Karnataka

Bengauru, Jun 13: Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy has won the prestigious Jayanagar constituency in Bengaluru in a tight fight against BJP's B N Prahlad by a margin of 2,889 votes. Sowmya, daughter of former Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy got 54,457 votes whereas B N Prahlad, the brother of deceased candidate and MLA B N Vijayakumar, secured 51,568 votes. The Assembly elections were held across

Bengaluru, Jun 13: H D Kumaraswamy, the Chief Minister of Karnataka did not delay to respond to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s fitness challenge. Minutes after the PM tagged him on twitter, the JD(S) leader thanked him and said that he was more concerned about the 'development fitness' of his state. Kumaraswamy tweeted a response to make a larger point – that his state would need the centre’s

Bengaluru, Jun 13: The Chhattisgarh police have arrested of an a Bengaluru-based techie, who was a member of the Maoist IT cell and part of the propaganda bureau of the banned outfit. The arrested is Abhay Devdas Nayak (34). According to police, he has links with several international agencies and has travelled to more than 15 countries. Analysis of laptops, pen drives and hard disk seized from

New Delhi, Jun 13: Minister Narendra Modi today posted his fitness video on Twitter which shows him meditating, walking on a track inspired by five elements of nature, and doing yoga exercises. He also passed on the fitness challenge to Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, table tennis player Manika Batra and IPS officers, especially those above 40 years of age. I am delighted to nominate the

Kalaburgi, Jun 13: Congress candidate Chandrashekhar B Patil has defeated his nearest rival K.B. Srinivas of BJP by a slender margin of 321 votes in the North-East Graduates constituency of Karnataka Legislative Council. With this the grand-old party has ended three-decade dominance of saffron party in the constituency. Speaking to media soon after his victory, Mr. Patil attributed his success to

Mysuru, Jun 12: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah said that it’s still a puzzle why the people of Chamundeshwari did not vote for him when he honestly worked for the development of the State and welfare of all the people, especially Dalits, OBCs and the poor. He was speaking at a programme organised to thank the people of Varuna for electing his son Yathindra from the constituency, here on

Bengaluru, Jun 12: The special investigation team (SIT) of Karnataka police probing the murder of journalist-cum-activist Gauri Lankesh has arrested two saffron extremists – one from north Karnataka and the other from Maharashtra. 26-year-old Parshuram Wagmare, son of Ashok Wagmare, was arrested by SIT and produced before the 3rd ACMM court. He has been sent to 14-day police custody for further

Mangaluru, Jun 12: A married couple was killed after a reckless trucked rammed into a scooter at Nanthoor junction in the city today. The deceased have been identified as Muhammad Sameer Kaup (30), who was riding the scooter and his wife Amreen (26), who was riding pillion. According to sources, the cement-laden Eicher truck hit the scooter from behind a few meters away from Nanthoor Circle. The

Bengaluru, Jun 12: A young software professional jumped to his death from his workplace on the 12th floor of a building in ITPB, Whitefield in Bengaluru yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Bhavesh Jaiswal (23), a native of Madhya Pradesh, who was a trainee decision scientist at data analytics firm MU Sigma. Police are clueless as to why he took the extreme step. Police said a security

Bengaluru, Jun 12: Nearly two weeks after Congress candidate N Munirathna registered thumping victory in Rajarjeswari Nagar (RR Nagar) assembly seat in Bengaluru, two voters in the constituency have lodged complaint against defeated BJP MLA candidate Muniraju Gowda for collecting their voter IDs and not returning them. With this the case of illegally collecting over 10,000 voter ID cards ahead of