Karnataka

Mangaluru, Apr 10: Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader has dared the Bharatiya Janata Party to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi to strictly implement cow slaughter ban across India and stop export of beef to other countries. Speaking to media persons here on Monday, the minister said that if the BJP was really concerned about cows, let the NDA government at the Centre ban cow slaughter

Hubballi, Apr 9: BJP leader and Dharwad MP Pralhad Joshi said on Monday that Congress leaders criticize the RSS only with the intention of appeasing the minorities. "Congress president Rahul Gandhi should stop the politics of dividing the society that is happening in the state, if he is a mature leader," he said. Addressing media persons at the launch of the BJP's digital publicity vehicle here

Mangaluru, Apr 9: Three Muslim youths were attacked with lethal weapons by a gang of six miscreants last night at Kasba Bengre area in the city. The victims have been identified as Anweez, Siraj and Ijaz. Among them the condition of 17-year-old Anweez is said to be critical. He has been admitted to the ICU of a private hospital. The other two are undergoing treatment in another hospital. It is

Shivamogga, Apr 9: K S Eshwarappa, the leader of Opposition in Legislative Council, has indirectly made it clear that development will not be his main plank in upcoming legislative elections. The BJP has already issued B Form to Eshwarappa to contest May 12 Assembly polls from Shivamogga urban constituency. He is expected to file nomination on April 19 The former deputy chief minister told media

Bengaluru, Apr 9: Karnataka PCC working president Dinesh Gundu Rao on Monday said he was confident about Congress returning to power in the May 12 state assembly polls. Incumbent Siddaramaiah will be the "front-runner" for the Chief Minister's post, he said. Asserting that there was no anti-incumbency against the Siddaramaiah government, he took a dig at BJP, saying its president Amith Shah is

Mangaluru, Apr 9: Actor-turned-politician Ambareesh, who has been accusing chief minister Siddaramaiah of sidelining him, has now apparently started avoiding Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi too. The Congress high command is in a state of confusion, as Ambareesh, who represents Mandya in Karnataka Legislative Assembly, has not responded to the deadline given by K C Venugopal, the Congress in-charge

Bantwal, Apr 9: A Congress leader in coastal district of Dakshina Kannada, recently joined Bharatiya Janata Party, and within hours rejoined the Congress party. Sundara Devinagara, secretary of Panemangaluru Block Congress in Bantwal constituency in DK, resigned from the primary members of the party to embrace the saffron party on Saturday. Sundara was formally inducted into BJP at a party

Tina Dabi, the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) topper of 2015 tied the knot with Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan, the second rank holder in the same examination, in the picturesque locale of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on Saturday. While Dabi belongs to Delhi, Khan is from Jammu and Kashmir. The two did not know each other until they became the IAS toppers in of the country two years ago. Several

Chikkamagaluru, Apr 9: The police have arrested a 15-year-old boy for allegedly kidnapping, raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl at Kesagodu village in Koppa taluk of Chikkamagaluru district. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon when the Class 6 girl was returning home after finishing her classes. The girl’s house is located more than a kilometre off the main road and her mother used to

Mangaluru, Apr 9: The police have finally booked RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat three days after he delivered a communally provocative speech and brazenly mocked Model Code of Conduct. The case was registered on Sunday at Konaje police station under Section 153 (A) (promoting enmity between groups on grounds of religion, race, etc.) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 125 (promoting enmity