Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 9: Accusing BJP of using government machinery to target political opponents, Karnataka Congress Working President Dinesh Gundu Rao today called its national President Amit Shah "a coward". He also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Shah, was indulging in a "heinous" act of using departments like the Income Tax to target opposition leaders, which no other political

New Delhi, Feb 9: Kerala has topped among large states on overall health performance in NITI Aayog's Health Index, while Uttar Pradesh appears at the bottom though it has shown big improvement in the recent past. Kerala was followed by Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, according to the report -- 'Healthy States, Progressive India: Report on Rank of States and UTs'. Rajasthan, Bihar and Odisha are

Mangaluru Feb 9: The Mangaluru city police have arrested two persons in connection with the coldblooded murder of notorious Target gang leader Ilyas. The arrested have been identified as Mohammed Sameer alias Robert (27), who lives near Salafi masjid in Ullal and Nameer Hanju (34) who lives in Pavoor Gerukatte, Manjeshwara in Kasargod district. They are said to be the member of rowdy Dawood

Davanagere Feb 9: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said Congress Parliamentary Party Chief Sonia Gandhi's call for alliances with like-minded parties to beat the BJP, applies to the national level, but not Karnataka. He added the recently announced BSP alliance with JD(S) would have no impact on the Congress in Karnataka in the upcoming elections. He spoke to reporters at the helipad near Bellodi

Dubai, Feb 9: PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi has been appointed to the International Cricket Council (ICC) Board as the governing body's first independent female director. Nooyi will join the Board in June 2018 to align with the term of the ICC Independent Chairman, following the unanimous confirmation of her appointment at today's meeting, an ICC release said. "I am thrilled to join the ICC

Bengaluru Feb 9: The opposition BJP on Thursday charged the government with swindling more than Rs 7,000 crore by importing sand from Malaysia and selling it at an exorbitant price in Karnataka. Leader of the Opposition Jagadish Shettar, who raised the matter in the Assembly, said that the Mysore Sales International Ltd (MSIL) had awarded the contract of importing 180 lakh tonnes of sand to a

Bengaluru, Feb 9: Karnataka will oppose Goa's plea for an extension of the term of Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said here on Thursday. The decision was announced after Siddaramaiah held a discussion with BJP leaders Jagadish Shettar and K S Eshwarappa - leaders of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, respectively - and JD(S) leader

Bengaluru, Feb 9: The ruling party had to cut a sorry figure in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday when one of the ministers jokingly said BJP MLA. C T Ravi would be the next target in the wake of the murder of BJP workers in the state. Former deputy chief minister R Ashoka (BJP), who broached the topic of the murder of party's Bengaluru corporator Rekha's husband Kadiresh, he said, "First it

Bengaluru, Feb 9: AICC social media and digital communications head Ramya on Thursday claimed that she did not train party workers on creating fake social media accounts, contrary to a video clip that went viral earlier this week. "The video has been edited to suggest that I was teaching a lesson on creating fake accounts," Ramya told reporters. "I never said that fake accounts should be created."

Bengaluru, Feb 8: Yielding to the pressure from various mutt heads and opposition parties, the Congress government of Karnataka on Thursday abruptly withdrew its public notice seeking people’s opinion over whether the state should take complete or partial control of the religious mutts, temples and other institutions in Karnataka. At the legislative council, chief minister Siddaramaiah gave a