Karnataka

Udupi, Mar 27: A youth slashed his wrists in a suicide attempt in Manipal on Tuesday. He was admitted to a private hospital. There are conflicting versions of why he attempted suicide. Laxman Nimbargi, Superintendent of Police, said Rakesh Kumar, a resident of Bolje, Udyavar, was riding his motorcycle and had assaulted a couple travelling in a car close to an ATM of State Bank of India near

Mangaluru, Mar 27: Two prestigious assembly constituencies in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada have been declared as ‘expense sensitive constituencies’ in the 2014 Karnataka assembly polls. They are Mangaluru North, represented by B A Mohiuddin Bava, brother of billionaire industrialist BM Farookh, and Bantwal, represented by B Ramanath Rai, Minister for Forest Environment, Ecology and

Bengaluru, Mar 27: KPCC President G Parameshwara today maintained that there was no politics in Siddaramaiah government's motion for a separate religious minority status for Lingayats and Veerashaiva Lingayats, saying the party did not expect "too much" of electoral gain from it. "It is wrong to say that Siddaramaiah government has proposed the separate religion and minority tag for Lingayats to

The Election Commission on Tuesday said that each candidate, who will contest Assembly polls in Karnataka, can spend up to Rs 28 lakh. However, the EC said there was no upper limit in spending by political parties. "As per the revised ceilings, the maximum limit of election expenses for the Assembly constituencies is Rs 28 lakh per candidate for the state of Karnataka," OP Rawat, Chief Election

Bengaluru, Mar 27: The Karnataka High Court set aside the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order directing Hassan Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri to give a representation to the chief secretary challenging her transfer order. The court directed the matter to be heard again by the CAT and a just order to be passed. Till such time Rohini Sindhuri will continue to serve as Deputy

In a major embarrassment to Karnataka BJP and its chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa, the party’s national president Amit Shah has described the former as the most corrupt in the state. The video clip of the slip of the tongue is now going viral on social media. “Recently, a retired Supreme Court judge said if there was ever a competition of the most corrupt government, then the

Even before the Election Commission of India announced the dates for the Karnataka Assembly Elections, a controversy erupted over a post by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) IT cell chief Amit Malviya on microblogging site Twitter on Tuesday. Before Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat declared the dates, Malviya tweeted that the polling will be held on May 12 and the results would be declared

Udupi, Mar 27: A local court in the coastal district has ordered the Passport Office to restrain a litigant, Jagadish alias Jagannath of Nada village of Kundapur taluk, preventing him from fleeing abroad as he had “cheated his lawfully wedded wife by marrying another woman”. Amitha, the aggrieved woman had approached the Udupi Superintendent of Police seeking police protection for herself and her

Bengaluru, Mar 27: Downplaying the experts’ warning over the possibility of the tampering of electronic voting machine, election officials have urged the voters to be wary of “rumours” being spread about the EVM functioning. “EVMs cannot be tampered with and there are adequate technical and administrative safeguards in place. It is a proven machine being used since 1999 and it is highly secure,”

The Election Commission of Indian on Tuesday, March 27, announced the dates for Karnataka assembly elections. Elections will be held in a single phase on May 12 and the results will be announced on May 15. The term of the current 224-member legislative assembly ends on May 28. Chief minister Siddaramaiah has convened a meeting of the cabinet on Tuesday, but he may call it off if the poll calendar