comes after several disqualified MLAs

Bengaluru, Sept 15: Former prime minister and Janata Dal Secular (JDS) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Saturday dismissed reports of any MLA quitting the party due to internal strife, amid claims by disqualified legislator K C Narayana Gowda that at least 20 MLAs were waiting to leave the outfit. "Nobody is going to run away. What did he say? He spoke in a bad way," the former prime minister told

Bengaluru, Sep 14: 'Hindi Diwas' took a political twist in Karnataka with the Congress and JD(S) leaders terming it as an 'imposition' of the language. However, the ruling BJP batted for learning it just like Kannada and appealed to the people of the state not to treat it as imposition of a language. The reaction of the parties comes in the wake of Union Home minister Amit Shah pitching for a

Shivamogga, Sept 14: A five-foot-long rat snake was on Saturday rescued from Jayanagara police station in Shivamogga city. The snake was found by a police officer from inside a photocopy machine at the police station. After rescuing the snake, forest official, Kiran said, "One of the police staffs found it in xerox machine space. The snake came to the police station in search of rats. The snake