Karnataka

Bengaluru, Apr 22: Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said today there was nothing wrong in Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah contesting from two constituencies in the May 12 assembly polls, and expressed confidence he will win both the seats. To build Siddaramaiah's case, Kharge recalled even Prime Minister Narendra Modi contested the 2014 Lok Sabha polls from two seats - Varanasi in Uttar

New Delhi, Apr 22: Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily has dismissed talk of infighting within the party over the selection of candidates in Karnataka saying the state leadership is "totally united" in the battle against the BJP in the upcoming Assembly polls. Moily, a former Union minister and an MP from the state, also hailed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and said he had brought political

New Delhi, Apr 22: The Congress on Sunday announced a list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections 2018. The list was released by AICC general secretary Mukul Wasnik. The Central Election Committee of @INCIndia has selected the following members as Congress candidates for ensuing Karnataka Assembly Elections. #INC4Karnataka pic.twitter.com/Cb6OtgWLXL — Karnataka Congress (

Bengaluru, Apr 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Udupi in poll-bound Karnataka on May 1, the announcement was made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a quirky manner. The twitter handle of Karnataka BJP, which has been extremely active in the run-up to the elections, posted a photo from the popular American fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones to announce Modi's

Shikaripura, Apr 22: Kaginele Kanaka Gurupeeta seer Niranjananandapuri Swami on Saturday warned that the Kuruba community would give a fitting reply in the Assembly elections if the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa does not drop the conspiracy to defeat Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his son Dr Yatindra in the polls. Speaking to reporters here during his visit to the town, the

Bengaluru, Apr 22: All India Congress Committee spokesperson Kushboo Sundar has come down heavily on the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not being able to punish those involved in heinous crimes in BJP-ruled States. Addressing presspersons here, she said the nation had witnessed the gruesome rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Jammu and Kashmir temple, an 11-year-old in Surat, and an

Kasaragod, Apr 22: The police in Kerala have arrested five youngsters in connection with the undeclared hartal of April 16 in the state over the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in a temple at Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir. The arrested have been identified as Amarnath (20), from Urukunnu in Kollam, Sudheesh (22), Akhil (23), Gokul Shekhar (21), and Cyril from Thiruvananthapuram. Interestingly

Koppal, Apr 22: The presence of mind of a driver helped 32 persons travelling in a private bus miraculously escape after the vehicle caught fire and was gutted completely at Gunnal village in Yelburga taluk of Koppal district on Saturday. The driver of the Vijayapura-bound bus noticed the fire, suspected to have caused by short circuit of the battery, and immediately stopped the bus on National

Mangaluru April 22: Tulu theatre stalwarts and popular cine artists Devdas Kapikad and Naveen D Padil have been conferred with the Rotary Annual State Level prestigious “Vandana Award” at a function held on Saturday at Hotel Kudla in the city. The award is conferred on them in recognition of their exemplary achievement and in appreciation of their invaluable contributions, in the field of Tulu

Bengaluru, Apr 22: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday hit out at BJP General Secretary P Murlidhar Rao for his Hindi tweet about his plans to contest the May 12 assembly polls from two constituencies, by asking him to tweet in Kannada or English. Rao, who is in-charge of Karnataka, asked whether" Siddaramaiah was scared about winning Chamundeshwari seat in" Mysuru. "@Siddaramaiah ji