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Hubballi, May 13: The victory for the BJP candidates in the Kundagol and the Chincholi Assembly seats for which by-elections are being held on May 19 will pave way to the party to form the Government in the state, BJP strongman B S Yeddyurappa said here on Monday. Speaking after admitting a few Gram and Taluk Panchayath member from the Congress party into the BJP here, the former chief minister

Bengaluru, May 13: Bengaluru: Shares of Jet Airways Ltd fell as much as 11.4 per cent on Monday after media reports said a buyout offer from Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways was non-binding and might not guarantee a deal for the struggling Indian carrier. Etihad, which owns an about 24 per cent stake in Jet, submitted a bid for the airline, the unit of State Bank of India (SBI) overseeing the

Mangaluru, May 13: The sleuths of Moodbidri police station arrested a man from Pandeshwar in Mangaluru for allegedly sexually harassing his 14-year-old stepdaughter. The police said the 35-year-old man made the advances on the night of May 9 at the girl, who is one of the two children of the woman he has married, at their house in Moodbidri. The girl called the child helpline seeking help

Even though the number of H1N1 cases have come down in the last two weeks, there seems to be no respite from the air borne disease in Karnataka. As many as 56 deaths and 1,556 positive cases have been reported in the first four months of this year. In the whole of last year, 87 deaths and 1,733 cases were reported. At 235, the highest number of positive cases are from Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara

Bengaluru, May 13: Congress leader and Minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday alleged that the BJP was trying to destabilise the Congress-JDS government in the state. "The BJP has been trying to destabilise this government from day one. They are not happy with the election results but the people of Karnataka are happy with our government," said Shivakumar while speaking to ANI. Replying to Karnataka

Mandya, May 13: Janata Dal (Secular) leader H Vishwanath hit out at Congress asking them to stop their 'mischievous attitude' and efforts to sabotage coalition government. "Congress leaders must stop their mischievous attitude. They must stop trying to sabotage the coalition government. They can do all this politics in 2022, this is not the time. We had brought Siddaramaiah to Congress, we created

Mangaluru, May 12: A city-based woman was murdered and her body parts were found in a gunny bag near a shop off National Highway 66 near Kadri Park on Sunday. According to the Mangaluru East police, the owner of a roadside fruit shop found the gunny bag and a helmet near his shop when he arrived in the morning. When the shopkeeper opened the bag, he found chopped parts of the body of a woman. Her

Bengaluru May 12: Taking a dig at Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy for his stay at a resort, Karnataka BJP Sunday asked him to take time out and look at the citys collapsing infrastructure and drought situation in the state. "Welcome to Bengaluru @hd_kumaraswamy avare. Hope resort stay was relaxing. What next ? Some other resort visit? Foreign tour? Crying? Blaming BJP ? If you have some time from

Bengaluru, May 12: Once again triggering speculation about the longevity of the Congress-JD(S) coalition, Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa said Sunday there is an "atmosphere" for his party to form government in the state. Stating that his party workers are fighting the by-polls for Kundgol and Chincholi assembly constituencies unitedly, the former state chief minister predicted BJP's victory

Chamarajanagara, May 12: In order to bring back the greenery that was lost due to wildfire the forest department is gearing up to rejuvenate forest lands in Bandipur National Park and MM Hill areas in the district, which was ravaged during last month’s forest fires. The focus is around Gopalswamy Betta range where the vegetation cover was reduced to cinders. Around 400 acres has already been