Karnataka

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

Bengaluru, Mar 17: The latest allegation of cash-for-ticket is not the first such the Congress is facing during the Karnataka Assembly elections. During the distribution of tickets for the Assembly elections in 2008, senior leader Margaret Alva had made similar allegations. Margret, then an AICC general secretary, reportedly made the charges against the party leadership for denying the ticket for

The number of divorced and separated women in the country has increased by over nine lakh from 2001 to 2011, with Maharashtra leading the tally with 11,9554 such women, the Indian parliament was informed today. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Women and Child Development Ministry Virendra Kumar said while the number of divorced and separated women was more than 23 lakh in

Bengaluru, Mar 16: A former Karnataka top cop has found himself surrounded by fresh controversy after his remarks over the physical appearance of the mother of 2012 Delhi gangrape victim. Speaking at a ceremony organised to honour women last week, former Karnataka DGP HT Sangliana had allegedly said that he can "imagine how beautiful the gangrape victim would have been" by seeing the "good

A day after he accused Karnataka PWD minister through his unverified twitter account of having a nexus with road contractors, Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily has deleted the controversial tweet and claimed that he never made any allegations against any party leader. The Chikkaballapura MP, who is also Congress’ manifesto committee chairman in poll-bound Karnataka, on Thursday, March 15

Bengaluru, Mar 16: Karnataka BJP chief and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa has moved the High Court seeking a direction to restrain the media and Congress leaders from making statements against him in connection with the criminal cases already closed and those pending against him. Justice G Narendar, before whom the petition came up for hearing on Thursday, ordered issuance of notices to the