Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 20: Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil S. has extended prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code imposed on Dakshina Kannada, except under the jurisdiction of Mangaluru Police Commissionerate, from Sunday to 10 a.m. of May 22. It is applicable to Bantwal, Belthangady, Puttur and Sullia taluks. Earlier he had imposed the orders from 8 a.m. on May 19 to 10

Jamshedpur, May 20: The Centre should enact a law with a provision of life imprisonment to check cow slaughter, VHP leader Sadhvi Saraswati said here today. The sadhvi, president of Sanatan Dharma Prachar Seva Samity, said though some states have enacted legislations to prevent cow slaughter, a law should be framed and implemented properly at the national level. The VHP leader said she will carry

New Delhi, May 20: Events in Karnataka may have not gone according to plan, but the BJP believes it can make a comeback, thanks to the "inherent contradictions" in the Congress-JD(S) alliance in the state. The likely consolidation of a section of voters, especially Lingayats, behind the BJP would also help keep the party in pole position in the run-up to the 2019 general elections, its leaders

Bengaluru, May 20: Ahead of his swearing-in as the Karnataka chief minister, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy will meet Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in Delhi on Monday to discuss the modalities of government formation. Clarifying that no discussion has taken place so far on the allocation of ministerial berths, Kumaraswamy termed reports on the power-sharing formula of 30 months each

Bantwal, May 20: A teenage boy lost his life when the two-wheeler on which he was riding pillion met with an accident on Vittla-Mangaluru road near Vittla in Bantwal taluk today. The victim has been identified as Mohammed Afrid (18), son of Kunhi Monu a resident of Okkettur village near Vittla in Bantwal taluk. He was working in a jewellery shop at Vittla. The tragedy occurred when he was riding

Mangaluru, May 20: After the chief minister B S Yeddyurappa opted for self-abortion of his government on Saturday paving way for the formation of JD(S)-Congress coalition government in the state, the workers of two parties in this coastal city raised slogans hailing each others’ leaders. Soon after Yeddyurappa tendered his resignation without facing a floor test in the assembly, a group of JD(S)

Bengaluru, May 20: Former Prime Minister Deve Gowda, who had threatened to disown his son if the latter joined hands with the BJP, has now praised the efforts of H D Kumaraswamy and the Congress party in preventing the “communal forces” from surging ahead. In an interview, the Janata Dal (Secular) supremo said that coalition with BJP in 2008 had tainted his son (Kumaraswamy). “Now am happy that he

Udupi, May 20: Former minister Pramod Madhwaraj said that the misleading propaganda and lies spread by the BJP about him caused his defeat in Udupi seat in recent state assembly polls. Addressing workers of the Udupi Block Congress Committee at the Congress Bhavan here on Saturday, said that he never expected that he would be defeated as he had taken up many development works in Udupi Assembly

New Delhi, May 20: Congress Party spokesperson Randeep Surjewalastated that personal statements on Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R. Vala will not be accepted. Surjewala's statement comes after former Member of Indian Parliament (MP) Sanjay Nirupam drew a parallel between Governor Vala and the loyalty of dogs. "The Karnataka Governor murdered democracy. However, the Congress will not support any such

Bengaluru, May 20: With the JD(S)-Congress combine certain to form the coalition government, senior leaders of both the parties on Saturday started holding talks on forming the council of ministers to be headed by H D Kumaraswamy. It is speculated that state Congress chief G Parameshwara is likely to be made deputy chief minister, names of many senior MLAs of the JD(S) and the Congress are making