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Bidar, May 20: Four youth including a birthday boy were killed when an unidentified vehicle ran over them on National high way No-65 near Mangalgai village in Humanabad taluk of the district killed on the spot on Sunday night. According to the police the deceased were identified as Sachin H, the birthday boy, Kashinath, Gurunath and Raghuveer, all are same age of around 22 and they all are belongs

Bengaluru, May 20: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday hit out at news channels for ridiculing politicians through their satire shows, adding he felt there was a need to bring in a law to regulate the media. "What do you think of politicians? You think that we are so easily available to be mocked? Who has given you powers to present everything sarcastically," Kumaraswamy asked news

Mangaluru, May 20: Pre-monsoon showers have finally lashed Mangaluru and along with other parts of coastal Karnataka in the last 12 hours, bringing down the mercury at various places of the region. The skies opened up days after prayers were held by people of various religions seeking rains. The rains have brought cheers to the people of the coastal city which reeling under heat amidst acute water

Udupi, May 20: A teenager was killed on the spot, and two others were severely injured, after the vehicle in which they were travelling in crashed into a stationery truck near Uppor in Brahmavar, Udupi district yesterday. The deceased is Hanumanthappa,18, a resident of Bagalkot, who was driving the car. Two others, who were severely injured, are being treated at a private hospital in Manipal

May 19: All exit polls released at the conclusion of the seven-phase 17th general election predicted a second term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The counting of votes will take place on May 23. Most polls indicated minor to considerable setback for Mr. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh where it won 71 of 80 seats in 2014, but they were in agreement that the party would

The exit polls have a history of underplaying the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), while it has historically overplayed the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) performance. In 2004, the average of the exit polls had predicted 252 seats for the then incumbent NDA, giving it yet another term at the center, and 186 seats for the UPA. However, in the actuals, UPA ended up forming the government

Bengaluru, May 19: Various exit polls have predicted that BJP will win majority of Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka in the Lok Sabha polls 2019. According to India Today Axis, the BJP is expected to receive a vote share of 49 per cent, while winning an estimated 21-25 seats in the process. Karnataka has a total of 28 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. In 2014, The BJP had won a total of 17 seats, the

Mangaluru, May 19: Groups fighting for the protection of secular values should be more vigilant even when the government of their wish comes to power at the Centre, said activist Teesta Setalvad on Sunday. Speaking at the seminar ‘We, the people – in defence of secularism’, Ms. Seetalvad said the silence of groups fighting for the protection of secular values will be broken to some extent after

Bengaluru, May 19: Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi has directed his party’s leaders in Karnataka to maintain cordial relation with JD(S) leadership for the smooth running of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government. Mr Gandhi, who chaired state leaders meeting in the national capital, instructed them that nobody should talk against the coalition government and warned to take action against those

Bengaluru, May 19: Polling began on Sunday in Karnataka's two assembly segments -- Chincholi and Kundgol, amid tight security, an official said. "Voting began at 7 a.m. in 241 polling booths in Chincholi and 214 polling stations in Kundgol where 3.83-lakh electorate are enrolled to exercise their franchise," a poll official told media. Of the total booths, 60 have been declared critical in