Karnataka

Kannur, May 8: Political violence claimed two lives in Kerala’s Kannur district late on Monday when a CPI(M) worker was hacked to death and an RSS activist killed in retaliation. K Babu, a local committee member of the CPM, was hacked to death around 9pm in Mahe, which borders Kannur district. In a press statement issued by its Kannur unit, the Left party blamed the killing on the RSS. The "brutal

Bengaluru, May 8: Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of “playing the politics of lies”, former Union minister and senior advocate Ram Jethmalani urged the Indians in general and Kannadigas in particular to reject the saffron party and put an end to the falsehoods of the Union government. Speaking at the ‘Meet the Press’ programme at the Press Club of Bangalore, Jethmalani said: “Modi had come to

Bengaluru, May 7: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has sent a legal notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP national president Amit Shah and State president Yeddyurappa over their defamatory comments and baseless corruption allegations. In the notice, Siddaramaiah's lawyer cited instances of political advertisements published by the BJP and speeches delivered by PM Modi during election

Bengaluru, May 7: Dr Manmohan Singh, the former prime minister of India, on Monday broke his silence and took incumbent PM Narendra Modi for shamelessly resorting to personal attacks and stooping so low in criticising opposition leaders during election rallies. Addressing a press conference here, the acclaimed economist said: "No Prime Minister in our country has used the Office of the Prime

Chamrajnagar, May 7: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah alleged that minorities in the country were feeling terrorised under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Karnataka Chief Minister further dubbed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as a communal party and accused it of jeopardising the religious harmony in the nation. "The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a communal party that

Kolar, May 7: Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi, who is campaigning for his party in Karnataka for May 12 polls on Monday target Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP’s chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa over alleged corruption, lies and false promises. Addressing a party rally at Malur, here Rahul challenged Modi to disclose how many days Yeddyurappa was in jail and how much money he looted.

Mumbai, May 7: The Congress would emerge as the "number one party" in the Karnataka Assembly elections, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said on Sunday, taking a swipe at the BJP for mobilising the "entire central machinery" for state campaigns. He also said the understanding between the BJP and his party for the upcoming Legislative Council polls in Maharashtra didn't mean the Sena would forge an

Karwar, Nov 7: A car in which Anant Kumar Hegde, the Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, was travelling rapped into another vehicle in Uttara Kannada district today. Fortunately, no one was injured in the accident occurred at Katagal near Kumta. Hegde too escaped unhurt. However, bonnet of the car was damaged. According to sources, the driver of the Hegde’s car lost

Newsroom, May 7: Pranshupala Prashant, a student of Alva’s English Media Highschool, Moodbidri, has scored 624 out of 625 in Karnataka SSLC examinations 2018. She has shared the second position in the State along with seven others who also have scored 624. She is the daughter of Prashant Kumar and Chetana couple from Moodbidri. Abhijna Rao, a student of Kumaraswamy High School, in Subramanya has

Newsroom, May 7: Yashas MS, a student of Mysuru's Sadvidya High School and Sudarshan KS, a student of Bengaluru’s Holy Child English school have emerged as the joint toppers scoring 625 out of 625 in Karnataka SSLC exams 2018. Yashas MS and Sudarshan KS are the only two students to have secured 100 percent mark in the Karnataka SSLC examinations conducted by the Karnataka Secondary Education