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Nagpur, Mar 14: : Arvind Kejriwal has once again launched a scathing attack on media, saying that they have been paid “heavy amount” to promote Narendra Modi. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief said he will send media to jail when his party comes to power. Speaking at a fund-raising event last evening, Kejriwal said, “For the last one year our minds have been filled with Modi, Modi...Modi and some TV

Mangalore, Mar 14: Hidayah Foundation in association with Mangalore Nephro and Urology Charitable Trust organized World Kidney Day 2014 on Thursday in the City with focus on Chronic Kidney Disease and associated nephrotic ailments. Well-known Urologist Dr Muhammad Saleem and Nephrologist Dr Santhosh Pai were the resource persons. They underlined the need for people to donate kidneys to save the

Mysore, Mar 14: Strong resentment among local party leaders came to fore in BJP with the allotment of party ticket for Mysore-Kodagu parliament seat to a journalist who hails from Hassan district and known for his reactionary ideology. Journalist himself has twitted that " he is a rightist in his ideology". Local leaders were under the impression that the party will select either the former lok

Bangalore, Mar 14: After being denied ticket to contest from Bangalore Central, senior Congress leader Jaffer Sharief declared he is happy because he is free from the bonded labour ' to the party. The 83-year-old Sharief, who has served the party in many capacities and was railway minister, dropped hints he may join the JD(S) to give a push to formation of a third front to fight communal forces

Bangalore, Mar 14: Energy Minister D?K?Shivakumar on Thursday said the sting operation conducted against him by TV9 was the handiwork of his political rivals in cahoots with the television channel 's head honcho to “finish me off politically.” “My opponents, who are hand in glove with the TV9 Kannada channel 's director Mahendra Mishra, have done this with the sole aim of sabotaging 30 years of my

New Delhi, Mar 14: A pre-poll survey today projected Naredra Modi-led BJP sweeping Gujarat, Rajasthan and Karnataka and the party-led NDA giving a big jolt to ruling Congress-NCP alliance in Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha elections. The NDTV-Hansa Research survey, which released the electoral projections of 319 seats in 12 states today, says AIADMK is projected to win 27 out of 39 Lok Sabha seats

Lok Sabha poll fever has swept across Karnataka after major political parties formally announced their candidates for various constituencies of the South Indian state. In spite of internal conflicts and confusions in finalizing candidates in a few constituencies, the three major parties of the state, namely Congress, BJP and JD(S) have launched massive campaigns in all 28 constituencies of

Bangalore, Mar 13: Congress release second list of candidates for 71 Lok Sabha seat. M Veerappa Moily has managed to get Chikkaballapur ticket drawing curtains for all the speculations. Rizwan Arshad will contest elections from Bangalore central parliamentary constituency. The latest list contains 10 candidates from Karnataka. They are: M Veerappa Moily (Chikkaballapur), Janardhan Poojary

Bangalore, Mar 13: Former MP C Narayanaswamy, who switched loyalties to Congress from JD(S), today emerged victorious by a comfortable margin in the primary held by the party to choose its candidate for the Bangalore North seat. Narayanaswamy, who recently joined Congress, defeated Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee Secretary GC Chandrashekhar by 66 votes after garnering 180 votes, Congress

Udupi, Mar 13: A section of people among Muslims is trying to mislead the entire community through spreading blind beliefs, polytheism and Darga worshipping culture alleged a Salafi activist. Addressing a media conference here, Ismaeel Shafi, Secretary of the South Karnataka Salafi Movement (SKSM), alleged that a few mullahs, through their misdeeds, are spoiling the image of peaceful Muslim