Karnataka

The Social Democratic Party of India, which had only succeeded in contributing to the vote split in a few constancies in 2013 legislative assembly polls in Karnataka, is now making all possible efforts to make a greater impact in the state and register victory at least in one of the minority strongholds. The Muslim dominant party, which portrays itself as the voice of Ahinda communities, is yet to

Shravanabelagola, Feb 7: Lord Bahubali's tenets of sacrifice and non-violence are beacons for the world said President of India Ram Nath Kovind. He spoke after inaugurating the 20-day, 88th Mahamastakabhisheka celebrations at Shravanbelagola in Hassan district, Karnataka, on Wednesday. The President who greeted the gathering in Kannada said that he was participating in the event with joy in his

Udaipur/Jaipur, Feb 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben was injured and the driver of the car she was in killed in a road accident that occurred on the Kota-Chittorgarh four-lane road near Begu, Rajasthan, on Wednesday morning. According to sources, Jashodaben was travelling from Atru in Bara towards Udaipur when their car hit a trailer truck "Jashodaben has sustained some minor

New Delhi, Feb 7: Concerned over the attacks on journalists and police failing to catch culprits, a Trinamool Congress MP will move a private resolution in Rajya Sabha on Friday seeking a separate section in Indian Penal Code dealing with offences against media persons. Referring to the murder of Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru last September, journalist-turned MP Vivek Gupta said in his private member

Bengaluru, Feb 7: Police have booked Kalyani Motors, an authorised dealer and service centre for Maruti Suzuki, for the February 2 car fire that killed a mother and her son in East Bengaluru. They ruled out foul play after initial probe and are convinced that the car with the 30-year-old woman and her four-year-old son went up in a ball of fire due to a mechanical and electrical fault. A senior

Bengaluru Feb 7: The Legislative Assembly on Tuesday witnessed a heated discussion between the Congress and BJP on rowdy sheeters' list. The BJP members charged the Congress government was including members of the Sangh Parivar in the rowdy sheeters' list for political reasons. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah while rubbishing the charge said that names of any innocent in the list will be removed. The

New Delhi Feb 7: The Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Tuesday took objection to the procedure adopted by the Karnataka government to implement the Centrally sponsored free LPG connection distribution to poor households in the state, saying that it violated all guidelines. Taking exception to the norms announced by the Karnataka government to implement the Mukhya Mantri Anila Bhagya

Bengaluru Feb 7: A video clip, showing AICC social media chief Ramya, explaining how fake social media accounts work drew attention on Tuesday. The BJP used the clip as a counter to another video clip of its leader K S Eshwarappa urging partyworkers to lie as part of an election campaign, which had gone viral. The Congress used this to mount an attack on the saffron party. The video clip of Ramya

Bengaluru Feb 7: Countering the BJP's claims that as many as 26 RSS/BJP workers had been murdered in the last four years, Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy told the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday that only nine Hindus had died in communal incidents during the said period. He also said that the 14 other deaths were due to various other reasons, including personal enmity or suicides. As the murders of

A court in the capital of India on Tuesday framed conspiracy and other terror charges against alleged Indian Mujahideen operative Yasin Bhatkal and eight others in a case of allegedly setting up an illegal arms factory in Delhi. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma framed the charges of conspiracy (section 18) and being a member of terrorist gang or organisation (section 20), punishable under