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Chikkaballapura, Jun 22: Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily today alleged that the decision to have pre-poll alliance with the Janata Dal Secular led to debacle of Congress in the recently held Lok Sabha election in Karnataka. Speaking to newsmen here on Saturday, he said that “had the Congress fought the Lok Sabha elections without alliance with the JD(S), the party

Bengaluru, Jun 22: A three-year-old girl standing outside her residence was knocked down by a private school bus in Doddamannugudde village, near Ramanagara, on Friday evening. Ramanagara Rural police said Jeevita R, the only daughter of farmer Rajanna, came under the rear wheel of the bus at 4.30pm and died instantly. According to police, the bus had come to drop students. Jeevita was standing at

Hubballi, Jun 22: Officials of various departments in Kundagol had to face the wrath of a team of ministers led by water resource and Kannada and culture minister D K Shivakumar at a taluk review meeting at Savai Gandharva Hall in Kundagol on Friday. The ministers grilled officials for several hours seeking exact figures and a real picture of implementation of various government schemes. Going

Hyderabad, Jun 22: The BJP on Friday said the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka will not last long and "some options" will emerge, but it does not see the possibility of mid-term polls. BJP general secretary P Muralidhar Rao, who is in-charge of party affairs in Karnataka, said the coalition has lost the people's mandate, adding MLAs belonging to various parties in the southern

Not all days that we observe reveal our happiness and togetherness. Some reflect the agony and pain that we, as humans, suffer. One such is World Refugee Day which was observed yesterday. To put in a simple term the refugees are those who are human beings but deprived of a privilege to live like a human on their own land due to oppression from those who happens to be humans. Surprising isn't it

Bengaluru, June 21: Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to inquire into multi-crore IMA Fraud case have arrested five more Directors and seized about Rs 20 Crore worth Gold, Diamond and Silver articles from the Lockers on Friday. Police in a release here on Saturday said that the arrested IMA Directors were identified as Shadab Ahmed, Israr Ahmad, Fasail Ahmed, Mohammed Idris and Usman Abarej

Bengaluru, Jun 21: Reaffirming his loyalty to party president Rahul Gandhi, Karnataka Congress legislator Roshan Baig on Thursday said he was suspended from the party for speaking the truth on the party's dismal show in the recent Lok Sabha elections due to the failure of the party's state leadership. "As a loyal and dedicated member of the party, I spoke the truth on why the Congress won only one

Bengaluru, Jun 21: The World Yoga Day was Fridaycelebrated across Karnataka with people participating in various events. Schools, other educational institutions, defence personnel, NCC cadets and politicians, especially from the BJP, took the lead role to make the events successful. Hundreds of students from different schools and colleges, NCC cadets and defence officers presented a colourful yoga

Bengaluru, Jun 21: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form the government if the JDS-Congress Coalition government in Karnataka headed by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy falls on its own, Opposition leader in the Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also BJP State President, said here today. Strongly reacting to the statement of the former Prime Minister and JDS National President H D

Mangaluru, Jun 21: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths successfully trapped Pradeep Kumar, a Tasildar, on probation, and caught him while receiving graft money of Rs 1.25 lakh from a catering contractor. Police said on Friday that the Tasildar was caught red-handed while receiving the bribe on Thursday evening. The Tasildar, who is also the Taluk Magistrate, had allegedly demanded bribe of Rs