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Chitradurga, Jan 27: Actor Prakash Rai on Saturday visited Bandlarahatti village in Hiriyur taluk to learn about the fluoride problem in the village. The multi-lingual actor interacted with the villagers and had first hand experience of the fluoride problem. He vowed to make the village fluoride free and sought the help of the villagers for it. "With your support, we can overcome the problems of

Padmanabha Prasannakumar, the founder of Karnataka Janata Party (KJP), which was formally launched by former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa during his year-long fight with BJP, has claimed that there is a threat to his life from Udupi-Chikkamagaluru BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje. Addressing media persons in Bagalkot on Saturday, Padmanabha Prasannakumar said, Shobha Karandlaje had threatened him of

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah’s reply to Bharatiya Janata Party supremo Amit Shah on Twitter after the latter accused the former of indulging in corruption has gone viral on social media. Siddaramaiah not only challenged Shah to present evidence to prove the allegations made against him but also reminded that the latter was a jailbird. During a rally in Mysuru on Thursday Shah had accused

Bengaluru, Jan 27: Nearly five months after fearless Kannada journactivist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead, youth leaders from across the country will come together in the capital of Karnataka to mark ‘Gauri Day’ on Monday, January 29, her birthday. Dalit leader and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani, and student leaders from Jawaharlal Nehru University Kanhaiya Kumar, Shehla Rashid and Umar Khalid, who Gauri

New Delhi, Jan 27: Congress president Rahul Gandhi has asked party leaders from poll-bound Karnataka to prepare "people's manifesto" and undertake mass outreach programmes, taking a cue from similar exercise during the party's recent electoral outing in Gujarat. Karnataka goes to polls this year. "The exercise has already been undertaken by a team headed by senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily

Bengaluru, Jan 27: Noted Kannada actor Chandrashekhar passed away in the wee hours of Saturday in Canada. 63-year-old artist is survived by his mother, wife and a daughter. Sources said, he had suffered a massive cardiac arrest. Chandrashekhar had made his on-screen debut as a child artist, and got into fame as a lead actor in Edakallu Guddadamele, directed by Putanna Kanagal. The success of the

Bengaluru, Jan 27: Siddaganga Mutt seer Shivakumar Swami underwent a surgery on Friday where three stents were inserted into his liver tube. The 110-year-old seer was operated upon at 3.30 pm at the BGS Gleneagles Global Hospitals in Kengeri. The surgery took around 40 minutes. According to the doctors who performed the surgery, this is the fourth such procedure on the seer, who has five stents

Bengaluru, Jan 27: Come February, government employees in Karnataka are expected to receive a pre-poll bonanza from the Congress-led administration. The state government is likely to announce a 24-30% pay hike for its 6.2 lakh employees and pensioners in the budget, and introduce holidays on alternate Saturdays in government offices. The decision is a bid to address demands for a five-day week and

Mangaluru, Jan 26: The presence of a bunch of hardcore Hindutva leaders including Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh strongman Prabhakar Bhat Kalladka during the much-hyped biography release programme of beleaguered Congress veteran B Janardhana Poojary on Friday evening on the premises of Kudroli Sri Gokarnanatheshwara Temple has raised many eyebrows. Hundreds of people purchased Saala Melada Sangrama

A controversy has erupted in Karnataka over a Police communique directing withdrawal of cases registered against "innocent minorities" on charges of rioting among others with BJP today terming it as "Muslim appeasement". The Congress government, however, rejected the BJP charge and said the circular was applicable to all minorities and also involves those arrested during agitations over inter