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Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy has told the British Deputy High Commissioner to India Alexander Evans that former would be the king and not king maker after the 2018 assembly elections. Evans who paid a courtesy visit to Kumaraswamy's house for a breakfast meeting on Tuesday morning, asked the latter if he would emerge as the "king maker" in the upcoming Assembly elections. Kumaraswamy

Fresh from giving a tough fight to the BJP in Gujarat, AICC president Rahul Gandhi has said the party was well prepared for the Karnataka elections. "We are well prepared. We have a good team in place. We have a solid leader in the chief minister and we will win the elections," Gandhi said during an interaction with NRIs in Bahrain that was streamed live on the internet. He also exuded confidence

New Delhi, Jan 9: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who is on a visit to Bahrain, on Monday made his case before the Indians residing there, delivering another sharply critical speech that took on the Narendra Modi government. Delegates of 50 countries participated in the valedictory session of a function, where the 47-year-old, who recently took over the reins of India's largest party, is the chief

Udupi, Jan 9: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Monday that the Sangh Parivar was behind the communal violence in different parts Karnataka including coastal districts. Speaking to presspersons at the helipad here, Mr. Siddaramaiah said that the Sangh Parivar should first stop its communal activities before pointing fingers at others. The police had been directed to to keep a vigil on Bajrang

Shivamogga Jan 9: The leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council K S Eshwarappa on Monday termed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as a madman. "A madman is governing Karnataka. Siddaramaiah is misusing the government machinery to target the BJP in Sadhana Samavesha," Eshwarappa charged while speaking to media persons here. "Siddaramaiah is spending taxpayers' money to conduct the Sadhana

Bengaluru, Jan 9: BJP national president Amit Shah and Congress president Rahul Gandhi will virtually take over election management of their respective parties in Karnataka as the arch rivals brace for a tough fight ahead of the crucial Assembly polls. Post Sankranti, both Shah and Rahul are expected to deploy key resources to devise a poll strategy in the state. The 2018 Assembly election is a

Mangaluru, Jan 8: As many as four police personnel, including a sub-inspector, were injured in a communal clash at the district jail in Kodialbail on Monday. Ten inmates were also injured. A fight broke out between Mithun, who has been arrested in connection with the stabbing at Kalladka, and Sadik, who is in jail in the Sharath Madivala murder case, police sources said. While Mithun is imprisoned

Bengaluru, Jan 8: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday mocked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over his Uttar Pradesh counterpart's visit to the state, saying every time Yogi Adityanath visits Karnataka, the former starts talking of Hindutva. BJP leader Arvind Limbavali said such is the impact of Adityanath that if the latter starts visiting Karnataka more often Siddaramaiah will start chanting

Mudigere, Jan 8: The police have arrested a local leader of BJP’s Yuva Morcha on charges of abetting suicide of a college student in Mudigere of Chikkamagaluru district. 20-year-old Dhanyashree, who belongs to Hindu community, had committed suicide on Saturday after group of Hindutva chauvinists barged into her house and created ruckus accusing her of flirting with Muslim boys. “We have listed

In a shocking revelation, former chief minister and Janata Dal (Secular) state president H D Kumaraswamy has said that a local leader of Bharatiya Janta Party in Mangaluru had involved in the coldblooded murder of Deepak Rao. 32-year-old Deepak Rao was hacked to death by a gang of four miscreants on January 3 at Katipalla in Mangaluru. The police have managed to catch four persons who had directly