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New Delhi, Feb 10: Scripting a new political narrative, Arvind Kejriwal's royal come back leading the AAP to a spectacular victory, reflects his strong positioning as a "change agent" that scuppered BJP's bid to power in the national capital and put a break on the Modi juggernaut. The magnificent victory is being considered awe-inspiring as the 46-year-old bespectacled IITian, notwithstanding a

New Delhi, Feb 10: With Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leading in 67 seats out of 70 against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), hundreds of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporters broke into boisterous celebrations with their signature poll tune ‘Paanch Saal Kejriwal’ blaring over loudspeakers. Every lead projected on the massive LCD screens set up at the party office is being cheered loudly by

Bengaluru, Feb 10: A six-year-old boy and his three-year-old sister were charred to death in a fire that broke out due to an electric short circuit in their house in Adugodi police limits on Monday evening. Naveen Kumar and Kanishka Rani, children of Manjunath, a goods auto driver and Sathya, a homemaker, died in a sleeping position on a cot at their third floor house at the Economically Weaker

Bengaluru, Feb 10: Criminal cases have been registered against VHP leader Praveen Togadia and organisers of 'Hindu Virat Samavesha' for allegedly violating prohibitory orders issued by Bengaluru Police Commissioner MN Reddi. "We have booked one criminal case against Togadia and cases against the organisers for violating prohibitory orders," a top police official, who did not wish to be named, said

Bengaluru, Feb 10: The death toll due to swine flu in Karnataka has risen to 10 and government has taken steps to tackle the challenge, state Health and Family Minister U T Khader said today. "The death toll due to H1N1 (swine flu) has risen to 10 in Karnataka and government has taken steps to tackle the challenge," he said in the State Legislative Council here. Responding to the concerns raised

Bengaluru, Feb 10: JD(S) Leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today targeted the government on its "failure" in resolving the issues of farmers in the state, and on the Arkavathi layout de-notification row. Speaking on the motion of thanks to the Governor for his address in the Assembly, he criticized the government for its handling the issues of Maize, Sugarcane, Tur and Paddy farmers

Mangaluru, Feb 9: With a display of mock corpses, local residents of Jokatte, Kalavar, Kenjar, Kulai, Bala and surrounding areas protested against the incessant pollution caused by the coke and sulphur manufacturing units of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Limited (MRPL) Phase III plant located near Suratkal in Mangaluru taluk, demanding the shutdown of the manufacturing units. Under the

Dubai, Feb 9: A Dubai-based Indian businessman, whose company's networth is USD 7.2 billion, has topped the Indian rich list for 2015 in the Gulf region. Sunil Vaswani is the chairman of Stallion Group, a Nigeria based multinational conglomerate operating in 18 countries, including the UAE. The second position in Arabian Business GCC Indian Rich List has been bagged by last year's top-placed entry

Mangaluru, Feb 9: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief Dr G Parameshwara has said that he would obtain complete information regarding the intention of forming Bharatiya Hindu Parishad (BHP) and contemplate on further action against the founder of the organisation. He was responding to the questions of media persons in Mangaluru regarding the removal of Puttur block Congress president

Feb 9: The album "Winds of Samsara" produced by, Bengaluru-based musician Ricky Kej won the Best New Age Album trophy at the 57th Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Sunday, in Los Angeles. Ricky Kej shares the award with Wouter Kellerman, a well-known flautist from Africa. Another Bengaluru-based leading musician Prakash Sontakke has co-composed the album. This is significant because it is the