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Mangaluru, May 19: A Qatar-bound passenger was arrested with huge quantity of of marijuana (ganja) at Mangaluru International Airport yesterday by the personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). The accused has been identified as Kalai Tasleem Basheer, a resident of Kalai in Karnataka. He had reportedly concealed the marijuana inside three giant pumpkins. He was scheduled to depart

Bengaluru, May 19: Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sadananda Gowda on Saturday averred that B. S. Yeddyurappa will remain the Chief Minister of Karnataka for five years. "Wait till 4.30 pm. We will win and B.S. Yeddyurappa will be the Chief Minister for five years," Gowda said. Meanwhile, ahead of the crucial floor test at 4 pm in the state assembly as directed by the

Bengaluru, May 19: Hours before the floor test is set to begin in Karnataka assembly, Congress leaders said they have the numbers and ultimately they will form the government in the state in alliance with Janata Dal (Secular). Before leaving for the assembly, senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Nabi Azad said the numbers are against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and expressed

Bengaluru, May 19: Newly-elected JD(S) and Congress MLAs reached Bengaluru on Saturday morning after an overnight journey from Hyderabad for the crucial floor test in the state assembly. MLAs had been camping in two Hyderabad hotels to avoid any poaching bids. JD(S) MLC Basavaraj said in the morning that as many as 36 legislators belonging to his party and 77 of the Congress were camping in the

Bengaluru, May 19: Shanthinagar legislator N A Haris's son, Mohammed Haris Nalapad, and his friends ferociously assaulted Vidwath L with a knuckle ring, ice buckets, beer bottles, etc at Farzi Cafe, UB City, the victim said in a statement to the police. Police have attached Vidwath's statement to the charge sheet. According to Vidwath, he and four friends had gone to the cafe for dinner around 8

Bengaluru, May 19: Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has had a chequered history when in power. Saturday’s floor test will be his fifth in a span of 11 years. “We will get full majority. We will prove majority. I’m 100% confident,” Yeddyurappa said on Friday, soon after the Supreme Court ordered him to undergo a floor test to show that the BJP had sufficient numbers to form government. The BJP, with

Hyderabad, May 19: Congress leaders in Telangana used three ‘decoy’ buses to mislead rivals from poaching Congress and JD(S) MLAs from Karnataka who arrived here in three buses on Friday morning. As the legislators reached Hyderabad, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Uttam Kumar Reddy saw to it that the Congress MLAs were accommodated in Taj Krishna hotel and the JD(S) MLAs in Novotel

Mangaluru, May 19: To maintain law and order in the city, in view of the vote of confidence being sought by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Saturday, Police Commissioner Vipul Kumar has clamped prohibitory orders. The prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code will be in place between 8 a.m. of Saturday and 10 a.m. of Sunday under the limits of Mangaluru city police

Mangaluru, May 18: The police have arrested eight persons in connection with the clashes during victory celebrations of Bharatiya Janata Party on May 15 reported from Adyarpadavu on the outskirts of the city. Police Commissioner Vipul Kumar told reporters here that the accused have been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code in six different cases. Police are on the lookout for

Bengaluru, May 18: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was today elected as the leader of the Congress Legislature Party at a meeting of party MLAs held in Hyderabad. "Karnataka Congress Legislature Party met in Hyderabad and unanimously elected Shri @siddaramaiah as the leader of the CLP as per the directions of Congress President Shri @RahulGandhi," Karnataka Pradesh Congress said in a