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Bagalkot, Oct 7: BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa on Friday clarified that he had earlier decided to contest from Teradal Assembly constituency in Bagalkot district but withdrew his decision following the pressure by the people of Shikaripur, who, he said, shaped his political career. Speaking to reporters here on Friday, Yeddyurappa said, “I was considering a proposal to contest from Terdal or

Bengaluru, Oct 7: Ten ministers and 40 legislators of the ruling Congress came under severe criticism by the party leadership for not using social media platforms to promote the state government’s achievements. AICC general secretary in-charge of Bengaluru district K C Venugopal, who held marathon meetings on Friday to review preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections, lamented that only a

Bengaluru, Oct 6: Four college students lost their lives when their speeding car was crushed under a truck on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway in the early hours of Friday. The incident occurred near Kempanahalli/Sangabasavana Doddi village, Ramnagaram district, on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The car was coming towards Bengaluru from Mysuru, when it hit the median, crossed the lane and rammed into a

Bengaluru, Oct 6: With approximately six months to go for the 2018 assembly elections, chief minister Siddaramaiah said his second son Dr Yathindra is almost certain to enter the poll fray. Yathindra, who was virtually pushed into politics after his brother Rakesh's untimely death, has got political visibility over the past one year, leading to speculations that he will continue the Siddaramaiah

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 6: Six Dalits are among 36 non-Brahmins, who have been recommended for appointment as priests in temples in Kerala being managed by the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB). The recommendation in this regard was made by the Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board, a press release said. This is for the first time six people from the scheduled caste community have been recommended for

New Delhi, Oct 6: The government has made biometric identification Aadhaar mandatory for all post office deposits, PPF, the National Savings Certificate scheme and Kisan Vikas Patra. Existing depositors have been given time till December 31, 2017 to provide the 12-digit unique identification number. Ministry of Finance has issued four separate Gazette notifications making Aadhaar mandatory for

Bengaluru, Oct 6: The controversial Yettinahole drinking water project has overcome a major legal hurdle with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) disposing off an application that challenged the river diversion. With this, the stage is set for the completion of the first phase of the Rs 13,000-crore project, which envisages the diversion of over 24 TMC of water during the monsoon months from four

Bengaluru, Oct 6: As many as five saffron extremists linked to the Sanatan Sanstha, a hardline Hindutva outfit, have emerged as key suspects in the coldblooded murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. The key suspects have been identified as Jayaprakash alias Anna (45), from Mangaluru; Praveen Limkar (34), from Kolhapur; Sarang Akolkar (38), from Pune; Rudra Patil (37), from Sangli and Vinay

Mangaluru, Oct 6: The BJP has demanded the resignation of Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader following the murder of a youth by unidentified miscreants in latter’s constituency. Muhammad Zubair, 45, and his friend Illiyas, 62, were attacked with weapons by a group of four persons near a place of worship in Mukkacherry. BJP leaders claim that Zubair was an active BJP worker. Footage from

Mangaluru, Oct 5: In line with central government’s Swacch Bharat Initiative Yenepoya University observed “Swachhta Pakhwada” from Sept 1 – 15 and “Swachhta Hi Seva” from Sept 15 – Oct 3, 2017. The Centre for Environmental Studies of the university, in collaboration with the constituent colleges organized various programmes which included Guest lecture on the topic “Garbage cleaning systems in