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Bengaluru, May 4: The BJP and Congress are repeatedly targetting the JD(S) because they are scared that the regional party will come to power, JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy said here Thursday. “That both national parties are targetting and critiquing the JD(S) makes one thing clear: They are beginning to fear us,” Kumaraswamy tweeted. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after having praised JD(S

Bengaluru, May 4: To draw more parents towards the polling booths, a number of private schools in the state have taken a call to provide additional marks to students whose parents have voted. As many as 3,000 schools under the Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka (KAMS) have agreed to give two marks each for a student whose parents shows proof of having voted. “The

Bengaluru, May 3: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday quashed the allegations made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that he was seeking consolidation of Muslim votes in favour of his party in poll-bound Karnataka. Talking to media, the Congress leader said, "I didn't hold any public meeting especially for Muslims, it was just a public meeting. I challenge, if anyone meeting the

Ballari, Apr 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday maintained that the Congress government had wasted its opportunity and ‘ruined’ the State during its five-year rule in Karnataka, and appealed to the voters to support the BJP for a better future for the State. He also sought to touch upon the sentiment of local pride by saying that the Ballari region had a rich history, heritage and was

Malappuram, May 3: A group of activists of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh unleashed attack on media persons near Malappuram press club in Kerala today morning injuring at least wo persons, including a photojournalist. The injured have been identified as Shahabaz, a reporter of a local daily newspaper and Fuad Saneen, official photographer of Chandrika daily. The two were attacked when they tried

Bhalki, May 3: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has planned to fill the Karnataka Assembly with 'jailbirds'. Addressing a rally in Karnataka's Bhalki, the Congress President said, "The BJP has plans to fill Karnataka Assembly with jailbirds. Prime Minister Narendra Modi must explain to the people of Karnataka as to why has he chosen a corruption

New Delhi, May 3: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday gave an 'F' grade report card to the Modi government on the "subject" of agriculture in poll-bound Karnataka. There has been no contribution from the Centre to the Congress-led government's Rs 8,500 crore contribution in farm loan waivers, Gandhi said on Twitter. Farmers have also suffered due to the prime minister's crop insurance

New Delhi, May 3: The Congress on Thursday took a dig at UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for campaigning in poll-bound Karnataka even when people of his state were reeling under the impact of the severe dust storm that has left many dead. "Even if people of Uttar Pradesh are suffering, I am busy culling out 'jumlas' (gimmicks) in Karnataka elections -- Adityanath, missing chief minister, Uttar

Kalaburagi, May 3: Playing the nationalism card, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accused the Congress of "insulting national heroes" and the Indian Army by "questioning" the veracity of the cross-border surgical strikes. He also said that Congress president Rahul Gandhi "disrespected" the national song 'vande mataram'. "Forgetting the national heroes, patriots and history is the nature of

Bengaluru, May 3: A 17-year-old girl who had passed her II PU examinations this year, committed suicide after her friends apparently misled her about the results in Karnataka’s capital. The victim has been identified as Sneha Subramanian, a resident of Kuvempunagar in Bengaluru. She completed the PU at the Government PU College for Girls in Malleswaram 13th Cross. Sneha resorted to the extreme