Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 11: Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy today accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led union government of tapping phones of Congress leaders in the state ahead of the assembly elections due early this year. "I have been saying since long that in Karnataka, phones of some people are getting tapped. We are aware how they are tapping," Reddy said. "Probably as elections are

Vijayapura, Jan 11: All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary K C Venugopal, who is political in-charge of party affairs in Karnataka, ruled out banning Popular Front of India (PFI) as demanded by opposition Bharatiya Janata Party in the State. Stating that there was no question of banning PFI in the State, Mr Venugopal told newsmen on Thursday that the demand by BJP needs to be

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee chief Dr G Parameshwara on Thursday said that there was nothing wrong in Siddaramaiah claiming that he will be the next chief minister. Speaking to reporters at Kalaburagi, Parameshwara, who is also a CM aspirant, however said that the final decision would be taken in the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting. He said that the government can go public with

Bengaluru, Jan 11: Former Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) chairman Nandan Nilekani said there was an "orchestrated campaign" to malign Aadhaar. He was reacting to the filing of an FIR on The Tribune newspaper report relating to an Aadhaar data breach. "There is 100% an orchestrated campaign to see how Aadhaar gets maligned, yes absolutely," Nilekani told ET Now on the sidelines of

A massive disaster was barely averted on Thursday when the Air Traffic Control at the Mangaluru Airport spotted a vacant tractor parked on the runway just as a Mumbai-bound Jet Airways flight was about to takeoff. According to news agency ANI, the tractor - used for cutting grass beside the runway, was parked at the end of the runway without anyone inside. A Jet Airways flight had taxied to the

Kalaburagi, Jan 11: KPCC President Dr G Parameshwara said that BJP National President Amit Shah's assurance to party workers saying 'Do what I say and I will bring you victory', had given raise to suspicion. Speaking to reporters in Kalaburagi on Thursday, state Congress chief alleged that BJP had plotted to misuse electronic voting machines (EVMs) and to win the election. "We will appeal to the

Bengaluru Jan 11: The state BJP will launch a 'jail bharo' agitation on Friday if Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC Working President Dinesh Gundu Rao do not apologise for comparing RSS and BJP to terrorists. BJP State General Secretary Shobha Karnadlaje told reporters that party workers will hit the streets with the slogan "nanu BJP nanu RSS". "If the government considers us terrorists then

Chikkamagaluru, Jan 11: K Annamalai, the superintendent of police of Chikkamagaluru has warned the saffron groups without naming them against trying to mislead people and pressurize police in connection with the death of Dhanyashree, a 20-year-old student of Mudigere’s DSBG college. Dhanyashree, who belongs to Hindu community, had committed suicide on Saturday after group of Hindutva chauvinists

Bengaluru Jan 11: Award-winning environmentalist Saalumarada Thimmakka has sought an appointment with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to return a cheque of Rs 10 lakh that was presented to her, to meet her medical expenses. She has also sought that the government withdraw her monthly old age pension benefit. The 106-year-old is upset with the government for its nonchalance concerning her health and

Bengaluru, Jan 11: JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday said that if his party is voted to power in the upcoming elections, his government would waive Rs 51,000 crore crop loans obtained by farmers of the state. Addressing a youth rally in Devanahalli in Bengaluru Rural district, he said both the BJP and the Congress lacked concern for farmers. Though more than 3,000 farmers had