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New Delhi, May 31: After days of hectic negotiations over the sharing of portfolios in Karnataka, the alliance partners have decided that Finance will go to the JD(U) and the Home department to the Congress, highly placed sources in the parties said on Thursday. The leaders of the two parties have held five rounds of talks since yesterday to finalise the portfolio sharing arrangement between the

Chengannur, May 31: Kerala's ruling CPI(M)-led LDF's Saji Cheriyan today won the Chengannur Assembly bypoll by a huge margin of 20,956 votes over his nearest Congress rival, officials said. According to the Chief Electoral Office, Cheriyan polled 67,303 votes while the Congress-led UDF candidate D Vijaykumar got 46,347 votes and BJP's P S Sreedharan Pillai came third with 35,270 votes. The bypoll

Bengaluru, May 31: The CBI conducted searches at five places in an ongoing investigation of a demonetisation case in Karnataka on Thursday. It was alleged that B Prakash, chief manager, Corporation Bank, Ramanagara, in connivance with unknown officials of Corporation Bank and unknown others, has illegally exchanged Rs 10 lakh of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) with new currency on November 14, 2016

Bengaluru, May 31: Armed with a search warrant the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) might raid the houses of friends and relatives of Congress leader DK Shivakumar in connection with the demonetised currency notes case, agency sources said. Meanwhile, Shivakumar on Thursday held an emergency press conference at his Bengaluru residence and said that the BJP is indulging in vendetta politics

Bengaluru, May 31: Congress MP D K Suresh has slammed the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah combine for misusing government agencies to finish off his family politically. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Suresh, who is the brother of Congress MLA D K Shivakumar, said that Prime Minister Narendra Mod brazenly misusing Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax (IT)

Bengaluru, May 31: In a good news for coalition government, Congress candidate Munirathna won in the election for Rajarajeshwari Nagar Assembly seat with the majority of 46,218 votes. Despite voters indifference towards Congress candidate and allegation of EPIC cards seized, Munirathna managed to win the constituency. Congress polled 80,282 votes, while BJP's Muniraju Gowda got 34,064 votes and JD

Udupi, May 31: Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje has slammed the chief minister H D Kumaraswamy led-coalition government for what she felt the lack of importance given to the relief measures in the areas affected by heavy rain which had resulted in six deaths in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts. Speaking to presspersons here, the BJP leader said that such heavy rain had not been seen

Bengaluru, May 31: Days after his remarks that he was at the “mercy” of Congress and not the people drew flak, Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday described the Grand Old party’s president Rahul Gandhi as a “punyatma” (good soul). “Today, even though I don’t have the blessings of the people, punyatma Rahul Gandhi placing trust in me has given me power. We have got a good

Bengaluru, May 31: Mohammed Haris Nalapad, son of Congress leader and Shantinagar MLA NA Haris, will continue to be lodged at Parappana Agrahara prison, as his bail plea was rejected on Wednesday afternoon. The 62nd City Civil and Sessions Court denied bail to Nalapad, the main accused in the February 17 brawl at Farzi café in UB city. He is in custody since then. He moved the bail application

Belagavi, May 30: Mohammad Kaif Mulla, student of St Xavier’s High School, who had secured the second rank in the state after the results of the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination were announced, has now emerged the topper after re-evaluation. He has scored 625 marks of 625 marks against 624 marks which was earlier announced in the result. He is the first student from the