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Mangaluru, Apr 11: The Congress is likely to face a mild dissidence following the announcement of candidates for the eight constituencies in Dakshina Kannada for the May 12 Karnataka assembly polls as there are multiple contenders in six constituencies. Seven of the eight constituencies in the coastal district are now represented by the Congress legislators. Only Sullia is represented by the BJP

Holding firmly on to a slice of history, the granddaughter-in-law of undivided Karnataka's first chief minister. K C Reddy, has been camping in the national capital, hoping to fight an election for an Assembly seat in the state. For the last two days, Vasantha Kavitha Shrikar K C Reddy has been waiting anxiously outside the Congress party's electoral war room at 15 Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, where

Bengaluru, Apr 11: Atreyee Majumdar, a 35-year-old anthropologist, missing from Bengaluru for nearly a week, has now been reportedly found in a city hotel. “She was found in hotel Taj Vivanta on MG Road in the city this morning,” a senior police officer said. According to reports, the hotel staff informed the police that Atreyee was there after recognising her from the pictures that were being

Mangaluru, Apr 11: RSS veteran Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat, who recently delivered an inflammatory speech under the limits of Konaje police station, is now facing the ire of Nalike community for allegedly disrespecting ‘Bhootaradhane’. Nalike community is known for performing Bhoota Koala in coastal Karnataka. Members of Nalike Samaja Seva Sangha on Tuesday lodged a caste abuse complaint with

Bengaluru, Apr 11: The senior leaders of BJP are reportedly considering to field a member of former chief minister S M Krishna’s family in the Karnataka assembly polls, in an effort to retain him in the saffron party. Rumours are doing rounds that Krishna has threatened quit BJP and return to Congress for "neglecting" him. Krishna, a Vokkaliga, who was chief minister from 1999 to 2004, quit the

Bengaluru, Apr 11: In a relief for Mahesh Vikram Hegde, the founder and editor of Postcardnews, the high court has ordered an interim stay on the Central Crime Branch (CCB) police investigation against him, in connection with creating a communally provocative fake news to disturb the peace. On Tuesday, Justice Aravind Kumar heard the petition filed by Hegde and ordered the stay on the lower court

New Delhi Apr 11: A purported list of 131 Congress candidates for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections sent leaders into a tizzy on Tuesday even as party's top brass continued its deliberations on finalising the contestants here. As Congress Screening Committee headed by Madhusudhan Mistry was busy finalising the candidates for the forthcoming elections, a list of 131 names, including that of

New Delhi Apr 11: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is trying hard to convince Congress leadership to allow him to contest from Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency in Mysuru district despite the high command's reluctance. Siddaramaiah, who wants to filed his doctor-son Yathindra from Varuna segment in Mysuru district, feels his contesting from the neighbouring Chamundeshwari seat will help in

Bengaluru, Apr 10: Rumours are rife that former Congress leader SM Krishna, who had joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a year ago, is thinking of going back to the Congress party. Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah, however refused to comment on the speculations. "I don't know," he told ANI when asked about Krishna's change of heart. Another Congress leader, K Rahman Khan said, "All are

Udupi, Apr 10: Karnataka BJP secretary and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje has accused the chief minister Siddaramaiah-led government of misusing administrative machinery. "The government officials were removing the BJP's symbol and saffron flags even from private buildings across Udupi and Bagalkot districts and painting them with black colour," she said after receiving rice at the