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Udupi, Apr 10: Former police officer Anupama Shenoy has expressed her desire to contest the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections from her native place Kaup in Udupi district. Speaking to media in Bengaluru, she announced the first list of 15 members from her Bharatiya Janashakti Congress who will be contesting the elections. She said the EC has approved her party’s symbol as the ladies finger. "I

Mangaluru, Apr 10: A 16-year-old girl, who sustained severe head injuries in an accident, lost her two-week battle for life at the hospital on Monday. Nikitha Cutinha was a II PUC student at a private college in the city. On March 25, when Nikitha was walking by the roadside near a church in Derebail, a Bengaluru-based woman named Sharmila, who owns a flat in the city, rammed her car into the girl

Bengaluru, Apr 10: A passenger of a Bengaluru-bound IndiGo flight was on Monday deboarded at Lucknow after his complaints about mosquitoes onboard turned into an altercation with flight crew. While the airline blamed the passenger, Dr Saurabh Rai, a Bengaluru-based cardiologist, for the incident, he claimed that the flight was full of mosquitoes and said that he was manhandled by the crew and was

Bengaluru, Apr 10: The pro-Kannada outfits have withdrawn their call for a state-wide bandh on April 12 over proposed formation of the Cauvery Management Board (CMB). Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha leader Vatal Nagaraj said, “We had proposed a bandh to protest against the proposed CMB. As neither the Supreme Court nor the Centre has said the board will be formed, we have decided to adopt a wait

Mangaluru, Apr 10: Even as a the protest by the members of Amruthadhara Gaushala at Kairangala on the outskirts of the city over the alleged cow theft took a political turn, the Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee has suspected that theft may have been staged by some political forces ahead of May 12 Karnataka assembly polls. On Monday, a delegation from the Congress submitted a memorandum

Amidst preparation for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections, Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat has appealed to local technology firms and experts to keep a close watch on social media platforms and highlight instances of “fake news,” saying action could be initiated against those involved. The Election Commission has taken such a step for the first time in India, according to Mr Rawat. He

Karwar MLA Satish Sail, whose company is being probed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Goa police in connection with an illegal mining case, on Monday, April 9, failed to appear before the investigating officer in Panaji. Sail, the Independent MLA representing Karwar constituency in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, sent a letter saying he could not appear before the IO

Mangaluru, Apr 10: Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader has dared the Bharatiya Janata Party to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi to strictly implement cow slaughter ban across India and stop export of beef to other countries. Speaking to media persons here on Monday, the minister said that if the BJP was really concerned about cows, let the NDA government at the Centre ban cow slaughter

Hubballi, Apr 9: BJP leader and Dharwad MP Pralhad Joshi said on Monday that Congress leaders criticize the RSS only with the intention of appeasing the minorities. "Congress president Rahul Gandhi should stop the politics of dividing the society that is happening in the state, if he is a mature leader," he said. Addressing media persons at the launch of the BJP's digital publicity vehicle here

Mangaluru, Apr 9: Three Muslim youths were attacked with lethal weapons by a gang of six miscreants last night at Kasba Bengre area in the city. The victims have been identified as Anweez, Siraj and Ijaz. Among them the condition of 17-year-old Anweez is said to be critical. He has been admitted to the ICU of a private hospital. The other two are undergoing treatment in another hospital. It is