Karnataka

Bangalore, Mar 12: The people's verdict in the polls to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), as BJP?insiders themselves admit, is a warning bell to the party that indiscipline and infighting would only do more damage to the party. The party's image has taken a beating in the last five years with internal fighting for oneupmanship, resulting in indifference towards governance and administration. The BJP?has

Bangalore, Mar 11: Congress in Karnataka put up a sterling performance in the elections to urban local bodies as political heavyweight B S Yeddyurappa played spoilsport to ruling BJP but made no big independent electoral impact ahead of assembly polls just two months away. Congress won 1,960 wards as against 906 each secured by BJP and JD(S) of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda in the March

Mangalore, Mar 11: A consortium led by the state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) will set up a three million tonnes per annum liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal in the port city of Mangalore. "The New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) has given 'no objection certificate' to conduct a feasibility study and assured to cooperate with the consortium in setting up the gas

Mangalore, Mar 11: The victory of Congress party in ULB polls in Dakshina Kannada district is a pointer that the party will take away Assembly constituencies from the BJP too, said B Janardhana Poojary, Former Union Minister and party in-charge for ULB polls for the district. Addressing media persons at a news conference in Mangalore on Monday, Mr. Poojary said that BJP's anti-people policies and

Bangalore, Mar 11: The ruling BJP was Monday routed in the Karnataka urban local bodies poll, raising doubts about its prospects of retaining power in the state in elections due in two months. The Bharatiya Janata Party was a poor third, with the Congress emerging the biggest winner followed by the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), as the votes polled Thursday were counted Monday. The ballot was meant to

Mangalore, Mar 11: The anti-BJP wave in the state clearly had its effect in Mangalore as the Congress emerged as the benefiter-in-chief in the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) elections. Following announcement of poll results on Monday, the Congress party topped with 35 seats while the BJP had to be content with 20. Surprisingly the underdogs like the JD(S), SDPI and CPI(M) managed to make their

Hubli, Mar 11: The Hampi Express was detained at the Gadag Railway Station for nearly two hours after the railway authorities got a call that a live bomb had been planted on the train on Sunday. According to the sources in the railways, the authorities in Secunderabad received a call from an unidentified person stating that a live bomb had been planted on the train. The railway authorities in

HD Kote, Mar 11: The Anti-Naxal Force (ANF), police and forest officials from Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu held a meeting at Beechanahalli in the taluk on Sunday, in the wake of the reported increase in Maoist activities in Kodagu, HD Kote and other bordering regions of the three states. The meeting was attended by the top brass of the departments from all the three states. They include

Mangalore/Udupi/Bangalore, Mar 11:The Congress headed for a big win in Karnataka urban local bodies, leaving ruling BJP way behind as counting of votes polled on March 7, was held across the state including in coastal districts on Monday. Mangalore City Corporation and Udupi City Municipal Council have been won by Congress. Click Here: Lotus withers, It's Cong rule again in Mangalore The Congress

Bantwal, Mar 11: While the entire region is celebrating Shivarathri, a plantation worker from Bantwal has been rendered homeless by his own master, on eve of the festival. Balakrishna Moolya, plantation worker of Prasanna Bhandary, hailing from Balli village of Kuriyala in Bantwal Taluk was shunned out of his house on Saturday night without any rhyme or reason by the master. However the victim has