Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 5: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil S, who is also the Election Officer of the district, has warned that the Election Commission would book criminal case against political parties and candidates if they sought votes on the basis of caste and religion. Addressing media persons, here the officer also exhorted the people to immediate complain if they come across

Kasaragod, May 5: A non-resident Indian hailing from Chengala in Kerala’s Kasaragod district drowned while taking bath in sea in Dubai, reports reaching here said. Shakir Saif (24) son of Muhammed Thaivalappu, drowned as he ventured into the sea along with his friends late on Thursday night. Shakir was employed in an electronic goods outlet in U.A.E, sources said. Efforts were under way to bring

Bengaluru, May 5: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s election manifesto appears to have copied some of the flagship programmes of the Congress government, with the names changed. The BJP leaders had often mocked Bhagya schemes of chief minister Siddiaramaiah-led government. As an alternative to Anna Bhagya, it wants Anna Dasoha scheme that offers free region-specific food items to BPL families and

Kasaragod, May 5: Four members of a family, including two children, have been found dead at their house at Adoor under the Adhur police station limits in Kasaragod. It is suspected that the mother hanged the children to death following family discord and the father too resorted to the extreme step later. The deceased have been identified as Kashinathan, 2, Sabarinathan, 5, their mother Praseetha

Bengaluru, May 5: The BJP and the JD(S) have illicit relationship in Karnataka, according to the Congress’ campaign committee chairperson D K Shivakumar. Speaking to media persons here yesterday, Shivakumar claimed that the BJP and the JD(S) were cosying up, despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rebuke of the regional party. “Modi may have done a U-turn, but what was the need to praise H D Deve

Mangaluru, May 5: Two time national award winning film director Abhaya Simha, was one of the 55 award winners who boycotted or skipped the 65th National Film Awards ceremony, held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on May 3. Simha who hails from Mangaluru was supposed to receive his second national award for his film Paddayi, adjudged the best Tulu language film, but decided to not attend the event

At the heart of the District Headquarter of Dakshina Kannada, the election fever heats-up as Congress’ leader and first time MLA J R Lobo will test his mettle from Mangaluru City-South Assembly constituency in the May 12 Karnataka polls. The former Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) officer, who on his debut in 2013 sent back-packing then four-times MLA of the constituency N Yogish Bhat, will

Davanagere, May 4: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today hit out at Bharatiya Janata Party for allegedly copying the programs detailed in the Congress manifesto in the so called former’s own manifesto released on Friday. Speaking at the Congress rally where he was canvassing for Congress candidate Vadnal Rajanna in Santhebennur (Davanagere), he said BJP's 'Annapurna' was a copy of 'Indira Canteen' and

Fighting the odds of disability and poverty, Prajwal and Pratheeksha, the siblings from Borgalgudde in Nitte village of Karkala in Udupi district on April 30 cleared the Pre-University exam. While the 22-year-old Prajwal and 19-year-old Pratheeksha secured 51% and 49% respectively in the arts stream, they claimed disappointment that they could not secure 70 per cent similar to their matriculation

New Delhi, May 4: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, who is currently out on bail, cannot campaign in Ballari for the upcoming May 12 Assembly elections in Karnataka. According to media reports, Reddy had sought Apex Court’s permission as he wanted to campaign for his brother Somasekar Reddy, who is a BJP candidate from Ballari. The top court rejected