Karnataka

Mangauru, May 9: The Congress leaders and supporters in poll-bound Karnataka are facing the wrath of Income Tax department. Last night two business establishments having close association with a prominent Congress leader in Dakshina Kannada district were raided by the I-T sleuths. The raid comes two days after I-T sleuths raided the Krishna Heritage, a resorted owned by the Hosapete Congress MLA

New Delhi, May 9: Nearly 1.5 lakh security personnel, including more than 50,000 from the central paramilitary forces, will be deployed during the Assembly elections in Karnataka on May 12 to ensure free and fair polls, officials said today. The Union Home Ministry has earmarked around 520 companies drawn from various paramilitary forces like the CRPF, BSF and ITBP to keep strict vigil and ensure

Belagavi, May 9: A video depicting Firoz Sait, two-time Congress MLA from Belagavi North accompanied by a large number of supporters, has turned controversial after saffron groups started a social media campaign claiming that someone in the group raised pro-Pakistan slogans. Sait, who is contesting for the May 12 polls, after learning about the video, hurriedly convened a press conference here on

Newsroom, May 9: Dr Arathi Krishna, deputy chairperson of the NRI Forum of Karnataka, has been appointed as the first chairperson of the NRI Cell of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). Dr Arathi Krishna, who received the appointed letter from KPCC president Dr G Parameshwar today, told coastaldigest.com that the intention behind the formation of the Cell is to publicize the Congress

Manglauru, May 9: A 30-year-old man, wanted in connection with a two-year old gold smuggling case, was nabbed from Kasargod by sleuths of the Customs Preventive unit today, a top official said. Munavar Bangarakunnu of Kasaragod was nabbed from Kasaragod Railway Station while he was waiting to board a train to Panvel, Customs Commissioner Sumit Kumar said. He was wanted in connection with a case of

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)