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Mandya, Apr 21: Deputy Commissioner N Manjushri, who is also the election officer, has lodged a complaint at Mandya West police station about receiving a threat call from an unidentified person on her mobile phone, here on Thursday. According to the complaint, she received an anonymous call from the phone number 90086 65774 on April 17 at 2 pm when she was busy on election duty. The anonymous

Bengaluru, Apr 21: IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri on Friday filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order upholding her transfer order. The petitioner has contended that the CAT has ignored the Supreme Court’s judgement in the Prakash Singh and Others Vs Union of India (2006), where it said the transfers of IAS officers should be done as per

Bantwal, Apr 20: A day after Bantwal’s sitting MLA B Ramanath Rai filed nomination papers, BJP candidate Rajesh Naik Ulippadi and SDPI candidate Mohammed Riyaz Farangipete on Friday filed their papers for May 12 assembly polls. Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLC Kota Srinivas Poojary, former MLC Monappa Bhandary, former MLA Padmanabha Kottari and Davadas Shetty were present when Naik

Bengaluru, Apr 20: After a long wait, Janata Dal (Secular) today announced its second list of candidates for the 58 more seats May 12 assembly election in Karnataka, fielding its state unit chief H D Kumaraswamy in a second constituency. Kumaraswamy, a former Chief Minister, will also be contesting from Channapatna constituency, apart from Ramanagara, which was announced in the first list. In the

Mangaluru: The second edition of Nitte International Film Festival concluded on April 19 with S Durga as the closing film. For four days, film lovers in Mangaluru reported to the NIFF ticket counter at Bharath Cinemas, to catch as many films as their schedule permitted. About 60 award-winning and critically acclaimed films played across four days in the three screens dedicated to NIFF at the venue

The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) on Friday released its third list of 59 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections. The party had released its first list of 72 candidates on April 8, followed by the second list of 82 candidates on April 16. Karnataka will go to polls on May 12. The counting of votes will take place on May 15. The term of the current 224-member legislative Assembly

Bengaluru, Apr 20: Multilingual actor and activist Prakash Raj today said that he opposed BJP more not because loved other parties but because the saffron party was worse than all. Replying to a question on his silence on Congress and JD(S), the actor who founded #JustAsking campaign said he will start questioning them at a time when he considers it appropriate. He said he has been training his

New Delhi, Apr 20: Former Delhi High Court Chief Justice Rajinder Singh Sachar passed away at a private hospital here today, a family friend said. Sachar, who was the chairperson of a committee set up by the previous UPA government to look into the social, economic and educational status of Muslims in India, was 94. He was admitted to Fortis Hospital in New Delhi earlier this week where he was

Mangaluru, Apr 20: CentrumDirect Ltd., a leading foreign exchange company, has been awarded rights for providing Foreign Exchange services at Mangaluru International Airport. The forex counter was inaugurated Venkateshwara Rao, Director of the Airport, in presence of other senior airport officials. Centrum offers passengers flying in and out of the city, foreign exchange at competitive rates

Mysuru, Apr 20: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is contesting the upcoming polls from Chamundeshwari constituency, filed his nomination on Friday after offering prayers at Chamundeshwari temple. Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy filed nomination from BTM Layout constituency. Congress candidate Priyank Kharge, son of party leader Mallikarjun Kharge, filed his nomination papers from