Karnataka

Santemaranahalli, May 1: The Prime Minister slams the ruling Congress for indulging in "family politics" by allowing a party's leaders kith and kin to contest in the Assembly polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched his campaign blitzkrieg in Karnataka, unleashing a blistering attack on Rahul Gandhi and daring him “to speak in any language” for 15 minutes about the achievements of

Shivamogga, May 1: As the Karnataka poll battle hots up, people of the state are busy talking about their favourite party candidates even as many raised doubts over the apparent "sidelining" of BJP's chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa this election. Standing in the sweltering summer heat, 45-year-old Shantappa is waiting for a bus to Shikaripura. The unrelenting weather, however, could

Shivamogga, May 1: Senior Karnataka BJP leader K S Eshwarappa on Tuesday said the party would form the next government securing an absolute majority by banking on "Hindutva and Modi wave". Eshwarappa, who is likely to face a neck-and-neck race in Shivamogga in the May 12 Assembly polls, said he has never asked for any particular post in the party but only wished to see the party come back to power

A news-maker for all seasons, the legislator of Mangaluru City North, B A Mohiuddin Bava is contesting for the third time at the upcoming polls. Though Bava had lost to the then-BJP stalwart Krishna J Palemar in 2008 by a margin of 14,426 votes, the former became a giant killer in 2013 and defeated the latter by a margin of 5,373 votes. The incumbent Congress MLA speaking to coastaldigest.com says

Newsroom, May 1: The bomber who blew himself up outside the US Consulate in Jeddah, a coastal city of Saudi Arabia two years ago was a non-resident Indian, confirmed the authorities of the Kingdom on the basis of DNA tests. The accused who killed himself in bid to cause harm to others has been identified as Fayaz Kagzi, an Indian national and alleged operative of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, a senior

Udupi, May 1: BJP state general secretary and Udupi Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje has once again accused the Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) of having links with terror outfits. Speaking to media persons, the Karandlaje also charged the Congress of joining hands with the PFI and SDPI to polarise voters in the May 12 elections. “These are terror-linked

Mangaluru: Even as BJP is holding Chief Minister Siddaramaiah led Congress government responsible for the deaths of Hindus in the state a senior Congress leader has accused the Sangh Parivar of killing innocent Hindus and Muslims for political gains. Speaking to reporters in the city on Monday, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary B.K. Hariprasad said that of the 24 Hindu

Udupi, May 1: Sathyashree Rao, daughter of a school van driver from Kundapur has topped the Science stream in II PUC in entire Udupi district. Interestingly, the topper studies at Sri Venkataramana PU College where her father Ramesh works as a school van driver. Sathyashree Rao has got 593 out of 600 marks. Her combination of subjects is Physics, Commerce, Mathematics and Computer Science. “I was

Bengaluru, May 1: The Karnataka wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday filed a complaint against Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani and actor Prakash Raj with the Chief Electoral Officer for `having used defamatory and abusive language` against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Party`s chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa. In the complaint letter the BJP accused Mevani of calling

Bengaluru: Former chief minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Monday said he will disown his son H D Kumaraswamy if he allies with the BJP post the May 12 Assembly elections. Replying to queries of reporters in Bengaluru, he said that he would not approve of a post-poll alliance between the two parties at any cost. Gowda had on Sunday told a national channel that such a situation would not