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Mangaluru, Nov 14: The Bharatiya Janata Party has managed to wrest control over the Mangaluru City Corporation ending the Congress rule in the coast city. There were 180 candidates in the fray in 60 wards of MCC. BJP, which had contested in all 60 wards, managed to win 44 seats whereas Congress won only 14 seats. The Social Democratic Party of India, which had one seat in the MCC, won two seats

Bengaluru, Nov 14: Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday said the JDS is ready to support BJP rebel Sharath Bachegowda in upcoming by-poll in Hoskote constituency if he contested independently. Sharath Bachegowda, son of BJP MP BN Bache Gowda, announced his decision to contest as an independent candidate from Hoskote constituency in the upcoming by-polls earlier today

Udupi, Nov 14: A 5-year-old male leopard which had strayed into human habitation in Achlady region near Kota has finally been captured by the officials of the Forest Department. The increasing menace of the wild animal in Vaddarse, Achlady and Bannadi villages had left the residents worried. The department officials initially were not successful in luring the animal to the trap. At around 9 am on

Bengaluru, Nov 13: Congress leader DK Shivakumar was discharged from Apollo Hospital here on Wednesday. Following a complaint of chest pain, Shivakumar was admitted to the hospital here on Monday night. He visited various temples and 'maths' during his visit to Mysuru on November 7. Earlier, he was admitted to a hospital on November 1 following high blood pressure and variations in sugar level

Bengaluru, Nov 13: Virtually bringing to an end to the electoral alliance with the Congress in Karnataka, former Prime Minister and JD(S) National President H D Deve Gowda, had announced that party will field its candidates in all the 15 Assembly seats where by-elections will be held on December 5. Addressing newsmen here on Wednesday, the former prime minister maintained that with today’s Supreme

Dubai, Nov 13: At least six construction workers, believed to be Indian nationals, were killed in Oman when they were buried at an excavation site of a water pipeline project due to heavy rains. The incident happened in the Seeb area of Muscat following heavy rain on Sunday, the Indian Embassy in Muscat said. "We are deeply saddened to learn about the incident involving death of six workers, who

Bengaluru, Nov 13: Former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction with the Supreme Court's verdict in the disqualified MLAs case. "I request that constitutional bodies have to take hard steps to save the democratic system. They have to ensure that those things do not occur again in the future. Some political leaders for their personal gains are misusing our

Bengaluru, Nov 13: Hours after the Supreme Court on Wednesday paved the way for the 17 disqualified Congress- JD(S) legislators to contest the December 5 bypolls for 15 seats in Karnataka, Deputy Chief Minister Ashwathnarayan C N said they will be joining the BJP on November 14. "They (disqualified legislators) have expressed interest to join BJP and have met our senior leaders. They have been

New Delhi, Nov 13: Congress general secretary KC Venugopal on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court's judgement regarding the disqualification of 17 MLAs in Karnataka and said that state Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has lost the moral right to continue in his post. In a series of tweets, Venugopal said, "We welcome the Supreme Court judgement in the Karnataka disqualification matter which

Mangaluru, Nov 13: Italian flag cruise vessel Costa Victoria arrived at the New Mangalore Port, New Mangaluru Port (NMP) sources said. According to them, there were 1,928 passengers and 766 crew on board the cruise, which arrived on Tuesday night.