Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 23: Kannada actor Upendra’s will register his new political party - Uttama Praja Party (UPP) - with the Election Commission of India soon. The name of the political party matches with “Uppi” as Upendra is popularly known. The missing “I” is dilebrate. The tag line of the party is Upendra telling his potential voters, “Because ‘I’ will have no place in Uttama Praja Party as it is by

Fans of Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked actor-turned-politician Ramya on social media after the former Mandya MP indirectly criticised the PM’s indifference towards flood victims. Ramya in fact earned the wrath of the Modi bhakts by announcing a reward for any photo that showed PM Modi with victims of floods in any part of the country. Volunteers of the BJP’s social media cell responded to

Udupi, Aug 23: After being discharged from the Kasturba Hospital in Manipal on Tuesday, Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt spent time at the Vadiraja Mandira located next to the Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple complex by reading books and chanting mantras. The 87-year-old seer had undergone surgical procedure for hernia on Sunday. Though the seer has been discharged, the doctors have advised

Los Angeles, Aug 23: A jury in United States has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $417 million to a hospitalised woman who claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in the company’s iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly for feminine hygiene. The verdict in the lawsuit brought by the California woman, Eva Echeverria, marks the largest sum awarded in a series of talcum

Bengaluru, Aug 23: The imminent entry of seven ticket-monger rebel JD(S) MLAs into the Congress has created a sense of insecurity among several Congress leaders in Karnataka. Senior leaders in the ruling party have commenced lobbying for ticket for their loyalists and kin for the 2018 Assembly elections. The JD(S) rebel legislators will officially join the Congress soon and they have been

Madikeri, Aug 23: When the ruling Congress in Karnataka was considering action against T P Ramesh, chairman of Karnataka Silk Marketing Board Limited, who was caught misbehaving with MLC Veena Achaiah during the Independence Day celebrations at Madikeri, the latter has quit the party. Apart from quitting the post as board chairman, Ramesh also resigned from the primary membership of the party

Belagavi, Aug 23: The mega Lingayat convention and rally organized at Lingaraj College Grounds here on Tuesday to put pressure on the state and central governments to accord the separate religion status to the community saw lakhs of people converging from different parts of Karnataka and neighbouring states. However, BJP leaders stayed away from the event. The convention concluded with a single

Mangaluru, Aug 23: One of the prime accused in the murder of RSS activist Sharath Madiwala was arrested by the Dakshina Kannada police on Tuesday. With this, the police have arrested 10 persons in connection with the case. Superintendent of Police C.H. Sudheer Kumar Reddy gave the name of the prime accused as Sharief, 20, son of Ismail, a resident of Alady near Sajipamunnoor in Bantwal. He was

Bengaluru, Aug 22: The state BJP leaders on Monday complained to Governor Vajubhai Vala against the state government for “misusing” the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) to target its leaders and urged him to order a high-level enquiry into the issue. Besides, the party urged the Governor to direct the government to immediately suspend Director General of Police (ACB) M N Reddi and remove adviser to

Bengaluru, Aug 22: He brings alive drab political speeches in public with wit, sarcasm as well as Basavanna's vachanas and Sanskrit shlokas. The unopposed election of Congress candidate C M Ibrahim to the Karnataka legislative council (formal announcement of his election will be on August 24) from the assembly set at rest speculation of his quitting the party as the JD(S) and BJP were reportedly