Karnataka

Udupi, Apr 28: As many as 34 candidates are in the fray in five constituencies of Udupi after five candidates withdrew their nomination papers on Friday and three other nomination papers were rejected. The candidates who have withdrawn their candidature are Rakesh Mallya and Vikas Hedge in Kundapur, Ramesh Marakala and Shiroor Mutt seer Sri Lakshmivara Theertha Swamy in Udupi and Mohammed Sharief

Karnataka Home Minister" Ramalinga Reddy has claimed that phone calls of Congress leaders were being tapped to get details of their strategies for the May 12 assembly polls and blamed BJP president Amit Shah for it. " Reddy claimed it has been on for the past three months. " ... for the past fortnight, the tapping is happening for"almost 18 hours a day. There are teams from Gujarat, Jaipur"and

The Income Tax Department has seized Rs 20 crore cash from various parts of the country, including more than Rs 10 crore in election-bound Karnataka, over the last few days as part of its crackdown on currency hoarders, officials said today. The ITD said unaccounted cash of Rs 4.01 crore and unaccounted 6.5 kg jewellery were seized during searches conducted against three contractors in Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Apr 28: The Bharatiya Janata Party high command this time did not hesitate to field some of its tainted leaders including mining barons for the upcoming May 12 Karnataka assembly polls. However, if sources are to be believed, the BJP supremo Amit Shah has reportedly advised the party’s state leaders to use Reddy brothers and their associates who had ruled the roost during BJP rule in

It was neither a malapropism nor a Freudian slip-up. The Times of India’s headline screaming that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will “mate” six times in 24 hours was mere a photoshopped version of a mischievous netizen – either an Indian or a Chinese citizen! Millions of people on Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media platforms on Friday (April

Chikkaballapur, Apr 27: A youth lost his life and many others suffered injuries when a clash erupted between Congress and JD(S) workers at a bar in Hosur hobli of Chikkaballapur district last night. The deceased has been identified as Rama Reddy (27), a resident of Hale Upparahalli. He was a worker of JD(S). It began as quarrel among Hale Upparahalli resident and rowdy-sheeter Ramesh (33) and JD(S

Mangaluru, Apr 27: He had never imagined that he could campaign for the Congress party for the May 12 Karnataka assembly polls. The octogenarian, however, stole the show when the Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi visited Mangaluru to release the party’s poll manifesto today. Rahul, who released the manifesto at TMA Pai Auditorium in the city, handed over the first copy to Janardhana Poojary though

Liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, who had represented Karnataka twice in the Rajya Sabha, today said it was his democratic right to vote in the state assembly polls, but lamented that he cannot travel to India, where he is wanted to face charges of fraud and money laundering. The 62-year-old former businessman parliamentarian had first represented Karnataka as the member of the Upper House of Parliament

Belagavi, Apr 27: In a fresh embarrassment for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka, a video clip obscene pictures of one of its candidates for May 12 assembly polls is going viral on social media. Anil Benake, the BJP candidate for Belagavi North is seen holding and caressing a young woman on a beach and inside a vehicle. The video, made using editing tools, has allegations of some shady land

Udupi, Apr 27: The Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have finally managed to convince the controversial seer to prevent the split of Hindutva votes by withdrawing his nomination papers in Udupi assembly constituency. Lakshmivara Tirtha Swami, the chief pontiff of historic Shiroor Mutt, whose controversial video clip had gone viral recently, was an aspirant of BJP ticket from Udupi constituency