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Bengaluru, Feb 14: JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday charged the state government with awarding various projects to contractors from outside the state, for a commission. Kumaraswamy's remarks comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "10% sarkar" charge against the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Kumaraswamy attacked the government for

The Karnataka BJP has demanded a probe into the alleged link of the JD(S) rebel MLA from Chamarajpet B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan in the murder of Kadiresh, a rowdy-sheeter and husband of BJP corporator Rekha. Kadiresh was hacked to death in Bengaluru last week. In a statement, BJP state general secretary N Ravi Kumar said that earlier the name of Urban Development Minister R Roshan Baig was heard in the

A security guard at the toll plaza was injured when he was physically assaulted, allegedly, by a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and his friends at Sasthan coming under the Kota police station limits in Udupi district on Sunday. According to a complaint lodged at the Kota police, Abdul Rehman, 58, who worked as a security guard at the toll plaza, stopped a car moving in a track meant for

Lucknow, Feb 13: Amid chanting of 'Jai Shriram' and pledge by the saints and BJP leaders to build a grand Ram Temple, the 'Ramrajya Rathyatra' was flagged from Ayodhya on Tuesday. According to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) from whose headquarters it was flagged off by its international general secretary Champat Rai, the 41-day long 'yatra' would pass through six states, including the poll-bound

Davanagere, Feb 13: An Indian Army soldier from Harihar, Davanagere district, Karnataka, was martyred in the recent bombing at Pokhran, Rajasthan. Javeed (32), resident of P B Road, Harihar is the soldier who was killed. Javeed had served in the Army for 14 years. He is survived by his wife, and two daughters.

The Union Ministry of External Affairs has decided in-principle to open an office of Protector of Emigrants (POE) in the state of Karnataka. People from Karnataka seeking jobs in Emigration Check Required (ECR) countries of Middle East have been travelling to Chennai for clearance for years. A new POE office in Karnataka will ease their burden. The 18 ECR countries are United Arab Emirates, Saudi

Mangaluru, Feb 13: As many as four students from Barakah International School participated in the 23rd WFSKO Open Asian/ International Karate Championship held recently at Priyadarshini Sports Complex Mulund in Mumbai. All of them bagged medals. Mohammed Ayaan of class 7 won gold medal in Kumite and Bronze in Kata, Mohammed Shayan of class 5 bagged gold medal in Kata , Mohammed Aman of class 6 won

Kannur, Feb 13: A local leader of Youth Congress died in the wee hours of Tuesday after he was brutally attacked at Edayannur near Mattannur in Kannur district by alleged Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers. According to police, Edayannur native and former mandalam president of the Youth Congress at Edayannur, SV Shu’aib (27), was attacked around 11.30pm when he was having tea at a local

The Income Tax department has announced that it has unearthed alleged tax evasion and undisclosed income of Rs 195 crore in its first-ever major action against fish processing businesses in coastal Karnataka. Making details of the recent operation public on Monday, February 12, the department also said that it had detected the role of a Chinese firm, in some instances, in "paying commission" to

Managluru, Feb 13: Two Congress leaders — Mangaluru City North constituency MLA BA Mohiuddin Bava and KPCC Women’s Wing general secretary Prathibha Kulai — have filed separate police complaints against miscreants, who shared derogatory and distasteful messages on social media apparently to tarnish their image. One particular message, which is being shared on WhatsApp and other social media, uses