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Hubballi, Apr 12: Janandolanagala Maha Maitri, a congregation of like-minded progressive organisations, has decided to support Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Santosh Nargund against the former Chief Minister and BJP candidate Jagadish Shettar in the Hubballi-Dharwad Central Assembly constituency. Speaking to presspersons here on Wednesday, Samaj Parivartana Samudaya founder-president S.R

Udupi, Apr 12: The Static Surveillance Team of Election Commission has seized Rs 1.63 lakh unaccounted cash in cash at two places in Udupi district. A press release issued here on Wednesday said that the team seized Rs. 58,000 in cash at the check-post at Anjaar, while it seized Rs. 1,05,790 in cash at the check-post at Hosangadi. At both places, those carrying the cash could not produce

Bengaluru, Apr 12: Stating that the victory of Congress is inevitable for the growth of Karnataka and India, chief minister Siddaramaiah has exhorted all secular, non-communal and honest people to come together to defeat the communal forces at the national level under the leadership of the Congress. In an interview Mr Siddaramaiah said that the Congress must win 2018 Karnataka polls to change the

Mangaluru, Apr 12: Biruva Javaner, the local Billava community group of Oman organized Sri Shanishwara Mahathme Talamaddale performance and pooja at Darsait Sri Krishna Temple auditorium on Saturday, 7th April 2018. About 1200 devotees of this Tulunadu tradition and Yakshagana fans attended this first ever Shanishwara Pooja performed in Oman. Biruva Javaner started out as a WhatsApp group and has

Alappuzha, Apr 12: A 10-year-old girl suffering from blood cancer, who had tested positive for HIV allegedly after getting a transfusion of infected blood, died. The girl was suffering from pneumonia and passed away at the Alappuzha Medical College hospital here this morning, Medical superintendent Ram Lal said. "The patient had been having blood cancer and died due to its complications," he said

Bengaluru, Apr 12: CCB sleuths on Wednesday recorded the statement of R V Yuvaraj, BBMP corporator and the son of Chickpet MLA, R V Devaraj, over the pub brawl case involving Mohammed Haris Nalapad. The CCB during the course of the investigation found that Yuvaraj was present in Farze Cafe, UB City, on February 17 when Nalapad and his associates reportedly assaulted Vidwath L, a fellow diner

Bengaluru, Apr 12: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC president G Parameshwara and JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy are now set to join the list of politicians, who have contested polls from more than one seat. This time, Kumaraswamy was the first to announce his candidature from two seats - Ramanagaram, which he currently represents, and Channapatna, which is considered to be the JD(S)'

New Delhi, Apr 12: Only children of three senior Congress leaders, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son Dr Yathindra from Varuna, Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy's daughter Sowmya Reddy from Jayanagar and former Union Minister K H Muniyappa's daughter Roopa Shashidhar from KGF, are likely to get party the ticket to contest the May 12 Assembly polls. Though over a dozen senior leaders have sought the

Bengaluru, Apr 11: The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday refused to annul a 26-year-old Hindu woman’s marriage only on the ground that it was performed without her consent, but asked the Centre to provide her security grant her protection from her family as she feared ‘honour killing’. The apex court issued a notice to the Karnataka government and the Centre after hearing the woman's plea

Belagavi, Apr 11: Holding political parties and their leaders responsible for unsolved Cauvery river water sharing dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, multilingual actor Prakash Rai on Wednesday said that will power needed to solve such issues. "When the Nile River can be shared among five countries, why can't we find a solution to share Cauvery water among two or three states?" questioned