Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 21: Congress leader C M Ibrahim today filed his nomination for the Legislative Council bypoll scheduled on August 31. He was accompanied by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Karnataka PCC President G Parameshwara and Working President Dinesh Gundu Rao. Congress President Sonia Gandhi had approved Ibrahim's name for the bypoll on August 18. The filing of nomination had begun on

Mangaluru, Aug 21: Even though Karnataka government has set aside Rs 3,399.36 lakh for acquisition of 396.67 acres of land for the expansion of Mangaluru International Airport, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) has reportedly postponed its plan of runway expansion. In a fresh development, AAI chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra has written to Karnataka Chief Secretary Subhash Chandra Khuntia saying

Udupi, Aug 21: Veteran journalist P Sainath has expressed frustration over Indian media’s reluctance to cover rural issues. The Magsaysay award winner was delivering a special lecture on the topic — “The story of rural India in digital age”— here on Sunday. The lecture was organised as part of the endowment lecture series “Talluru Nudimale – 2017” by the Tallur Family Trust. Mr. Sainath said that

Vijayapura, Aug 21: Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda has said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led government has failed on all fronts, including in controlling the violence in Dakshina Kannada district. Speaking to media persons here Gowda that Janata Dal (Secular) was all set to counter the strategies of both Congress and BJP in upcoming Assembly polls. The list of JD(S) candidates for polls

Udupi, Aug 21: Vishwesha Tirtha Swami, the pontiff of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit after a successful surgical procedure for hernia at Kasturba Hospital in Manipal on Sunday. Meanwhile, a group of Muslims offered prayers at the entrance of Kasturba Hospital seeking good health for the seer. Raghuram Acharya, Dewan of Pejawar Mutt, said that the 87-year-old Vishwesha

Madikeri, Aug 21: A former hockey player from Kodagu was allegedly stabbed to death by his wife over some dispute in Malad suburb located in the northern part of Mumbai. 52-year-old Chenanda Naveen Appaiah and his wife Amita had an argument over some issue at around 1 pm yesterday. The dispute escalated into a fight and during the scuffle, Amita stabbed her husband, said a police official. "Even

Mangaluru, Aug 21: Muhammed Mashook, a 13-year-old student, who was involved in a car and motorbike collision at Uppala in Kasaragod district, died at a hospital in Mangaluru. Mashook, a class VI student of Delta English Medium School at Majeswaram, and son of Rafeeq, a resident of nearby Morathana locality, sustained grievous injuries as the motorbike he was riding pillion with a close relative

Bengaluru, Aug 21: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered an FIR against officials of Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) and Public Works Department (PWD), in a case where a prime property allotted to the KMF by the PWD has been leased to realtors. The KMF had leased two acres and 16.74 guntas of land out of the four acres and 14 guntas allotted to it in Koramangala, Bengaluru, to a real

Bengaluru, Aug 21: A pre-poll survey conducted by a private research organisation in Karnataka has revealed that the Congress will emerge as the single largest party and also secure a majority by winning 120-132 seats if Assembly polls were to be held today. The survey conducted by C fore was posted on the organisation’s website on Sunday and also did the rounds in Whatsapp groups created by the

Bengaluru, Aug 21: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said the reservation policy will have to continue as long as caste system exists in society. Speaking after presenting the D Devaraj Urs Award-2017 to former Union Minister M Mallikarjun Kharge at the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, Siddaramaiah blamed the BJP for working against equality in society and charged the party of taking a stand