Karnataka

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

Sharjah, Feb 17: More than 2000 people, including families visited Thumbay Medical & Dental Specialty Center, Sharjah to attend the free mega health camp organized as part of Thumbay Group’s CSR program, on Friday, 16th February 2018. Organized with the aim of promoting health awareness among the public and offering them easy access to quality healthcare, the camp offered specialist consultations

Kasaragod, Feb 17: A month after the murder of 60-year-old Zubaida at her house at Ayampara, near Periye here, the police have arrested the prime accused in the case. Three other accused are already in judicial custody. Azeez, 30, a native of Ajjavara near Sullia town in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, was rounded up in the forests by the investigating team headed by Bekal Circle Inspector

Buoyed by a robust growth in services sector, the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) of Karnataka is set to record higher growth rate of 8.5% even as the country's GDP growth is projected to decline to 6.5% in 2017-18 as compared to 7.1% in 2016-17 at constant prices (2011-12). According to the state Economic Survey for 2017-18 tabled in the legislature ahead of the Budget for 2018-19 by Chief

The Janata Dal (Secular), which has forged pre-poll alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Nationalist Congress Party, has reportedly convinced its allies to field their candidates at least in 40 constituencies with the intention of snatching votes from Congress party. JD(S) state president and H D Kumaraswamy has admitted that his party would ask its alliance partners to contest in 40

Mangaluru Feb 17: Acting swiftly on a specific intelligence, the sleuths of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on Thursday detained a Dubai bound passenger at Mangaluru International Airport and recovered foreign currency from him. The accused has been identified as Sirajuddin Pallikke Kunhali (39) hailing from Kasaragod and presently residing in Mangaluru. He was carrying foreign currencies