Karnataka

Mysuru, Sept 3: The coalition government partners of Karnataka – Congress and JD(S) – are likely to join hands in two of the three city corporations that went into polls recently. Elections were held to the city corporations of Shivamogga, Msyuru and Tumakuru on August 31. While BJP registered a thumping victory in Shivamogga CC by winning 20 out of 35 seats, it emerged single largest party in

Udupi, Sept 3: The Bharatiya Janata Party, which wrested Udupi City Municipal Council from Congress, also exhibited brilliant performance in other three urban local body elections in the coastal district. The saffron party has won in elections for local bodies of Kundapur Town Municipal Council (TMC) and Saligrama Town Panchayat. Of a total of 23 seats in Kundapur TMC, the BJP bagged 14 seats

Udupi, Sept 3: The Bharatiya Janata Party has won a thumping majority in Udupi City Municipal Council polls giving a devastative blow to ruling Congress. In the results of the elections announced today, the BJP won 31 seats in the 35-member council, while Congress retained remaining 4 seats. In last election (2013), for the first time the Congress (22 seats) had wrested the CMC from the BJP (12

Mangaluru, Sept 3: Congress has suffered a major blow in the three urban local bodies of Dakshina Kannada as BJP has swept to power in Puttur City Municipal Council. Though the Congress has emerged single largest party in the City Municipal Council of Ullal and Town Municipal Council of Bantwal, it has failed to secure the majority. Brief results: Ullal CMC (31 seats) Congress 13 BJP 6 SDPI 6 JDS

Shivamogga, Sept 3: The Bharatiya Janata Party has emerged victorious in the urban local body (ULB) polls to 35 wards of Shivamogga City Corporation (SCC) by winning 20 seats. Of the 35 seats, BJP won 20 seats, Congress won eight and JD(S) one. Independents claimed five seats, SDPI -one. The election officer withheld the result of the ward number 15 which witnessed a close fight between Congress

Mysuru, Sept 2: The preparations for world famous Mysuru Dasara Festivities began on Sunday as the first batch of six elephants started their journey on Gajapayana, the march of Dasara elephants. The first batch of elephants began their journey from Veeranahosahalli tribal village near Nagarahole National Park in this district of Karnataka to take part in the famous ten day Dasara festivities

New Delhi, Sept 2: The Supreme Court has agreed to consider a fresh plea of a Muslim woman seeking to declare as unconstitutional the setting up of Sharia courts to decide marriage, divorce and other cases. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud asked petitioner Zikra to file an application to intervene as a party in a batch of pleas

Bengaluru, Sept 2: The ruling Janata Dal (Secular) and the Congress in Karnataka will be extending their coalition alliance to the urban local bodies (ULBs) polls across the state to keep the Opposition BJP out of power, a JD(S) official said on Saturday. "In the event of either party not getting majority on its own in the ULB elections, we will have post-poll alliance to rule the local bodies as

Bengaluru, Sept 2: Aakashneel Dalal, an 18-year-old from Jharkhand, who had appeared for the NEET exam, received a call from a man introducing himself as Manoj Das from the KEA. The caller informed that Dalal has a poor score in NEET but he could arrange a medical seat for him at Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI). Dalal and family trusted the caller and gave him Rs 11.6 lakh

Bengaluru, Sept 2: Even as the probe into the coldblooded murder of journactivist Gauri Lankesh started making headway gradually, her supporters and opponents are gearing up to mark her death anniversary in different ways. 55-year-old daughter of legendary Kannada thinker P Lankesh was shot dead in front of her house in Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bengaluru late on September 5, last year. Like her