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Hubballi, Mar 22: Senior Congress leader and Karnataka Municipalities Minister Channabasappa Sathyappa Shivalli passed at a hospital here following a massive heart attack. Sources said that after he suffered a heart attack, Shivalli was rushed to a hospital, where he breathed his last without responding to any treatment. He had undergone heart surgery earlier. Shivalli was elected from Kundgol

Dharwad, Mar 22: The Dharwad building collapse death toll mounted to 14 on Friday after one more body was found from the debris as the rescue operation continued for the fourth consecutive day. FIR has been registered against building owners, Ravi Basavaraj Sabarad, Basavaraj D Nigadi, Gangappa S Shintri, Mahabaleshwar Puradagudi and engineer Vivek Pawar. All four owners have surrendered before

Mangaluru, Mar 22: A day after Bharatiya Janata Party officially confirmed the candidature of incumbent MP Nalin Kumar Kateel from Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, the Congress today decided to field Youth Congress district chief Mithun Rai. Interestingly both candidates belong to strong Bunt community. Former Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister B Ramanath Rai, education

Bengaluru, Mar 22: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said on Thursday he will not plead for support with those Congress leaders who are against his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy's candidature as coalition candidate from Mandya in the Lok Sabha polls. Taking a dig at those opposing Nikhil, the Chief Minister said "those who are originally from the Congress have already extended their support and JD

Kolar, Mar 22: Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar has said that he "doesn't sleep with men" and has a legal wife. His comment came after Congress leader KH Muniyappa's last month opined that his relationship with Kumar was like that of "a husband and wife". "I don’t sleep with men. I have a legal wife. So, he (KH Muniyappa) may be interested but I am not", Kumar said reacting to the month

Vijayapur, Mar 22: At least nine persons died and six others suffered injuries as two vehicles collided early morning on Friday at NH 218 near Chikka Sindagi of Sindagi taluk of Vijayapur district in Karnataka. The deceased have been identified as Sagar 25, Chand Basha 24, Ajeem 26, Ambarish 28, Shakeer 25, Guru 32, Srinath 30, Younis 27, and Mangsoob 27, all belong to Chittapur of Kalaburgi. They

Christchurch, Mar 22: The Muslim call to prayer rang out across New Zealand on Friday followed by two minutes of silence nationwide to mark a week since a white supremacist gunned down 50 people at two mosques in the city of Christchurch. As the call was broadcast around the country, thousands of people -- including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern -- stood silently in a park opposite the mosque

Udupi, Mar 22: Former minister and Congress leader Pramod Madhwaraj, who was defeated in recently Assembly polls from Udupi constituency, is now JD(S) candidate from Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency. Congress has reportedly given permission to Madhwaraj to contest with JDS ticket after ceding the constituency to the later as part of seat sharing deal. The coalition candidate will now take on

Bengaluru, Mar 22: The flying squad officials have registered a case against multilingual actor-cum-activist Prakash Rai, who has filed his nomination papers to contest independently for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency, on the charge of violating the model code of conduct. In a complaint to the police on March 19, Murthy D, a flying squad official for

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Ending suspense, the BJP gave tickets to all incumbent MPs, except Koppal’s Karadi Sanganna, in the first list of 21 candidates that was announced on Thursday. It was speculated that some incumbents may be denied tickets, even as state president B S Yeddyurappa had asserted that all of them would be fielded again. The party held back the declaration of candidates for seven