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Bengaluru, Nov 17: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday released a list of 40 party leaders, who will campaign for the party in the upcoming by-elections to the legislative assembly of Karnataka. While the first name in the list is of BJP state president Naleen Kumar Kateel, the second name is of Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. Some of the other leaders in the list are Union Ministers DV

Hassan, Nov 17: Janata Dal (Secular) on Saturday invited former Congress MLA R Roshan Baig to join the party and contest the Shivajinagar assembly bypoll. Baig, one of the 17 disqualified MLAs whose rebellion led to the collapse of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government, remained noncommittal, only thanking JD(S) for the offer. Senior JD(S) leader and former state minister H D Revanna made the

Mangaluru Nov, 17: It was an eventful and fruitful day to remember and cherish, a day of celebrations and jubilations for the very enthusiastic 600 children residing in 10 different orphanage schools in and around Mangaluru city who crave for parental love and affection but unfortunately deprived. Leaving behind their pain, agony, ignoring their grief and grievances they felt a sense of freedom

Nov 17: Air India-Bharat Petroleum disinvestment: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday said that the government is planning to sell state-run airline Air India and the oil marketing PSU Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) by March 2020. The finance minister stated that the strategic disinvestment of the two state-run companies is critical for the government to meet its disinvestment target

Shivamogga, Nov 17: Unseasonal rains have wreaked havoc in Karnataka by not only disturbing the daily life of the people but also destroying the maize farms, which is one of the major commercial crops of the state. The incessant rain in early harvesting season from September to November has caused severe damage which has made the yield per hectare nose dive and the remaining produce to be sold off

Mysuru, Nov 17: The realignment of jurisdictions of various divisional railways under South Western Railway (SWR) Zone was expected to help expedite work on the new satellite railway terminal for Mysuru proposed at Naganahalli. Prior to the realignment of divisional boundaries, Naganahalli, though a few kilometres away from Mysuru railway station, was under Bengaluru Division. Hence, it called for

New Delhi, Nov 17: The Congress on Saturday released a list of six candidates for the December 5 assembly bypolls in Karnataka. The party has fielded Gajanan Balachandra Mangasuli from Athani, Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage from Kagwad and Lakhan Jarkiholi from Gokak. It has also given nomination to Venkatrao Ghorpade from Vijayanagara, Rizwan Arshad from Shivajinagar and K B Chandrashekar from

Mysuru, Nov 17: Former Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha member V Srinivas Prasad on Saturday appealed to those protesting against the Karnataka govt for an alleged comment on Constitutional Architect Dr B R Ambedkar. Speaking to newsmen here, he said that the government, the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education and the Principal Secretary for Education have already apologised for the

Udupi, Nov 16: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a representative of Sanathan Hindu Dharma should lay the foundation stone for the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. Speaking to reporters on Friday upon his arrival to the temple town to attend a five-day Yoga camp, Ramdev said a trust should be formed to oversee the construction of Ram Mandir. The trust should

Mangalore, Nov 16: Indian Coast Guard recently conducted a two-day pollution response exercise at New Mangalore Port to evaluate capabilities of stakeholders at Karnataka. "@IndiaCoastGuard conducted two days pollution response exercise at #NewMangalore to evaluate capabilities of Stake Holders at Karnataka. Representatives from NMPT, MRPL & IOC took participated in exercise in addition to #ICG,"