Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 16: Thee children of a family drowned while swimming in a water tank of a temple in Nagueshi village of Ponda taluk in South Goa late on Thursday, the police said. The deceased were identified by the Ponda police as Aditi Bhat, 12, Bhuvaneshvar Bhat, 8, and Shravan Hola, 7, all from Mangaluru. They were visiting Goa with their parents and were on a pilgrimage in Ponda that is known

Mangaluru, May 16: Hawwa Aboobakar, mother of Sharafuddin Soofi, a Mangalurean orator, died of heart attack in a moving car on the outskirts of the city today. She was 77. The end came when she was travelling from her youngest daughter’s house near Thokkottu to her eldest son’s house in Gurupura Kaikamaba. She was suffering from multiple ailments and was bedridden for last two years. Born and

New Delhi, May 16: The MLAs and MPs of Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) (JD-S) is likely to sit on a 'dharna' outside Raj Bhawan from tomorrow if they are not invited by Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala to prove their majority to form government in Karnataka. This statement comes hours after reports came in that 12 Congress MLAs were absent in the legislative meeting held earlier today at

Bengaluru, May 16: As both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress- JD(S) alliance are claiming to form government in Karnataka, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that the party has complete faith in Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala to abide by the Constitution. "At this juncture, we have complete faith in the Governor that he will go by the Constitution and not

Bengaluru, May 16: Outgoing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah turned "emotional" at a meeting of the party's new legislators on Wednesday while speaking on Congress' defeat in the assembly polls even as senior leaders blamed him for the result, party sources said. The 69-year-old leader received flak from several senior party MLAs, who held him responsible for the Congress' performance, citing his

Bengaluru, May 16: After reports came that 12 Congress MLAs were absent in the legislative meeting held earlier on Wednesday at Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office, President G. Parameshwara said that all the party MLAs are intact. "All the MLAs are intact. Some of the MLAs were late, because they came in a special flight from Bidar," the KPCC President said. As per reports, 66 out

Bengaluru, May 16: Amid claims of MLAs being swoon by opponents in Karnataka, Congress Party leader MB Patil claimed that six Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders were in touch with his party. "We are all together. All this (Congress and JD (S) leaders changing sides) is false news. In fact, there are six BJP people who are in touch with us," Patil told media here. Meanwhile, Congress MLA NA

Bengaluru, May 16: Probable chief minister candidate of the Congress Party-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance, H.D. Kumaraswamy, on Wednesday stated that his decision to accept the alliance was to remove the black spot from his father, former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda’s career. “I have been presented with offers from both sides; I am not saying this loosely. There’s a black spot on my father’s

Bengaluru, May 16: A few MLAs are reportedly missing from the legislative party meeting that is ongoing at the Congress headquarters on Queens Road in Bengaluru. The missing Congress MLAs are: Anand Singh, Nagendra, Bhimanayak, Ganesh Hukkeri, Yashwanthrayagouda Patil, Tukaram, Mahantesh Kaujalagi, Satish Jarakiholi and Ramesh Jarakiholi. On the other hand a senior Janata Dal (Secular) leader

Bengaluru, MAY 16: BJP's Karnataka unit chief B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said he met Governor Vajubhai Vala and asked him to allow him to take oath as chief minister as the party had emerged the single largest party. Soon after he was elected leader of the BJP legislature party, Yeddyurappa drove to the Raj Bhavan here and handed him a letter about his unanimous election to the post. Yeddyurappa