Karnataka

Chitradurga, Apr 13: The police resorted to lathi charge to control the situation when Molakalmuru MLA S Thippeswamy's supporters hurled stones and footwears at MP B Sriramulu's car on Friday morning at Nayakanahatti. As the police caned mob, hundreds of them ran helter-skelter. Several BJP workers who had gathered at Thipperudraswamy temple to receive the MP fled to safety. For a while, the

Belagavi, Apr 13: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Amit Shah on Friday said that the wave in favour of BJP in Karnataka has forced Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to change his assembly constituency from Varuna to Chamundeshwari and people in the state will bring the party to power with a huge majority. Speaking to reporters at Kittur town in the district after paying tributes to the

Udupi, Apr 13: In a move that could directly harm the Congress party and indirectly benefit the BJP in Udupi, the Janata Dal (Secular) has decided to field its candidates in four of the five assembly constituencies in the coastal district and back Bahujan Samaj Party candidate in the remaining one constituency. Yogesh Shetty, president of district unit of JD(S) told media persons that his party

Bengaluru, Apr 13: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee chief D G Parameshwara have reportedly been asked by the party high command not to contest more than one seat in the May 12 Assembly elections. With growing clamour among many leaders to contest from two segments, the party has decided to reject all proposals and will give an opportunity to other

Bengaluru, Apr 13: Google can never replace the Guru, said the Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu at the 20th annual convocation of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS). A total of 26,469 students graduated on Thursday and 84 students of undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD programmes were awarded gold medals at the ceremony held in the Nimhans Convention Centre here. Naidu

Bengaluru Apr 13: The prosecution and the complainant have filed appeals before the High Court of Karnataka, challenging the city civil and sessions court order discharging Raghaveshwara Bharathi Swami of Sri Ramachandrapura Mutt, who was chargesheeted for allegedly raping a devotee of the Mutt. On Thursday, both the appeals were listed before Justice Arvind Kumar. He observed that Chief Justice

New Delhi, Apr 13: The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to a man, undergoing life term for his involvement in a series of blasts at various churches in Karnataka in 2000, on medical ground. A bench of Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao relied upon a medical report furnished by Additional Advocate General Devadatt Kamat, confirming that the applicant, Abdul Rehman Sait suffered from

Bengaluru, Apr 13: The BJP's nationwide fast led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will result in the saffron party's sanyaas (renunciation) in the Karnataka Assembly elections followed by vanvaas (exile) in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, AICC national spokesperson Randeep S Surjewala said on Thursday. "The time for upvas (fasting) is over. The time for sanyaas from seat of power begins with a defeat in

Hubballi Apr 12: BJP supremo Amit Shah, who visited Siddharooda Mutt here on Thursday to seek the blessings and support for the upcoming Karnataka assembly polls, was taken aback when Sri Paramarooda Swamiji of Seemikeri directly demanded the saffron party’s B Form to contest the polls from Bilagi constituency in Bagalkot district. "I have already campaigned in 130 villages, and have forwarded an

Bengaluru, Apr 12: The Congress party on Thursday requested Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to contest the upcoming elections from Badami Assembly constituency too. Congress leaders from Badami in Bagalkote district met the Chief Minister and said that if he contests the polls from their region then it will benefit the party in north Karnataka. Siddaramaiah, however, said that the leaders