Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 14: Renowned playback singer Shankar Mahadevan and his team enthralled the audience with their numbers during Alva’s Virasat at Moodbidri on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. The second day of the 24th edition of the cultural extravaganza saw a packed audience at Vanajakshii Shripathi Bhat open air auditorium at Puttige. Alva’s Education Foundation, Moodbidri, has been

Udupi, Jan 13: Members of the Udupi District Muslim Paryaya Souharda Samiti took out a ‘Horekanike’ procession from Jodu Katte to the Rajangana parking space here on Friday. In Horekanike, people offer donations of foodgrains and vegetables for the Paryaya festival. Vidyadheesha Tirtha Swami of Palimar Mutt will be ascending the Paryaya Peetha at the 800-year-old Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple on January

Bengaluru, Jan 13: Former Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde today "wholly" condemned the action of four senior judges in going public over internal matters of the judiciary, saying it affected the reputation of the institution and may amount to contempt of court. Questioning their action, he said internal matters of the judiciary should not have been brought to the public for discussion because

New Delhi, Jan 13: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the Congress Party is confident of winning and serving a second term in office in the state. The chief minister, along with Karnataka Congress-in-charge K.C. Venugopal and others arrived here this morning to meet Congress President Rahul Gandhi. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Siddaramaiah said the Congress

Bengaluru, Jan 13: Several Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, including Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Sabha MP Shobha Karandlaje, were detained here on Saturday when they were protesting against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over his remarks against the saffron terrorists. The protesters raised slogans against Siddaramaiah and called him anti-Hindu. They said that the CM is trying to woo

New Delhi, Jan 13: Congress president Rahul Gandhi will launch the first leg of his party's poll campaign in Karnataka on February 10, the state unit chief of the party, G Parameshwara, said here today. The Karnataka polls are expected to be held in March- April. The dates for polling to the 225-member state Assembly are yet to be announced by the Election Commission (EC). Parameshwara was in the

Within a day after four senior judges of Supreme Court broke their silence on alleged corruption in judiciary and warned that democracy in India is at stake, the mainstream media across India in general and poll-bound state of Karnataka in particular, have been successful in diverting the people’s attention by focusing on porn star-turned-Bollywood super star Sunny Leone. India Today on Saturday

Bengaluru, Jan 13: Not only previous governments, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah led Congress government too has indulged in rampant illegal mining, according to former chief minister and JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy. Speaking to media persons here on Saturday, Mr Kumaraswamy, who is also facing illegal mining charges, claimed that iron ore wroth over Rs 5,000 crore has been illegally lifted

Mudigere, Jan 13: Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje has urged the police not to arrest “innocents” in connection with the death of Dhanyashree, who had committed suicide last week after being tortured and threatened by the goons of saffron outfits. Addressing presspersons during her visit to Mudigere, the hardline BJP leader said the police have arrested persons who had been to the girl’s

Hassan, Jan 13: At least eight persons including two women died and around a dozen passengers suffered injuries when a KSRTC Airavata Bus fell off a bridge near Karekere on National Highway 75 in Hassan taluk around 3.30 am on Saturday. The bus was heading to Dharmastala from Bengaluru. The police and ambulance reached the spot after nearby residents alerted them. Sources said that seven people