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Davanagere Feb 9: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said Congress Parliamentary Party Chief Sonia Gandhi's call for alliances with like-minded parties to beat the BJP, applies to the national level, but not Karnataka. He added the recently announced BSP alliance with JD(S) would have no impact on the Congress in Karnataka in the upcoming elections. He spoke to reporters at the helipad near Bellodi

Dubai, Feb 9: PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi has been appointed to the International Cricket Council (ICC) Board as the governing body's first independent female director. Nooyi will join the Board in June 2018 to align with the term of the ICC Independent Chairman, following the unanimous confirmation of her appointment at today's meeting, an ICC release said. "I am thrilled to join the ICC

Bengaluru Feb 9: The opposition BJP on Thursday charged the government with swindling more than Rs 7,000 crore by importing sand from Malaysia and selling it at an exorbitant price in Karnataka. Leader of the Opposition Jagadish Shettar, who raised the matter in the Assembly, said that the Mysore Sales International Ltd (MSIL) had awarded the contract of importing 180 lakh tonnes of sand to a

Bengaluru, Feb 9: Karnataka will oppose Goa's plea for an extension of the term of Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said here on Thursday. The decision was announced after Siddaramaiah held a discussion with BJP leaders Jagadish Shettar and K S Eshwarappa - leaders of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, respectively - and JD(S) leader

Bengaluru, Feb 9: The ruling party had to cut a sorry figure in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday when one of the ministers jokingly said BJP MLA. C T Ravi would be the next target in the wake of the murder of BJP workers in the state. Former deputy chief minister R Ashoka (BJP), who broached the topic of the murder of party's Bengaluru corporator Rekha's husband Kadiresh, he said, "First it

Bengaluru, Feb 9: AICC social media and digital communications head Ramya on Thursday claimed that she did not train party workers on creating fake social media accounts, contrary to a video clip that went viral earlier this week. "The video has been edited to suggest that I was teaching a lesson on creating fake accounts," Ramya told reporters. "I never said that fake accounts should be created."

Bengaluru, Feb 8: Yielding to the pressure from various mutt heads and opposition parties, the Congress government of Karnataka on Thursday abruptly withdrew its public notice seeking people’s opinion over whether the state should take complete or partial control of the religious mutts, temples and other institutions in Karnataka. At the legislative council, chief minister Siddaramaiah gave a

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah led Karnataka government is waiting for a detailed report by the State Temperance Board before taking a call on whether impose a complete ban on sale of liquor. As per the suggestion by Siddaramaiah, the Board members visited Bihar and had studied the ban on sale of liquor there. Board’s chairman H V Rudrappa told reporters on Thursday that he would submit the report to

The Janata Dal (Secular) and Bahujan Samaj Party have announced an alliance for the Karnataka assembly elections with an eye to consolidate dalit voters. JD(S) leader Kunwar Danish Ali and BSP leader S C Mishra on Thursday told media persons that the alliance will be formally launched at a rally in Bengaluru on February 17, which will be addressed by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda and BSP

Mangaluru, Feb 8: Bharatiya Janata Party supremo Amit Shah will arrive in coastal Karnataka in the third week of February wherein he is scheduled to visit temples, mutts and meet religious and community leaders among others, party sources said. Though the intention behind the two-day Dakshina Kannada and Udupi tour from February 18 is poll preparation, he is expected to spend more time with