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Paralympic medallist Girish Gowda is Karnataka LS polls ambassador

Bengaluru, Mar 20: Silver Medal winner in Paralympic Girish Gowda was appointed as Karnataka Lok Sabha Election Ambassador for the second time, State Chief Election Officer Sanjiv Kumar said on Wednesday.

Addressing a press conference here, he said that...

Death toll touched 5 in Dharwad building collapse

Dharwad, Mar 20: The death toll in the buildingcollapse at Dharwad in north Karnataka mounted to fiveWednesday as rescuers pulled out two more bodies from the debris and one person succumbed to injuries at hospital, police said.

Rescuers had...

Court reserves order on Bail plea by Congress MLA Ganesh

Bengaluru, Mar 20: The People Representatives Court, which heard the plea from both the Prosecution as well as from the complainant, over the bail application of the Congress MLA, Ganesh, has reserved its order.

Ganesh, who was in the...

Kumaraswamy holds meeting with Legislators of Mandya district

Mandya, Mar 20: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy held a meeting of Legislators of Mandya District, even as film actor turned politician Sumalatha Ambaressh, wife of former Karnataka Minister late M H Ambareesh, filed her nomination as independent candidate...

BJP to field its candidates in all 28 Lok Sabha seats

Bengaluru, Mar 20: The Bharatiya Janata Party, which had won as many as 17 seats in the 2014 General elections, will field its candidates in all the 28 Parliamentary Constituencies in Karnataka.

Addressing newsmen here on Wednesday, former Deputy...

Rahul to launch Cong-JDS joint campaign in Karnataka for LS polls

Bengaluru, Mar 20: Determined to keep the BJP at bay and secure maximum number of seats for the Congress-JD(S) alliance in the Lok Sabha elections, AICC president Rahul Gandhi will launch a joint-election campaign on March 31 in Karnataka....

Former MLA's son Arun Nandihalli shot dead

Belagavi, Mar 20: A 50-year-old Arun Nandihalli, son of freedom fighter and former Karnataka MLA Paramashuram Bavu, was shot dead near Dhamane village on the outskirts of the city, on Tuesday night.

Police said on Wednesday that the deceased,...

Sumalatha Ambareesh files her nomination papers from Mandya LS seat

Mandya, Mar 20: Not deterred by denial of ticket by Congress, film actor turned politician Sumalatha Ambareesh, wife of former Karnataka Minister and senior Congress leader M H Ambareesh, filed her nomination for Mandya Lok Sabha seat as independent candidate...

Amit Shah, HDK lock horns over Rahul event; file police complaints

Bengaluru, Mar 20: BJP national president Amit Shah and Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy locked horns on Tuesday over Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s event in Bengaluru where some pro-Modi techies were allegedly held by the police.

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Udupi: Violation of the Model Code of Conduct? Call these numbers immediately!

Udupi, Mar 20: The Election Commission is keeping a tight vigil on the expenditure by political parties during the parliamentary elections. If people come across any violation of the Model Code of Conduct in Udupi district, they can lodge...