Karnataka

Udupi, Apr 23: Sheikh Abdul Gafoor, a philanthropist and social worker from Basrur in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district, passed away in Saudi Arabia yesterday. He was 54. He was the founder and general secretary of Khidmah Foundation. He was also funder of Basrur Muslim Welfare Association. He is survived by his wife, a son, two sons and large number of relatives, friends and well-wishers

Mangaluru, Apr 23: The Congress candidates of all three constituencies of Mangaluru city filed their nomination papers for they May 12 Karnataka assembly polls on Monday. Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, who represents Mangaluru (erstwhile Ullal) constituency, filed his nomination papers at the office of assistant commissioner in the city. The three-time MLA held a workers

Mysuru, Apr 23: BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa on Monday announced that his son B Y Vijayendra would not be contesting from Varuna assembly constituency in Mysuru against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son Yatindra. Yeddyurappa's announcement at a meeting organised by the party at Nanjanagudu, near Mysuru, led to large-scale protests by BJP workers, following which police resorted to lathi

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday, April 23 announced its fourth list of seven candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections scheduled to be held on May 12. With less than a month left for Karnataka to go to polls, both the ruling Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have entered a high-pitched battle on the ground and on social media. The BJP had released its

Hassan, Apr 23: An elderly woman and her daughter died on the spot when a tree fell on a moving car near Bandihalli in Sakleshpur taluk last evening. They were identified as Chinnamma (67) and Prafulla (33) of Kuniganahalli. They were returning home after attending a function at Chikkamagaluru when the incident occurred. Both were sitting on the rear seat. The car was severely damaged. Another

Uudpi, Apr 23: Former BJP MLA K Raghupati Bhat has urged Lakshmivara Tirtha Swami of Shiroor Mutt to withdraw nomination and support him in the upcoming Karnataka legislative elections. The seer, who was a BJP ticket aspirant, has filed nomination papers as an independent candidate from Udupi constituency. He had earlier said he was inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but was not happy with

Bengaluru, Apr 23: K T Naveen Kumar aka Hotte Manja, a weapons supplier and Hindutva leader, who is one of the suspects in the murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh has threatened the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that he would commit suicide if he was subjected to narcoanalysis tests. 38-year-old Kumar had earlier told a sessions court in Bengaluru that he was willing to undergo the tests. A

Mangaluru, Apr 23: Hardline Hindutva leader Sathyajith Surathkal has publicly slammed Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and RSS Prantha Pramukh P S Prakash for allegedly preventing the party high command from issuing him the ticket. Sathyajith, who is also BJP Backward Classes Morcha State Secretary, was the party ticket aspirant from Mangaluru City North constituency apart from former

Sirsi, Apr 23: Union Minister of State Anant kumar Hegde has claimed that he has been receiving death threats from strange callers. A complaint has been filed by the minister's personal assistant Suresh Shetty as per the minister's direction at the New Market police station here on Sunday. According to the complainant the internet call was made to the minister's mobile phone at around 2 am on

Bengaluru, Apr 22: Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa today said he was ready to contest against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah from Badami if the party's national president Amit Shah asked him to do so. "Our party's national president will decide whether I should contest or someone else. If I'm asked to contest, I'm ready. If he asks someone else to contest, they will contest," Yeddyurappa told