Karnataka

Udupi, May 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Udupi yesterday, touched upon the local issues in his speech and accused the Congress government of Karnataka of failing to create jobs for the youths of coastal Karnataka. Mr Modi, who has miserably failed to fulfil the promise of creating two crore jobs every year in the country, said that the graduates

Udupi, May 2: Bharatiya Janata Party had called chief minister an anti-Hindu for not paying a visit to Sri Krishna Temple during his recent Udupi to Udupi. Ironically, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited the town on May 1 too refused to visit the temple in spite of invitation. Vidyadheesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Palimar Mutt has expressed his disappointment over PM Modi not visiting the

Hassan, May 2: Dejected over government’s apathy to grant a land to bury their dead, as many as 85 Muslim families residing in Ramanathapura village of Arkalgud taluk in Hassan district have resolved to boycott the Assembly elections. The families, with around 350 voters, have been fighting for a burial ground for 10 years. Whenever one of their kin dies, they have to bury the body in neighbouring

Bengaluru, May 2: A 35-year-old chicken-lover woman killed her mutton-lover husband after a prolonged fight over curry recently in Karnataka’s capital. Police arrested the accused, identified as Rudramma, after she confessed to the crime following intense interrogation. She told the police that her husband, Gopal(44) was a chronic alcoholic and used to harass her every day. The couple—residents of

Bengaluru, May 2: The Karnataka govt. does not care about the benefits that a farmer can get from the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, says the Prime Minsiter Hitting out at the Siddaramiah government for its “indifference” towards implementing the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked the party’s Kisan Morcha workers in the State to convince farmers on

Kalaburagi, May 2: Former union minister and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Gulam Nabi Azad has said that the results of the Karnataka Assembly elections will be an indicator of the outcome of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The Congress leader, who while canvassing for Gulbarga Dakshin constituency Congress candidate Allama Prabhu Patil here on Tuesday, urged the Muslims to vote en masse

Bengaluru, May 2: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday hit back at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “2+1 formula” jibe at him and said the BJP leader’s formula to win the May 12 Assembly elections in the state is “2 Reddys + 1 Yeddy”. Responding to Modi’s attack at an election rally earlier in the day at Santhemarahalli in Chamarajanagar district, on him contesting from two

Karwar, May 2: BJP’s rabble-rouser and union minister Anant Kumar Hegde has sparked yet another controversy by accusing Congress of striking a deal with terrorists by holding meetings with them and suppressing patriots. Addressing a BJP meeting at Shejwada in the taluk, in which a number of Congress leaders joined the party, he said the Congress must be defeated to protect dharma. “People in the

Udupi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the Congress government in Karnataka of initiating the culture of “ease of doing murder”, as he launched the second leg campaign in the state for the Assembly elections. Modi claimed over two dozen BJP workers were killed under the Congress government in Karnataka in political violence. “What was their crime? It was that they were opposed to

Udupi, May 1: In remarks that raised eyebrows in political circles, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lashed out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for “insulting” JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda, saying it showed his “arrogance”. Showering praise on the former prime minister at an election rally in Udupi in poll-bound Karnataka, Modi said Deve Gowda was one of the most respected and tallest