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Mangaluru, Apr 14: Prathibha Kulai, General Secretary of Karnataka Mahila Congress, has filed a defamation complaint in the Second JMFC Court in Mangaluru against BJP leaders for misusing her name and photograph in their pre-poll political 'Chargesheet' recently released in Bengaluru. Prathibha, who is also a corporator in Mangaluru City Corporation, has named Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Ballari, Apr 14: Five persons of a family including a doctor couple were killed when the car in which they were travelling rammed a roadside culvert near Bhagyanagar on Sirguppa-Ballari Road in Kurgodu Police limits on Friday. Dr Santosh (36), wife Dr Archana (34), daughter Lakshmi (3) and Santosh's father Siddramappa (60) died on the spot. His mother Leelavathi died at the Vijayanagara Institute

Mangaluru, Apr 14: The police have arrested three accused in connection with the recent theft of a cow at the Amurthadhara gaushala in Kairangala under the limits of Konaje police station on the outskirts of the city. The arrested have been identified as Ahmed Kabir of Bengre, Aboobacker Siddiq from Manjeshwar and Mohammed Imran from Ullal. The three accused reportedly came in a car to the

Mangaluru, Apr 13: A new matrimonial portal dedicated for Muslim community has come into existence. The portal, nikahpartner.com and its mobile were launched today at a formal function at Hotel Ocean Pearl in the city. A release issued by the developers stated that nikahpartner.com has been designed to offer Muslim community a user-friendly match making experience with improved navigation and

Bengaluru, Apr 13: The Bharatiya Janata Party on April 8, announced the first list of 72 candidates who will contest the May 12 Karnataka assembly polls. Among them 57 are the ones who had contested in 2013. Karnataka Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) that have analysed the affidavits of incumbent MLAs, revealed that 19 of the 57 sitting BJP MLAs who have secured tickets

Mysuru, Apr 13: A considerable number of the incumbent MLAs (elected in 2013) from all three major parties of Karnataka – Congress, BJP and Janata Dal – are facing criminal charges, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Karnataka Election Watch and ADR have analysed the affidavits of 207, out of 224 MLAs of Karnataka. Out of the 207 MLAs analysed, 68 (33%) had declared

Bagalkot, Apr 13: The State BJP President B S Yeddyurappa on Friday expressed confidence that the BJP would repeat the performance in Karnataka it had registered in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. "Just 29 days remain for Assembly elections and the dream of Congress free Karnataka will be a reality," he said at a party convention here. He called upon the party workers and leaders not to

Chitradurga, Apr 13: The police resorted to lathi charge to control the situation when Molakalmuru MLA S Thippeswamy's supporters hurled stones and footwears at MP B Sriramulu's car on Friday morning at Nayakanahatti. As the police caned mob, hundreds of them ran helter-skelter. Several BJP workers who had gathered at Thipperudraswamy temple to receive the MP fled to safety. For a while, the

Belagavi, Apr 13: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Amit Shah on Friday said that the wave in favour of BJP in Karnataka has forced Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to change his assembly constituency from Varuna to Chamundeshwari and people in the state will bring the party to power with a huge majority. Speaking to reporters at Kittur town in the district after paying tributes to the

Udupi, Apr 13: In a move that could directly harm the Congress party and indirectly benefit the BJP in Udupi, the Janata Dal (Secular) has decided to field its candidates in four of the five assembly constituencies in the coastal district and back Bahujan Samaj Party candidate in the remaining one constituency. Yogesh Shetty, president of district unit of JD(S) told media persons that his party