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Shivamogga, Apr 9: K S Eshwarappa, the leader of Opposition in Legislative Council, has indirectly made it clear that development will not be his main plank in upcoming legislative elections. The BJP has already issued B Form to Eshwarappa to contest May 12 Assembly polls from Shivamogga urban constituency. He is expected to file nomination on April 19 The former deputy chief minister told media

Bengaluru, Apr 9: Karnataka PCC working president Dinesh Gundu Rao on Monday said he was confident about Congress returning to power in the May 12 state assembly polls. Incumbent Siddaramaiah will be the "front-runner" for the Chief Minister's post, he said. Asserting that there was no anti-incumbency against the Siddaramaiah government, he took a dig at BJP, saying its president Amith Shah is

Mangaluru, Apr 9: Actor-turned-politician Ambareesh, who has been accusing chief minister Siddaramaiah of sidelining him, has now apparently started avoiding Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi too. The Congress high command is in a state of confusion, as Ambareesh, who represents Mandya in Karnataka Legislative Assembly, has not responded to the deadline given by K C Venugopal, the Congress in-charge

Bantwal, Apr 9: A Congress leader in coastal district of Dakshina Kannada, recently joined Bharatiya Janata Party, and within hours rejoined the Congress party. Sundara Devinagara, secretary of Panemangaluru Block Congress in Bantwal constituency in DK, resigned from the primary members of the party to embrace the saffron party on Saturday. Sundara was formally inducted into BJP at a party

Tina Dabi, the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) topper of 2015 tied the knot with Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan, the second rank holder in the same examination, in the picturesque locale of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on Saturday. While Dabi belongs to Delhi, Khan is from Jammu and Kashmir. The two did not know each other until they became the IAS toppers in of the country two years ago. Several

Chikkamagaluru, Apr 9: The police have arrested a 15-year-old boy for allegedly kidnapping, raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl at Kesagodu village in Koppa taluk of Chikkamagaluru district. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon when the Class 6 girl was returning home after finishing her classes. The girl’s house is located more than a kilometre off the main road and her mother used to

Mangaluru, Apr 9: The police have finally booked RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat three days after he delivered a communally provocative speech and brazenly mocked Model Code of Conduct. The case was registered on Sunday at Konaje police station under Section 153 (A) (promoting enmity between groups on grounds of religion, race, etc.) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 125 (promoting enmity

Udupi, Apr 9: A case has been registered against Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports for violating the Model Code of Conduct. The minister had recently told a section of the media that the State government would give Rs. 25 lakh and a government job to P. Gururaja who won the silver medal in the 56 kg category in weightlifting at the ongoing 21st Commonwealth

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday, April 8, announced the first list of 72 candidates who will contest the high stakes Karnataka assembly polls. The southern state goes to polls on May 12 to elect its representatives and results will be out on May 15. The list of names was made public following a meeting of the BJP's Central Election Committee at the party headquarters in Delhi. The meeting was

Mangaluru, Apr 8: For the first time, the Congress leader from coastal Karnataka have launched direct campaign among non-resident Indians in Saudi Arabia ahead of May 12 Karnataka assembly polls. It is estimated that around two lakh NRIs from coastal Karnataka have been working in various parts of the oil-rich kingdom. Though the proposed proxy voting for NRIs is yet to be implemented in India