Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 3: The JD(S), which has already forged an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), might soon announce yet another tie-up with a non-Karnataka party. The JD(S) is said to be "seriously considering" the alliance proposal mooted by the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), which has been keenly pursuing the regional party for the

Bengaluru, Mar 3: The state government on Friday launched its universal health coverage scheme, "Arogya Karnataka." All the present schemes such as Vajpayee Arogyashree, Yeshaswini, Rajiv Arogya Bhagya and others would be brought under the newly launched scheme. Ten government hospitals in the state have been selected implementing the scheme in the first phase - KC General Hospital, Jayadeva

Ahead of assembly polls, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee has announced a fresh Communication Team under the chairmanship of eminent educationist Prof. K E Radhakrishna. The team is represented with a mix of senior leaders alongside the party’s younger voices. The team includes lawyers, social scientists, doctors, engineers, IT professionals, artists and writers, besides those working for

Bengaluru, Mar 2: A Civil and Sessions Court in Bengaluru on Friday rejected the bail plea of Mohammad Haris Nalapad, son of Congress legislator NA Haris, and six others in an assault case. Nalapad and the others are in judicial custody since February 21 for assaulting Vidwath, son of a prominent businessman following an argument at an upmarket bristo in Bengaluru’s UB City on February 17, 2018.

Benglauru, Mar 2: Hindu Yuva Sena leader Naveen Kumar T alias Hotte Manja, who was arrested last month by the Special Investigation Team probing the murder of journactivist Gauri Lankesh, is suspected to have played a key role in the case. The 38-year-old gunrunner from Maddur in Mandya district was picked up from the KSRTC bus stand in Majestic area in Bengaluru with a .32-calibre gun and 15 live

The crisis in Gulf countries is the major reason for financial crisis in Kerala, according to State Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac. Speaking to reporters at Alappuzha the minister said: “Non-Resident Keralities have curtailed spending in view of the crisis in the Gulf. It has adversely affected the State. To overcome the crisis, government will increase its spending power.” Minister said that

Belagavi, Mar 2: Suspecting a nexus of police officers and beef exporters, Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare Maneka Gandhi has sought a CBI inquiry into the illegal slaughterhouses and cold storages functioning in Belagavi The hardline animal rights activist said that the slaughterhouses are reportedly run under the patronage of officials and the police officers routinely received bribes

Bengaluru, Mar 2: Though the odds are against him, JD(S) general secretary Prajwal Revanna has decided to launch his election campaign in Rajarajeshwarinagar (RR Nagar) constituency in Bengaluru after March 4. As part of his election strategy, Prajwal will be mounting his attack on Congress' Munirathna, the sitting MLA of RR Nagar. Prajwal has already been going around the constituency trying to

Bengaluru Mar 2: Health and Family Welfare Minister K R Ramesh Kumar likened Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Adolf Hitler in a scathing attack on the BJP. Kumar was speaking during the induction of more than 70 JD(S) leaders from Srinivasapura taluk in Kolar to the Congress. Kumar represents the Srinivasapura Assembly constituency. "Accusations and counter-accusations are common in politics, but I

Mysuru, Mar 2: In a fresh case of so called honour killing, a casteist man belonging to Vokkaliga community killed his own daughter for being in love with a boy belonging to Dalit community at Gollanabeedu village in HD Kote taluk of Mysuru district. The victim has been identified as Sushma (22), daughter of Kumar who was arrested by police on Thursday on charge of poisoning the former to death