Karnataka

Mysuru, Aug 8: The internal rift of Bharatiya Janta Party has once again come to fore with Mysuru MP Pratap Simha accusing a section of party leaders of conspiring against him and Dakshina Kannada M Nalin Kumar Kateel. Simha, who is also the Karnataka state president of BJP Yova Morcha, has claimed that a section of leaders within BJP has been conspiring against him to ensure that he does not get

Ajman, Aug 8: Gulf Medical University (GMU), one of the top 50 medical educational institutes in the region, announced the launch of an Academic Thumbay University Hospital, two new colleges and new programs as part of its planned educational strategy. Dr. Thumbay Moideen, Founder and President of Thumbay Group has approved a budget of AED1 billion to expand and transform the Thumbay Medicity into

New Delhi, Aug 8: Karnataka MP BK Hariprasad of the Indian National Congress is party's candidate for the post of Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson, said sources. The elections will be held on the second last day of the monsoon session of Parliament-- on August 9. Until now, the name of Nationalist Congress Party's Vandana Chavan was being flagged as opposition's consensus candidate for the post

Bengaluru, Aug 8: With six vacant cabinet berths in Karnataka to fill and too many claimants, the Congress seems high command to be in confusion. It has been two-and-a-half months since the coalition government formation under chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, and lawmakers left out in the first cabinet expansion, who haven't taken too kindly to it, keenly await the next round. As the so-called

Bengaluru, Aug 8: The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee chief Dinesh Gundu Rao has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of continuing its efforts to poach Congress legislators with an intention of toppling the coalition government in Karnataka. Rao’s remarks come in the backdrop of various factions within the state Congress mounting pressure on the party to expand the Cabinet. “The BJP is

Udupi, Aug 7: A leopard fell into a trap kept for it at Pamboor in Padubelle village in Udupi district and it was later released into the forests of the Western Ghats on Tuesday. Residents of Pamboor were complaining of sighting a leopard in their area for the last few days. The wild cat hunted and taken away a dog belonging to Bhaskar Shetty in the village recently. On receiving complaints from

Bengaluru, Aug 7: There are around 20,000 foreign nationals staying in different parts of Karnataka and more than 1,000 of them are overstaying, according to police. A senior police officer said that as many as 1,076 foreign nationals staying in Karnataka have violated visa terms and are overstaying, and Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) authorities, along with the city police, are

Madikeri, Aug 7: Four members of family lost their lives in an accident occurred at Doddakamarahalli in Periyapatna taluk in Mysuru district today. The victims have been identified as Palani Swamy, 50, his wife Sanju, 40, daughter Poornima, 17, and son Nikhil, 15. The family hailed from Napoklu village in Kodagu district. The tragedy took place, when the car in which the family members were

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Amidst massive crackdown on transport of cattle to slaughterhouses across the state, the officials are now keeping an eye on transport of cattle meat. A team of Animal Welfare Board officials, with the help of RMC Yard police recently caught a goods vehicle carrying 3,000 kg of beef to Shivajinagar market from Koppal. The police arrested Amjad, Arif, Mujeeb, Jabbar, and Aziz and

Udupi, Aug 8: Even as the political parties are busy in finalising candidates for the 35 wards of the Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) for August 29 polls, many sitting councillors have lost opportunity to contest again from their wards. Of the 35 wards in the CMC, 17 have been reserved for women this time. As many as 13 sitting councillors will not be able to fight from their municipal wards