Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 4: Accusing the Congress and the Janata Dal(S) of going against people’s mandate, Pralhad Joshi, Member of Parliament from Dharwad and former Karnataka BJP president, predicted that the state may face another Assembly polls along with 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Speaking at a programme in Dharward to mark the fourth anniversary of NDA rule in the country and also a thanksgiving

Bantwal/Jubail, Jun 4: An expatriate worker from coastal Karnataka, and two other non-resident Indians who were working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia lost their lives in a road accident yesterday. One of the victims has been identified as Anwar (26), who hailed from Goodinabali near Panemangaluru in Bantwal taluk of Dakshia Kannada district. The tragedy took place when Anwar and three other

Udupi, Jun 3: In connection with the death of cattle trader Hussainabba earlier this week, the Udupi police have arrested three policemen including D N Kumar, the sub-inspector of Hiriyadka police. The arrest comes after it was found that Hussainabba, 62, a resident of Jokatte in Mangaluru, who was reportedly found dead under mysterious circumstances near Perdoor on May 30, had in fact died inside

Mangaluru, Jun 3: Locals reportedly thrashed drunk doctor, whose reckless car driving resulted in a mishap and injured seven people including two medicos near Yenepoya hospital at Deralakatte on the outskirts of the city last night. The incident took place around 11.45pm on Saturday. An auto-rickshaw driven by Divakar, 35, a resident of Asaigoli with four passengers in it, which included George

Udupi, Jun 3 Congress leader and MLC Ivan D’Souza has alleged that both the BJP and JD(S) were giving inducements to teachers, who are the voters of the South West Teachers’ Constituency for the Legislative Council elections. Addressing presspersons here, Mr. D’Souza said that he would lodge a complaint with the Election Commission on this issue as it was against the Model Code of Conduct. “While

Bengaluru, Jun 3: Karnataka North Congress working President SR Patil on Sunday tendered his resignation on moral grounds owing to party’s performance in recent assembly elections in the state. Patil has sent his resignation letter to Congress President Rahul Gandhi. “I have sent my resignation to Shri Rahul Gandhiji through an email some days back after taking up moral responsibility for the

Bengaluru, Jun 3: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has asked all government staff members in the state to cut down on unnecessary expenditure. The move by the Janata Dal Secular (JDS) leader is aimed at strengthening the financial condition of Karnataka. The office of the Chief Minister released an official statement in this regard, asking the officials to reconsider the requests raised for

Bengaluru, Jun 3: A pilot project employing Israeli model of farm practices will be launched on the 900-acre Vishweshwaraiah Canal (VC) Farm/College of Agriculture, in Mandya soon, according to Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy. Kumaraswamy, who had led a JD(S) delegation to Israel to study innovative agriculture methods last year, told media persons yesterday that the technology would

Bengaluru, Jun 3: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday dismissed reports that his father and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda was continually “interfering” with the functioning of the newly formed coalition government. He also denied speculation that Gowda had intervened to ensure that his sons - himself and his brother H D Revanna - landed plum portfolios such as finance and energy. Kumaraswamy

Bengaluru, Jun 3: An Indian expatriate worker, who found himself trapped in Kuwait where he was reportedly harassed by his employer forged an Indian passport so that he could return home. He, however, was caught by Immigration officials at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Karnataka’s capital soon after he landed. He is now in judicial custody. The man, identified as Sunny Mathew, hails