Karnataka

Hassan, May 14: Former minister K H Hanume Gowda died at a hospital here last evening after prolonged illness. He was 87. He is survived by three sons and two daughters. He was admitted to a private hospital in Hassan a week ago and breathed his last following failure of multiple organs. Mr. Gowda, a four-time MLA from Hassan, was Minister for Command Area Development Authority for a brief period

Bengaluru, May 14: With polling passing off peacefully, the focus has now shifted to ensuring Tuesday’s counting of votes for the assembly polls also goes off without a hitch. State police and other security personnel are taking no chances and have turned counting centres located in different parts of the state into fortresses. Except for candidates, agents who have authorised passes from

Mangaluru: The Indian Coast Guard Ship Vikram, which was commissioned by Union Minister of Defence for State Dr Subash Bhamre on April 11 at Chennai arrived in Mangaluru on Sunday, May 13. It was the first in class of seven new generation offshore patrol vessels contracted by the Ministry of Defence to Larsen and Toubro Ltd. in March 2015 under the government’s Make in India initiative. The ship's

New Delhi, May 14: After a 19-day pre-Karnataka poll hiatus, petrol price was on Monday hiked by 17 paise a litre and diesel by 21 paise as PSU oil firms began passing on the spike witnessed in international rates to consumers. Petrol price in Delhi was hiked to Rs 74.80 per litre from Rs 74.63 while diesel rates were increased to Rs 66.14 a litre from Rs 65.93, according to a price notification

Mangaluru’s leading architect Dharmaraj, who recently came out in the open about his close association with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its political arm – the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in a candid chat with coastaldigest.com, says that he involved himself to in a campaign to create awareness and unity among people and defeat the “divisive politics” of the Congress. CD: You have

New Delhi, May 13: Former prime minister HD. Deve Gowda-led Janata Dal (Secular) on Sunday claimed that neither Siddaramaiah, nor B.S. Yeddyurappa will become Chief Minister of Karnataka. Talking to ANI, the JD (S) National General Secretary Danish Ali said that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Chief Ministerial candidate Yeddyurappa are making claims of

Bengaluru, May 13: Karnataka has emerged with its highest polling percentage in 2018 state legislative assembly polls held on May 12, wherein 72.13% voters exercised their franchise, a marginal increase from the 71.45% recorded in 2013. This is a new record for the state, besting the previous record of 71.90% turnout in 1978 elections. However, this isn’t the final figure. According to officials

Bengaluru, May 13: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that he is ready to sacrifice his chief ministerial post for a Dalit. "I am ready to sacrifice Chief Minister's post for a Dalit," Tv9 Kannada reported. Karnataka Congress has a strong presence of Dalit leaders, foremost among whom are Mallikarjun Kharge and G Parameshwara. On a related note, the Karnataka Assembly has 224

Bengaluru, May 13: Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Karnataka chief ministerial candidate B.S. Yeddyurappa on Sunday said that his party would resister resounding victory in the state and decimated the Congress government with an overwhelming majority. Addressing a press conference here, Yeddyurappa expressed confidence that there is a strong wave in favour of his party. "I have seen the exit polls

Bengaluru, May 13: Janata Dal (Secular) (JD-S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda on Sunday said that he was not yet "prepared" to "accept or reject" anything and asked people to wait for the results day. His reaction came after the exit poll projections showed his party emerging as the Kingmaker in Karnataka. "I am not prepared to accept or reject anything, let's wait for May 15 (counting of votes), we will