Karnataka

Belagavi, Nov 6: Former Karnataka Minister and senior Congress leader Omprakash Kanagali, son of former Union Minister late B Shankarananda, died at KLE Hospital in the early hours of Tuesday after a prolonged illness. He was 69. He was survived by one son and a daughter. Omprakash had served as Irrigation Minister and Belagavi District In-charge Minister in the cabinet of former Karnataka Chief

Newsroom, Nov 6: By winning both assembly seats and two out of three Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka bypolls, the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition has succeeded in giving a major blow to Bharatiya Janata Party, which had dreamt of overthrowing the state government through ‘Operation Lotus’ after the results. The BJP faced massive defeats in the Lok Sabha segments of Bellary, Mandya and the

Ballari, Nov 6: Congress candidate V S Ugrappa is heading towards a massive victory in Bellary Lok Sabha constituency against BJP candidate J Santha, the sister of powerful Nayaka leader B Sriramulu. The constituency, once a Congress bastion, has been the scene of the famous electoral battle in which AICC president Sonia Gandhi made her electoral debut defeating senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj in

Bengaluru, Nov 6: Even though he withdrew from the race and rejoined Congress ahead of voting, the Ramanagara BJP candidate L Chandrashekar has interestingly secured around eight thousand votes. The election commission had said that Chandrashekar will be declared MLA if he gets majority of votes even after withdrawal. Chandrashekar, son of incumbent Congress MLC C M Lingappa, had joined the BJP

Bengaluru/Mangaluru, Nov 6: Cracking whip on its inactive leaders, the Congress has suspended 19 officer bearers of its youth wing in Karnataka including Dakshina Kannada district unit president Mithun Rai from their positions. Ravindra Das, national general secretary and Karnataka in-charge of Youth Congress confirmed the suspension of the 19 office-bearers of Youth Congress for being inactive in

Bengaluru, Nov 6: The 4-1 victory for the ruling JD(S)-Congress alliance has come as a shot in the arm while the BJP had to bite the dust. Results of the bypolls were seen as a litmus test for the ruling Congress-JD(S) alliance. The pre-poll tie-up for bypolls has worked for the alliance and it now seems that the electoral arrangement will continue for the Lok Sabha polls next year. While the

Shivamogga, Nov 6: The dissidence in the Karnataka state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party has come to fore once again with former MLC M B Bhanuprakash deciding to quit the post of vice-president. Announcing his decision here yesterday, he said it was time for the BJP State unit to introspect on the way it is running. He also appealed for intervention from the national leadership. Mr. Bhanuprakash

Mangaluru, Nov 5: The city police have busted a suspected gold hawala and recovered of Rs 1.75 crore in cash, following the arrest of two persons allegedly involved in the kidnapping of a a jewellery firm employee who had come to the city with the cash. The operation was carried out by a special police team consisting of personnel from city crime branch (CCB) and Urwa police station on Monday

Bengaluru, Nov 5: Amid severe protests from BJP and other right wing organisations, the Karnataka Government has determined to continue celebration of Tipu Jayanthi, the birth anniversary of warrior king and it decided to shift the celebration venue in the city from Banquet Hall of Vidhana Soudha the State Secretariat to Ravindra Kalakshetra, Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwara said today

Sharjah (UAE), Nov 5: When the 37th iteration of the Sharjah International Book Fair was opened on October 31, 2018, hundreds of Karnataka expatriates made a beeline for the book stall of Shanthi Prakashana. It is for the third consecutive year, the Mangaluru-based leading Islamic publishing house setting up a stall in the 11-day event, considered to be the world’s third largest book fair. At the