Karnataka

A total of 15.42 lakh young men and women aged between 18 and 19 across Karnataka have enrolled in the electoral rolls to exercise their franchise for the first time in the upcoming the State Legislative Assembly. The number of virgin voters or first time voters this time is less compared to 2013 Karnataka assembly polls wherein a total of 35.58 lakh youngsters had got enrolled. This time, of the

Karnataka Chief Minster Siddaramaiah has said that though he has no interest in national politics, prime minister Narendra Modi unnecessarily portraying him as a national leader. "By taking my name in Parliament again and again Prime Minister Narendra Modi is raising me to the level of a national leader," Siddaramaiah said while answering to queries of media persons at Raichur on Sunday. He said

Mangaluru, Feb 18: The countdown has begun for the fourth edition of the Mangalore Premiere League as all the 12 franchise owners gave shape to their teams in the players’ auction held at Forum Fiza Mall in Mangaluru on Saturday. The IPL-model T20 cricket tournament is being jointly organized by the Brand Vision Events, Mangalore Occasional and Sea Bird Cricket Academy with the approval and

Bengaluru, Feb 18: Congress leader and Shantinagar MLA NA Haris' son Mohammed Nalpad has been booked along with his 10 supporters for allegedly assaulting a man at a cafe in Bengaluru's UB City and later at a hospital. The victim has been identified as Vidvath, son of businessman Lokanath. The police have lodged an FIR based on the complaint filed by Vidvath’s friend Praveen Venkatachalaiah

Mangaluru, Feb 18: Disha Career Fest-2018, a placement drive exclusively for students from non-engineering stream organised by the Dakshina Kannada district administration, in association with Centre for Entrepreneurship Opportunities and Learning (CEOL) and Alva's Education Foundation, Moodbidri, on Mangalore University campus, received a good response on Saturday. As many as 331 candidates got

Bengaluru, Feb 18: The Janata Dal (Secular) which has cobbled up a pre-poll alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party, used its rally on Saturday to flaunt its strength as lakhs of fans of party supremos HD Deve Gowda and H D Kumaraswamy, and former UP CM Mayawati converged in Bengaluru and sent a warning to the ruling government of Karnataka. The JD(S) leadership juxtaposed its 'marriage of convenience'

Mandya MLA M H Ambareesh, who was dropped from the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led cabinet of ministers a couple of years ago over inefficiency, now has expressed his desire to become the chief minister of Karnataka. Speaking to media persons in Bengaluru on Saturday, the actor-turned-politician revealed that he had been nursing a chief ministerial dream for the last 15 years. "I have been a chief

The Janata Dal (Secular) took everyone by surprise on Saturday, Feb 17, by announcing candidates for 126 Assembly seats even before the election schedule for Karnataka is announced by the poll panel. The list was made public on the same day that the JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda addressed an election rally with BSP chief Mayawati in Bengaluru, indicating that a seat sharing formula has been worked

Madikeri: In a shocking incident, a tourist from Hyderabad died at a hospital on Friday, a day after a group of rafting guides brutally thrashed him at Dubare near here over a trivial issue. The deceased is Razi Ahmmed. He had suffered injuries on the head. After receiving first aid at Kushalnagar Community Health Centre he was taken to Mysuru for further treatment where he breathed his last. It

Mangaluru, Feb 17: Three college students suffered injuries when a group of miscreants thrashed them on Saturday at Talapady Junction on the outskirts of the city over a trivial issue. The injured students have been identified as Imran, Fairoz and Sadiq, who are studying in a city-based college. Two among them have been admitted to a private hospital in Thokkottu for treatment. The attack took