Karnataka

New Delhi, Mar 27: Hopeful of a comeback in Karnataka, the Congress has to overcome factionalism and select the right candidates if it has to return to power in the state in May after seven years. "Curbing infighting and selecting the right candidates would be crucial for our victory," a senior Congress leader who did not wish to be named said. Karnataka will vote for a 224 member house (one

Bangalore, Mar 27: Rebel minister M.P. Renukacharya was sacked Wednesday following his expulsion from the ruling BJP for six years on disciplinary grounds. A Raj Bhavan communique said Governor H.R. Bhardwaj had accepted the recommendation of Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar to drop the excise minister. Renukacharya was expelled from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) late Tuesday. The rebel lawmaker

Jeddah, Mar 27: Seven expatriate workers from India including six Keralites were charred to death when fire engulfed and destroyed their warehouse and residence at Hail in northwest of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. All seven victims were asleep when the incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday. The bodies of the victims — beyond recognition — were retrieved from the rubble. They have been

Mangalore, Mar 27: Moulana Abul Kalam Azad's perspective of a communal-free society is extremely relevant in today's Mangalore as the coastal city has “changed for the worse” as far as religious intolerance is concerned, said Dr. Gopalan Kutty, Former Professor and HOD-History, Calicut University. He was delivering the keynote address at the inaugural ceremony of a regional seminar on 'Maulana

Mar 27: Muslim organizations have expressed skepticism over the home ministry's proposal to set up special courts for speedy trial of Muslim youth falsely implicated in terror-related cases, terming the move a "lollipop" for the community. Gulzar Azmi of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind said the move has been made with an eye to next year's elections. "It is a lollipop for Muslims ahead of the elections. They

Mangalore, Mar 27: Karavali Bellimandala Film Society, Mangalore, will organise a screening of the Kannada film 'Koormavatara' which is based on a novel with the same title written by Kum Veerabhadrappa and directed by famed Kannada film director Girish Kasaravalli, at Sharada Vidyalaya here on Saturday. Announcing this at a press conference here on Wednesday, film director and president of the

Udupi, Mar 27: Following the decision of former BJP MLA Halady Srinivas Shetty to contest from Kundapur assembly constituency in the coming election as an independent candidate, both Congress and BJP have begun the hunt for suitable candidates to defeat him. Mr Shetty, who quit the BJP in July 2012 after being denied a ministerial berth in Jagadish Shettar's cabinet at the last moment, had been

Mangalore, Mar 27: Two men allegedly involved in stealing electronic items from shops in and around the city have been nabbed by Mangalore East police. Stolen goods worth Rs 5 lakh have also been seized from them. The accused have been identified as Ibrahim and Muneer from Bunder. Seven laptops, three LCD TV sets, cameras and CD writers have been recovered from the duo. The seized items were

Puttur, Mar 27: There is mounting pressure from the BJP central leadership and also the RSS?on former chief minister D?V?Sadananda Gowda to contest the May 5 Assembly polls from his home turf, Puttur in Dakshina Kannada. The party feels that Gowda can regain some of the lost political ground in the region by contesting and winning the seat. Gowda was elected from the Puttur Assembly constituency

Bangalore, Mar 27: Excise Minister M P Renukacharya, a close associate of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, was expelled from the primary membership of the BJP for six years on Tuesday night. The drastic action came in the wake of Renukacharya's outburst against former chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda. In his home constituency Honnali, Renukacharya, in an interaction with television