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Bengaluru, Dec 21: Rahul Gandhi's elevation as party president has brought about a "resurgence" in the Congress, its Karnataka unit today said, expressing the hope that his "charm" will work in the state Assembly polls after Gujarat. Referring to the Gujarat poll outcome, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President G Parameshwara said he hoped Karnataka, too, would back Gandhi's

Bengaluru, Dec 21: Rumours are doing rounds that Bharatiya Janata Party high command is considering many senior leaders including Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R Vala for the post of chief minister of Gujarat, where the saffron party faced a tough challenge from Congress in recent polls. The 78-year-old Vala, who hails from Sangh Parivar, shares close ties with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party

Bengaluru, Dec 21: A Karnataka minister today alleged that the Election Commission of India has been reduced to "a puppet" at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s hands and emphasised that it should pave way for public scrutiny of EVMs. The Congress government in Karnataka is writing to the election commission with suggestions on electronic voting machines, state minister for information

Bengaluru, Dec 21: The Kaggalipura police in Bengaluru have arrested the marketing manager of a real estate firm for allegedly murdering a 29-year-old deputy manager of a private bank by electrocuting him at a roadside pole in the first week of December. The accused, Shivabasave Gowda, 26, is a resident of Banashankari. He is married and has two children. He was reportedly attracted to a colleague

Bengaluru Dec 21: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday asked the police to file an affidavit while hearing a matter on denial of permission to organise a new year event featuring Bollywood actor Sunny Leone in the city. Justice B Veerappa asked the police to file an affidavit citing the number of clubs in the city that have been granted permission to host new year events. The judge asked why the

Tumakuru Dec 21: Miscreants robbed a SBI ATM of Rs 30 lakh near Hirehalli Industrial Area by the highway, in Tumakuru, on Wednesday night. Though the ATM is within the bank, the robbers have drilled the wall and made away with the cash. Police said that the robbers have taken the CCTV and the recorder with them. The ATM did not have a security guard. The robbery was noticed by customers who came

Bengaluru, Dec 21: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that there was no anti-incumbent government wave in Karnataka, but an anti-BJP/Modi wave in the state which goes to polls in April-May 2018. He was addressing a Congress rally in Belagavi on Thursday. Siddaramaiah said that both Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had an eye on Karnataka, given the upcoming polls. But Modi charm

The Karnataka State Election Commission (SEC) has written to state Finance Ministry asking to release Rs 320 crore to be spent for the upcoming Assembly polls slated for April-May 2018. This amount is the double of what was spent for the 2013 state elections. Then, Rs 143.5 crore was spent for conducting the polls. In 2008, Rs 64.82 crore had been spent. This year, the SEC has decided to use

Bouyed by his party’s improved performance in Gujarat elections, the All India Congress Committee president Rahul Gandhi has decided to adopt a similar style during upcoming Karnataka assembly polls. This will signify the party’s Hinduism agenda to counter the perceived hardline Hindutva (using Hindu religion to gain political mileage and spreading hatred against non-Hindus) of the opposition BJP

At a time when murders are being used as a tool for dividing society and gaining political mileage by communal parties, the death of a young cricketer during a match on the outskirts of Mangaluru and the events that followed in fact transcended all boundaries drawn by man. The tragedy unfolded on December 17 during a cricket tournament at Miyapadavu village near Manjeshwar, a town located on the