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Bharatiya Janata Party supremo Amit Shah has made it clear that his party will not enter into any form of pre-poll understanding with Janata Dal (Secular). On the other hand JD(S) supremo Deve Gowda has ruled out having pre-poll alliance with the Congress or any secular parties, citing time constraint. Replying to a query from presspersons in Davangere on the allegation by Congress president Rahul

Mangaluru/Udupi, Mar 28: Women voters outnumber their male counterparts in coastal Karnataka’s twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. Dakshina Kannada currently has a total of 16,67,194 including 8,46,030 female voters and 8,21,123 male voters. There was an 11% increase in the total number of voters in the district compared to the period of previous assembly polls. In 2013 the

Chitradurga, Mar 28: Six-year-old Janahvi T, one of the youngest donors, has given a new lease of life to five people. After she was declared brain-dead, her parents consented to donate Janahvi's organs to the critically ill, saving lives of five people. A native of Chitradurga, the girl's heart was successfully transplanted to a 9-year-old boy from Vishakapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh. Her

Mangaluru, Mar 28: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) supremo Mohan M Bhagwat has embarrassed the saffronist historians by admitting that the British had destroyed India and not Muslims. “Though India was under foreign rule for over 15 centuries, no one except the British had destroyed the very foundation of the country, starting from economy to administration and finally the education system,”

Bengaluru, Mar 28: After completing its Janaasheervaada Yatre in most parts of the state, the ruling Congress is fully geared up take on the Opposition parties -- the BJP and the JD(S) in the Assembly elections scheduled to be held on May 12. Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who is leading the campaign, has already toured Hyderabad Karnataka, Mumbai Karnataka, Coastal/Malnad and Old Mysore regions

New Delhi Mar 28: Finding fault with the Congress for its attack on JD(S) during Karnataka campaign, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the grand old party needs to accommodate other parties along in the fight against BJP. Describing JD(S) national president H D Deve Gowda as a "good man", she reminded the Congress that it supported him when his government when became the

Shivamogga Mar 28: A late night dinner hosted by senior BJP leader K S Eshwarappa for party national president Amit Shah in Shivamogga on Monday appears to have ended on a positive note. Shah showcased unity within the party by holding the hands of both Eshwarappa and BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa. Eshwarappa, who has been at loggerheads with Yeddyurappa over issue of party tickets, hosted

Udupi, Mar 27: A youth slashed his wrists in a suicide attempt in Manipal on Tuesday. He was admitted to a private hospital. There are conflicting versions of why he attempted suicide. Laxman Nimbargi, Superintendent of Police, said Rakesh Kumar, a resident of Bolje, Udyavar, was riding his motorcycle and had assaulted a couple travelling in a car close to an ATM of State Bank of India near

Mangaluru, Mar 27: Two prestigious assembly constituencies in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada have been declared as ‘expense sensitive constituencies’ in the 2014 Karnataka assembly polls. They are Mangaluru North, represented by B A Mohiuddin Bava, brother of billionaire industrialist BM Farookh, and Bantwal, represented by B Ramanath Rai, Minister for Forest Environment, Ecology and

Bengaluru, Mar 27: KPCC President G Parameshwara today maintained that there was no politics in Siddaramaiah government's motion for a separate religious minority status for Lingayats and Veerashaiva Lingayats, saying the party did not expect "too much" of electoral gain from it. "It is wrong to say that Siddaramaiah government has proposed the separate religion and minority tag for Lingayats to