Karnataka

New Delhi, May 5: The Election Commission-appointed surveillance teams have seized suspect cash, jewellery and other inducements worth over Rs 120 crore in the poll-bound Karnataka, a senior official said on Saturday. Cash amounting to over Rs 67.27 crore, over five lakh litres of liquor worth Rs 23.36 crore, gold valued at 43.17 crore and other items such as pressure cookers, sarees, sewing

Belagavi, May 5: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Karnataka chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa on Saturday advised people to tie hands and legs of the non-voters and make them vote in favour of Mahantesh Doddagoudar, BJP candidate from Kittur. Addressing a public gathering Belagavi, also former Karnataka chief minister Yeddyurappa said, "Don't rest now. If you think that somebody isn't voting

Tumakuru, May 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) pretend to fight each other but are actually in "tacit alliance". Addressing his first of the four rallies of the day here, Prime Minister Modi said the H.D. Deve Gowda-led party is working towards saving the Congress in Karnataka. "People of Karnataka need to know the tacit alliance between

Newsroom, May 5: The government of Pakistan yesterday remembered undivided India’s first freedom fighter Tipu Sultan on his 218th death anniversary. Though the move highlights the fact that Pakistan was also a part of India, the political observers suspect that the Bharatiya Janata Party may use it for its political gains in poll-bound south Indian state of Karnataka. "Revisiting an important &

Mangaluru, May 5: A senior leader of Vishwa Hindu Parishad has accused the Karnataka’s incumbent Congress government of supporting Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and Popular Front of India (PFI) and claimed that it has endangered the national security. Speaking to media persons in the city Gopal, regional organising secretary of the VHP for Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, said

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