Karnataka

Mangaluru, Mar 17: Mangaluru, Mar 17: Customs officials at Mangaluru International Airport have seized smuggled gold worth around Rs 1.30 crore in two different cases on Saturday. In the first case, four gold bars weighing a kg each were recovered from the toilet of a flight that arrived from Dubai on Saturday. The gold is worth Rs 1.22 crore. The officials also recovered two gold biscuits worth

Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H D Deve Gowda has urged the Election Commission to revert to ballot papers in upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls to ensure transparency. Speaking to media persons in Hassan on Saturday Gowda said that was not able to understand why Election Commission was hell-bent on using electronic voting machines (EVMs) despite questions being raised about

Bengaluru, Mar 17: Four runway lights at Bengaluru International Airport were damaged after a SpiceJet flight arriving from Hyderabad veered off the runway last night. "During landing roll, the aircraft veered off to the left and was aligned to the central line by pilot. The jet taxied normally to the bay. All the passengers and baggage were deplaned in a normal manner," said a statement from

A week-long national festival on the Ullal’s valiant queen Rani Abbakka organised by Delhi Karnataka Sangha along with Kannada and Culture department of Karnataka Government and Abbakka Festival Committee of Dakshina Kannada District Administration will commence at New Delhi on March 18, 2018. A tiger dance troupe by women artists from Udupi will be performing at the Sangha premises in R.K. Puram

Bengaluru, Mar 17: Bengaluru: The Karnataka BJP, ahead of the Assembly polls, would organise a statewide campaign from 21 March in support of farmers' cause and pledged justice for them if the party comes to power in the state. During the 'Mushti Dhanya Sangraha Abhiyana', a door-to-door campaign, party workers will collect a handful of grainsfrom farmers, while assuring them of policy decisions

New Delhi, Mar 17: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the state Assembly elections will see a "secularism versus communalism" contest and the Congress will emerge victorious. He also said the poll results will work as a "stepping stone" for the 2019 general elections. The chief minister was speaking at the Congress' plenary session here ahead of the Karnataka polls, the dates

Mangaluru, Mar, 17: The countdown has begun for the season four of Mangalore Premier League (MPL-2018). The grand opening ceremony of coastal Karnataka’s biggest cricket even will be held on Tuesday, March 20 at Dr B R Ambedkar Stadium in Panambur on the outskirts of the city. Former Indian cricket star Venkatesh Prasad will formally open the tourney being organized jointly by the Brand Vision

The office the Speaker of Karnataka legislative assembly has issued a notice to the seven rebel JD(S) legislators asking them to appear for the hearing in the case. The development comes after the JD(S) petitioned the Speaker’s office to fast track the disqualification petition filed against them. While the JD(S) has sought action from the Speaker on the issue before Saturday in view of the

Udupi, Mar 17: Majority of Udupi’s Ashta Mutt seers have reportedly favoured action against Shiroor Mutt chief pontiff Lakshmivara Tirtha Swami for his alleged controversial video exposure. Shiroor Mutt is also part of Ashta Mutt (eight mutts). In a secretly shot video which was aired on a TV channel recently Lakshmivara Tirtha Swami was seen exposing the scandals of Ashta Mutt. The seer claimed

Bengaluru, Mar 17: BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa's much-hyped "Breaking News at 5 pm" announcement on his Twitter handle on Thursday turned out to be a huge disappointment as he ended up criticising the ruling Congress in a five-minute video. Yeddyurappa's "Breaking News" tweet had generated a lot of excitement with followers getting into a guessing game that ranged from exposing a big scam