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Mangaluru, Mar 4: Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi, who recently toured Hyderabad-Karnataka and Mumbai-Karnataka, is expected to visit coastal districts of Karnataka in third week of March. MLC Ivan D'Souza on Saturday told media persons here that Rahul will tour undivided Dakshina Kannada district on March 20 and 21. The exact schedule is expected to be out within a week. Mr D'Souza accused the BJP

Jeddah: Dr Arathi Krishna, Deputy Chairman, NRI Forum, Government of Karnataka interacted with expatriates from Karnataka in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah during her visit on February 25. A felicitation and interaction programme was organised by KNRI Forum Jeddah at Village Restaurant, here. Dr Arathi Krishna was the chief guest. Tahir Ali, Management Committee Member, International Indian School Jeddah

Mangaluru, Mar 4: MV Costa Victoria with 1771 passengers and 809 crew and MV Insignia with 612 passengers and 407 crew called at New Mangalore Port on Saturday. This is the 19th and 20th cruise vessel calling at the port during the current financial year 2017-18. Both the vessels are berthed at the alongside berths of the Port – 2 to 4. Costa Victoria – an Italian cruise vessel with passengers

Hubballi, Mar 4: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Saturday that the outcome of the polls in the northeastern states would not have any effect on election results in Karnataka. "The BJP is claiming that Karnataka will be free from Congress. But, the state will be free from BJP," Siddaramaiah told reporters on his arrival at the Hubballi airport. Replying to a question, the chief minister said

New Delhi, Mar 4: The BJP feels the victories in the north-east, especially in Tripura, will boost its chances in Karnataka and the mood was echoed by both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah on Saturday. Speeches of Modi and Shah during the victory celebrations at BJP headquarters here, as well as press interaction by the BJP chief, showed that they have no qualms in linking it

Bengaluru Mar 4: Following directions from the state government, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday registered a case against retired Director General of Police H N Sathyanarayana Rao in connection with bribery charge made against him when he was the DGP (Prisons). The decision follows the recommendations by retired IAS officer Vinay Kumar, who inquired into irregularities in the Prison

Bengaluru, Mar 4: After a round of calling each other names, the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP on Saturday traded barbs over 'photoshop politics'. The Congress has accused the BJP of "peddling lies" after it was found that the saffron party used photographs of Nepal and Mizoram and tried to pass them off as images of Bengaluru's uncleared garbage and potholes. These images were printed in

Bengaluru, Mar 4: Having unsuccessfully tried to persuade the Congress to support its candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls from the state, the JD(S) has now resorted to arm-twisting tactics. The JD(S) on Saturday threatened to withdraw its support to the Congress in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Council if the ruling party fails to drop its plan to field a third candidate during the

Abu Dhabi: The Bearys Welfare Forum-Abu Dhabi, recently organized a seminar on Global Economy and Repercussions on NRIs focusing mainly on Gulf Kannadigas at Grand Continental Hotel, here. Several prominent NRI personalities from various fields attended the seminar. Saif Sultan of Hope Foundation was the resource person. Advocate Saaduddin Salih, Altaf Kateeb and Rafeq Ahmed of Sahibaan, Mohammed

Mysuru, Mar 3: Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, on Saturday, hinted at more members of his family contesting on a JD(S) ticket. He said anybody could aspire to be a JD(S) candidate, so there was nothing wrong in his nephew Prajwal Revanna seeking a party ticket. Speaking to mediapersons here, he said the candidate for Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency in Bengaluru was not yet finalised. "So