Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 13: The Bharatiya Janata Party won in three out of the six Karnataka Legislative Council seats, the results of which were announced on Wednesday. Of the remaining three, JD(S) won two seats while Congress won one seat. Polls were held on June 6, for six seats of which four were held by BJP and two by JD(S). BJP candidates A. Deve Gowda, Ayanur Manjunath and Y.A. Narayanaswamy

Bengaluru, Jun 13: Eminent film and theatre personality Girish Karnad and several litterateurs and rationalists were on the hit list of those suspected of killing journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, officials said on Wednesday. Besides Karnad, a recipient of the Jnanpith Award, the highest honour in literature, politician-litterateur BT Lalitha Naik, pontiff Veerabhadra Channamalla Swamy of

Bengaluru, Jun 13: The victory of Sowmya Reddy in prestigious Jayanagar Constituency takes the tally of women legislators in the new Karnataka Legislative Assembly to eight. (from top to left) Sowmya Reddy, Lakshmi R Hebbalkar, M Roopakala, Kaneez Fatima, Anjali Hemant Nimbalkar, Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle, K Poornima, Roopali Santosh Naik. On May 15 when results of 222 assembly constituencies

Mangaluru, Jun 13: Doctors at KS Hegde Hospital here have performed a rare first of its kind procedure. A young 26 year old man Sripad Naik (name changed) presented to the hospital with severe abdominal pain and progressive abdominal distension for a month. On evaluation he was found to have severe pancreatitis with a large cystic collection adjacent to the pancreas suggestive of pseudo cyst of

New Delhi, Jun 13: Bengaluru is the second least expensive city to relocate in terms of living expenses for the first month, following Egyptian capital Cairo, says a report. According to a study by furnished apartment search engine Nestpick, the first month living expense in Cairo stood at USD 656, while for Bengaluru it was at USD 742.13. In the overall list, the Indian city was ranked 79th

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