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Udupi, Apr 24: Addressing a huge rally of Bharatiya Janata Party at Karkala, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday claimed that the country would soon be in the list of top five fastest growing economies of the world. The minister said that in the past four years, the country has been marching towards a developed country status under the magnificent rule of BJP. The Congress, that ruled the

Bengaluru, Apr 24: The BJP and the JD(S) appear to have joined forces to take on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led Congress in almost all constituencies in Mysuru district and not just Chamundeshwari. The two Opposition parties have decided to help each other to defeat the Congress in the district, which currently holds eight out the 11 Assembly segments. While the JD(S) had bagged three seats in

Mangaluru, Apr 24: Multilingual actor Prakash Raj said people have a significant role to play in removing the communal tag of Dakshina Kannada district. He was speaking as the chief guest at the Democracy Day programme organised by Karnataka Dalit Sangharsh Samiti at Town Hall on Monday. Raj said the district has been tainted due to communal incidents as a result of some selfish people. The public

Kolar, Apr 23: Deceased IAS officer D.K. Ravi’s mother Gowramma entered the election fray by filing nomination papers as an Independent candidate from Kolar Assembly constituency on Monday. Gowramma hails from a village in Tumakuru district. “My son has served well for the people of Kolar and I would like to carry forward his good works”, she told reporters after filing her papers. Ravi had served

Udupi, Apr 23: Sheikh Abdul Gafoor, a philanthropist and social worker from Basrur in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district, passed away in Saudi Arabia yesterday. He was 54. He was the founder and general secretary of Khidmah Foundation. He was also funder of Basrur Muslim Welfare Association. He is survived by his wife, a son, two sons and large number of relatives, friends and well-wishers

Mangaluru, Apr 23: The Congress candidates of all three constituencies of Mangaluru city filed their nomination papers for they May 12 Karnataka assembly polls on Monday. Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, who represents Mangaluru (erstwhile Ullal) constituency, filed his nomination papers at the office of assistant commissioner in the city. The three-time MLA held a workers

Mysuru, Apr 23: BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa on Monday announced that his son B Y Vijayendra would not be contesting from Varuna assembly constituency in Mysuru against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son Yatindra. Yeddyurappa's announcement at a meeting organised by the party at Nanjanagudu, near Mysuru, led to large-scale protests by BJP workers, following which police resorted to lathi

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday, April 23 announced its fourth list of seven candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections scheduled to be held on May 12. With less than a month left for Karnataka to go to polls, both the ruling Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have entered a high-pitched battle on the ground and on social media. The BJP had released its

Hassan, Apr 23: An elderly woman and her daughter died on the spot when a tree fell on a moving car near Bandihalli in Sakleshpur taluk last evening. They were identified as Chinnamma (67) and Prafulla (33) of Kuniganahalli. They were returning home after attending a function at Chikkamagaluru when the incident occurred. Both were sitting on the rear seat. The car was severely damaged. Another

Uudpi, Apr 23: Former BJP MLA K Raghupati Bhat has urged Lakshmivara Tirtha Swami of Shiroor Mutt to withdraw nomination and support him in the upcoming Karnataka legislative elections. The seer, who was a BJP ticket aspirant, has filed nomination papers as an independent candidate from Udupi constituency. He had earlier said he was inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but was not happy with