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Mysuru, Apr 21: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Saturday, said that he doesn’t even know whether incumbent Mandya MLA M H Ambareesh had accepted the ‘B’ form issued by the party or not. Replying to queries of media persons near his residence in TK Layout here, the CM said: “The KPCC president has issued ‘B’ form to Ambareesh and he has to contest. I am unaware whether he has received it or not”

Mangaluru, Apr 21: Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has rubbished as baseless the allegations that he prevented the BJP high command from issuing the ticket to former minister Krishna J Palemar from Mangaluru City North constituency for the May 12 Karnataka assembly polls. The BJP this time has fielded young leader Dr Bharath Shetty from Mangaluru City North, where Mr Palemar was defeated by

Rs 2,000 and 500 notes constitute 97 per cent of the Rs 4.13 crore cash that the Income Tax Department has seized in poll-bound Karnataka till now, authorities said today. The revelation comes in the backdrop of a cash crunch being witnessed across various regions in the country as a number of ATMs had gone dry. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), that makes policy for the ITD, had recently

Mangaluru, Apr 21: Expressing severe dissatisfaction over the ticket denial, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former minister Krishna J Palemar has said that the move would harm the party’s prospects in the region. Speaking to media persons in the city on Saturday, the realtor-cum-politician came down heavily on Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel for allegedly preventing the party high

New Delhi, Apr 21: The Congress on Saturday released the list of party's star campaigners for ensuing Karnataka Assembly polls, which also includes names of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav, the son of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav. However, the list released by Campaign Committee

Washington, Apr 21: The Trump administration on Friday claimed that in India, media outlets critical of the (Narendra Modi-led) government were allegedly pressured or harassed in 2017. "The Constitution (of India) provides for freedom of speech and expression, but it does not explicitly mention freedom of the press. The government (of India) generally respected these rights, although there were

Bengaluru, Apr 21: Former BJP MLA Belur Gopalakrishna has decided to join the Congress party on Sunday. Gopalakrishna, who failed to get the BJP ticket from Sagar Assembly constituency, on Saturday met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Congress general secretary in charge of Karnataka K C Venugopal and discussed his inclusion in the Congress. He had contested on the BJP ticket and defeated his

Mangaluru, Apr 21: Srinivas School of Architecture (SSA) students of Srinivas Institute of Technology (SIT), Valachil, Mangaluru received the ‘Award of Merit’ (South Zone) for documenting city-based historic Zeenath Baksh Masjid at a programme on April 18 at India International Centre, New Delhi. From left: Dr Shaila Bantanur, Adithya Hebbar , Santhosh Prabhu T N, Akshay kumar G K, Rajat K R, Maj

Mysuru, Apr 21: A protest organized by a some Muslim groups against the rape and murder of an 8-year-old in Kathua temple, took a violent turn on Friday at communally sensitive Kyatamaranahalli area in Mysuru. The Mysuru City police have clamped prohibitory orders under Udayagiri police station jurisdiction following a group clash wherein a police inspector and seven constables were also injured

Bengaluru, Apr 21: This 34-year-old Congress candidate from Govindarajanagar in Bengaluru with assets worth over Rs 1,020 crore appears to be the richest candidate in the fray for May 12, 2018 Karnataka assembly polls. The incumbent MLA of Govindarajanagar, Priya Krishna, son of Housing Minister M Krishnappa aka Layout Krishnappa was the richest candidate in 2013 too with the declared assets of Rs