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Dubai/ Mangaluru, May 16: The holy month of Ramadan will begin on May 17 (Thursday) in several middle eastern countries and coastal Karnataka. In Saudi Arabia moon-sighting committee met on Tuesday evening and were not able to sight the Ramadan crescent. Hence the committee decided to commence fasting on Thursday as Wednesday will be the 30th day of Shaaban. Shortly after Saudi announcement

Bengaluru, May 16: The Congress and the JD(S), which have come together to form a coalition government, are likely to shift their MLAs to a resort in order to prevent poaching from the BJP. Speculation is rife in the political circles that the BJP is planning an “Operation Lotus” to increase its numbers. Under Operation Lotus, rival party MLAs will be made to resign and face the byelections after

H D Kumaraswamy would be the chief minister of the JDS-led government supported by the Congress, outgoing chief minister Siddaramaiah said today after a meeting between the two parties over a power deal. Siddaramaiah and Kumaraswamy also dismissed reports that a section of MLAs of their parties were unhappy over their joining hands in government formation. "We have decided that Kumaraswamy will be

Mangaluru, May 16: Hours after Bharatiya Janata Party candidates won seven out of eight assembly constituencies in Dakshina Kannada district, a clash erupted at Adyarpadav on the outskirts of Mangaluru thanks to a victory rally. A group of saffron activists, who were taking out a rally at Adyarpadav under the limits of Kankandy Rural Police Station, burst crackers in front of a mosque at around 8

Mangaluru, May 15: “Unexpected” was the first reaction from Dr Bharath Shetty when asked about his huge victory margin against Congress leader B A Mohiuddin Bava in Mangaluru North Assembly constituency. “My victory was expected, but this margin was unexpected,” the new MLA of the constituency, who defeated Mr Bava by a margin of 26648 votes told coastaldigest.com. The dentist-turned-politician

Bengaluru, May 15: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today said if the Karnataka governor invites BJP to form the government, it would mean that he was "openly inviting horse trading, corruption and defection in the parties." Speaking to reporters after meeting governor Vajubhai Vala, Azad said the Congress and JD (S) have adequate numbers to form the government and that the coalition would

Varanasi, May 15: At least 16 people have died and several are feared trapped after a portion of an under construction flyover collapsed in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi today. Two pillars of the under construction flyover collapsed in Varanasi's Cantt area, bringing a huge slab of concrete down, crushing cars and a local bus under it. Many of those trapped are reported to be labourers who were working

New Delhi, May 15: The BJP may have fallen short of the majority mark in Karnataka, but its emergence as the single largest party leaving the Congress far behind has reaffirmed its dominant position on the country's political map. However, with both the Congress-JD(S) combine and the BJP deciding to stake a claim before the Governor to form the government, it was not clear if Karnataka would

Bengaluru, May 15: Karnataka Governor has allowed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to prove majority in the Assembly, said party's chief ministerial candidate B.S. Yeddyurappa on Tuesday evening. Talking to the reporters after meeting Governor Vajubhai Vala, Yeddyurappa said, "Just now we met Governor because we are single largest party, and that he allows us to prove majority in the Assembly"

New Delhi, May 15: Three out of seven rebel JD(S) MLAs, who had joined the Congress, secured their seats in the 2018 Karnataka assembly poll with a comfortable margin, according to the Election Commission data. The rebel MLAs had resigned from Karnataka legislative assembly on March 24, a day after they cross-voted in favour of the Congress candidates in the Rajya Sabha biennial election in the