Karnataka

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

Bengaluru, Mar 28: A prominent Lingayat seer has commended the Siddaramaiah government's decision to recommend grant of religious minority tag to Lingayats and Veerashaiva Lingayats, in an embarrassment to BJP president Amit Shah, who had termed it as an attempt to 'divide' the Hindu community. The Seer of Murugha mutt, Dr Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, backed the government move in a memorandum

Udupi, Mar 28: A vehicle with banners bearing photographs of the Minister for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports, Pramod Madhwaraj, and the symbol of Congress party was on Wednesday seized by the flying squad of the election commission near the Inspection Bungalow in Udupi. IAS officer Poovitha, who led the operation, said that a complaint was received regarding the vehicle in the morning

Kalaburagi Mar 28: Dr Umesh Jadhav, sitting Congress MLA from Chincholi constituency was injured in an accident that occurred near Polakapalli in Chincholi taluk on Wednesday morning at around 11.30 am. Jadhav, who is also Parliamentary Secretary Health and Family welfare department, along with a few party workers was on his way to Kothlapur village, near Telangana border, in the taluk. Jadhav was

Bharatiya Janata Party supremo Amit Shah has made it clear that his party will not enter into any form of pre-poll understanding with Janata Dal (Secular). On the other hand JD(S) supremo Deve Gowda has ruled out having pre-poll alliance with the Congress or any secular parties, citing time constraint. Replying to a query from presspersons in Davangere on the allegation by Congress president Rahul

Mangaluru/Udupi, Mar 28: Women voters outnumber their male counterparts in coastal Karnataka’s twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. Dakshina Kannada currently has a total of 16,67,194 including 8,46,030 female voters and 8,21,123 male voters. There was an 11% increase in the total number of voters in the district compared to the period of previous assembly polls. In 2013 the