Karnataka

New Delhi, May 3: The Congress on Thursday took a dig at UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for campaigning in poll-bound Karnataka even when people of his state were reeling under the impact of the severe dust storm that has left many dead. "Even if people of Uttar Pradesh are suffering, I am busy culling out 'jumlas' (gimmicks) in Karnataka elections -- Adityanath, missing chief minister, Uttar

Kalaburagi, May 3: Playing the nationalism card, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accused the Congress of "insulting national heroes" and the Indian Army by "questioning" the veracity of the cross-border surgical strikes. He also said that Congress president Rahul Gandhi "disrespected" the national song 'vande mataram'. "Forgetting the national heroes, patriots and history is the nature of

Bengaluru, May 3: A 17-year-old girl who had passed her II PU examinations this year, committed suicide after her friends apparently misled her about the results in Karnataka’s capital. The victim has been identified as Sneha Subramanian, a resident of Kuvempunagar in Bengaluru. She completed the PU at the Government PU College for Girls in Malleswaram 13th Cross. Sneha resorted to the extreme

Mangaluru, May 3: Dr Bellipady Satish Rai, who treated countless poor patients for free, is no more. The 74-year-old doctor, writer and artiste breathed his last at a private hospital in Bengaluru yesterday after a massive cardiac arrest. Hailing from a reputed family in Perne village of Puttur Taluk in Dakshina Kannada district, Dr Satish Rai decided to serve the poor patients after obtaining

Mangaluru, May 3: The untimely death of this young cancer patient, who was known as a “motivator”, has come as a shock and source of great sadness for his friends and well wishers across Dakshina Kannada and other parts of Karnataka. Abdul Jabbar aka Abdul Jabbar Ponnodi, who was suffering from a cancer for past 11 years, breathed his last at a private hospital in the city at around 12 a.m. on

Bagalkot, May 3: India will become free of Congress only on account of Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Ananth Kumar has said. Campaigning for Murugesh Nirani, the BJP candidate from Bilgi on Wednesday, Union Minister Ananth Kumar said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has not declared his Rs 70-lakh watch while filing nomination from Badami. “This is the fraud played by him on the people of the state

Udupi, May 3: Lok Sabha member Shobha Karandlaje has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled his visit to Sri Krishna temple at the last minute following the information from Special Protection Group over the probable threat on the temple premises. Speaking to media persons here on Wednesday, the MP said that the prime minister was very keen on visiting the temple. It was expected that

Bengaluru, May 3: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was willing to knock on the BJP’s door to become chief minister in 2004, his former mentor and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda said on Wednesday. “Let me be very frank. In 2004, Siddaramaiah was ready to take the help of the BJP to become the chief minister. I did not agree. All our 58 MLAs met at a resort and we decided against it,” Gowda said

Bengaluru, May 3: Looks like the land denotification scam continues to haunt former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa. In what is perceived to be a final attempt to target the BJP's chief ministerial candidate ahead of the elections, the government has decided to restore more than 37 acres of land, denotified by Yeddyurappa. Documents reveal that, in February 2018, the urban development department

Bantwal, May 2: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader Prabhakar Bhat Kallada is confident that Bharatiya Janata Party candidates will defeat Congress in five or six constituencies of Dakshina Kannada districts. The hardline Hindutva leader, who is for the first time formally campaigning for the BJP in the assembly polls, predicted in an interview that the poll results would prove pre-poll surveys