Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 3: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday quashed the allegations made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that he was seeking consolidation of Muslim votes in favour of his party in poll-bound Karnataka. Talking to media, the Congress leader said, "I didn't hold any public meeting especially for Muslims, it was just a public meeting. I challenge, if anyone meeting the

Ballari, Apr 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday maintained that the Congress government had wasted its opportunity and ‘ruined’ the State during its five-year rule in Karnataka, and appealed to the voters to support the BJP for a better future for the State. He also sought to touch upon the sentiment of local pride by saying that the Ballari region had a rich history, heritage and was

Malappuram, May 3: A group of activists of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh unleashed attack on media persons near Malappuram press club in Kerala today morning injuring at least wo persons, including a photojournalist. The injured have been identified as Shahabaz, a reporter of a local daily newspaper and Fuad Saneen, official photographer of Chandrika daily. The two were attacked when they tried

Bhalki, May 3: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has planned to fill the Karnataka Assembly with 'jailbirds'. Addressing a rally in Karnataka's Bhalki, the Congress President said, "The BJP has plans to fill Karnataka Assembly with jailbirds. Prime Minister Narendra Modi must explain to the people of Karnataka as to why has he chosen a corruption

New Delhi, May 3: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday gave an 'F' grade report card to the Modi government on the "subject" of agriculture in poll-bound Karnataka. There has been no contribution from the Centre to the Congress-led government's Rs 8,500 crore contribution in farm loan waivers, Gandhi said on Twitter. Farmers have also suffered due to the prime minister's crop insurance

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