Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 29: Malikayya Guttedar, a former minister and sitting MLA from Afzalpur constituency, which was once known for gang wars and ‘supari’ killings, in Kalaburgi district, has decided to quit Congress party and join Bharatiya Janata Party. Guttedar, who has won six times in Afzalpur constituency from three parties – Indian National Congress, Janata Dal (Secular) and Karnataka Congress

Bengaluru, Mar 29: Janata Dal (Secular), which has forged a pre-poll alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party in Karnataka, is now in talks with another prominent party of Uttar Pradesh - Samajawadi Party for a similar alliance. JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda said: “While the SP has asked for five seats, we have already announced our candidates in three of the constituencies that they have identified.” He

Chamarajanagar, Mar 29: Gavithimmamma, the vice president of Doddalathuru gram panchayat in Kollegal taluk of Chamarajnagar district, who is arguably one of the oldest women in the country, passed away on Wednesday. 107-year-old Gavithimmamma leaves behind her three daughters, and a large number of grand children and great grand children. Years ago she had lost three of her six children including

Mangaluru, Mar 29: A man was killed and eight people suffered injuries a speeding car rammed into a stationary truck near MCF in Panambur here today morning. The deceased has been identified as Hanumantaiah, a native of Gadag, who was driving the car. The ill-fated Innova car was heading towards Kerala from Gadag. The driver failed to notice the parked truck and rammed it from the behind. The

Mysuru, Mar 29: Two doctors — Dr N Sathish Kumar (56) and his wife Dr G Veena (57) — have committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling fan, with the same saree on Wednesday afternoon in a room of their house on 14th Main Road, Saraswathipuram, in the city. Their only son, a medical student, had died in a road mishap in 2007. Dr Sathish had been diagnosed with a heart problem at Jayadeva Hospital

Bengaluru, Mar 29: The state BJP has given a new spin to the Siddaramaiah government's controversial decision to accord religious minority tag to Lingayat-Veerashaiva (Basava tatva) as a conspiracy against B S Yeddyurappa to prevent him from becoming chief minister. According to party sources, it is a politically calculated move, and the saffron party will be repeatedly using the conspiracy angle

Mangaluru, Mar 29: The fourth additional district and sessions court on Wednesday sentenced a murder convict to life imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs. 15,000 on him. Judge Nerale Veerabhadra Bhavani passed the order. Sanjeeva Poojary, 47, a resident of Koyyur village in Bantwal taluk was convicted of murdering Padmanabha Poojary, 51, of the same village on April 3, 2016. Balakrishna

Mangaluru, Mar 29: The sixth additional district and sessions court has acquitted 17 of the 23 accused in the 12 year old murder case of BJP leader ​​Sukhananda Shetty. Shetty, who was also a sitting member of Mulki town panchayat, was hacked to death at Kulai Honnakatte area in Surathkal on December 1, 2006. The incident occurred when Sukhananda Shetty was on the way to his office. The accused

Bengaluru, Mar 28: The Karnataka Congress on Wednesday said all candidates for the 224-member state assembly polls will be announced in a single phase by April 15. The highly anticipated state polls are scheduled for May 12. "We will announce candidates for all 224 assembly constituencies in a single phase. As the date of the election has already been announced, we need to do it as soon as

Bengaluru, Mar 28: In a controversial decision the Election Commission has reportedly decided to question a Congress worker instead of BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya in connection with the leak of the poll schedule for Karnataka. Amit Malviya had tweeted the poll dates even before it was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner yesterday sparking a row. Within seconds, Congress worker