Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 9: City-based rationalist and activist Narendra Nayak has written an open letter to Vedavyas Kamath, the BJP candidate of Mangaluru City South constituency for May 12 Karnataka assembly polls, seeking the latter’s reply for five questions. Here is the full text of the open letter: To Vedavyas Kamath, BJP’s MLA candidate Mangalore City South This open letter is being addressed to you

Bengaluru, May 9: It was time for Karnataka to say goodbye to the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday at an election rally. Launching a broadside against the state’s ruling party ahead of elections on May 12, the prime minister labelled the Congress a “deal party”. Congress culture, communalism, casteism, crime, corruption and contract system were the six Cs destroying

Bengaluru, May 9: After the seizure of nearly 10,000 fake voters IDs from a private apartment at Jalahalli ward in Rajarajeshwarinagar constituency in Bengaluru, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal(S) have demanded postponement of election in the segment. Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar, at a specially convened press meet around 11.30 pm on Tuesday, said 9,746 voter IDs were found

Vijayapura, May 9: In her first election rally in two years, former AICC chief Sonia Gandhi charged the NDA government with derailing all the good work done by the previous two UPA regimes even as she launched a personal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Choosing Vijayapura to end her “election convention” hibernation, Sonia said, “During the last four years, the only task that the Modi

Bengaluru, May 9: The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of a petition that questioned how and why Chief Minister Siddaramaiah accepted a luxurious watch as a gift. The court was hearing a petition filed by Anupama Shenoy, a former deputy superintendent of police, who sought its directions to the Union government and the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

Chikkamagaluru, May 9: Coastaldigest.com last month had carried a report on political parties wooing voters by arranging them religious excursions ahead of polls. Yesterday officials in Chikkamagaluru district found out such a case and sent the “political pilgrims” back home. M K Srirangaiah, the Deputy Commissioner of Chikkamagaluru told media persons that a political party had arranged free

At the Mangaluru City Constituency, three-time Congress MLA U T Khader will be contesting once again for the Karnataka Assembly polls (May 12, 2018). This time, the Bharatiya Janatha Party has mobilized all its resources to this so called communally sensitive constituency to ensure the victory of its candidate Santosh Kumar Rai Boliyar, who was a Zilla Panchayat member. For two decades victory has

Udupi/Karwar, May 8: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday campaigned for May 12 Karnataka assembly polls in Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts. Addressing a BJP rally at Maravanthe in Udupi district, Yogi accused the chief minister Siddaramaiah led Congress government of destroying Karnataka. Reacting to the comment of Siddaramaiah over his frequent visit to Karnataka at a time

Bengaluru, May 8: The police have arrested the wife of the newlywed Bengaluru techie Yamaka Gowri Sankara Rao, who was recently hacked to death recently in Andhra Pradesh. The Vizianagaram Police, who were investigating a murder case, have confirmed that the cold-blooded murder was planned by the victim’s wife. Rao, a native of Chittapallivalasa village in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh was

Mangaluru, May 8: In an embarrassment for the Bhartiya Jantata Party, the aggrieved family members of a slain whistleblower, who was also a BJP activist, have taken the party supromo to the task for deliberately trying trivialize and cover up the murder case just because the accused belonged to Sangh Parivar. Vinayak Baliga, who had raised voice against corruption in a temple management committee