Karnataka

New Delhi, Apr 13: The BJP today won the assembly bypolls in Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Assam while it was leading in Rajasthan as results poured in for the nine seats where elections were held on Sunday. There was some solace for the Congress in Karnataka where it won both the seats. By-elections were held in nine Assembly constituencies in seven states on Sunday, besides the

Mangaluru, April 13: KMC Hospitals Mangaluru gave fresh lease of life to 75 year old Mr. Rama Rao by removing a musk melon size 14 cm long tumor present in the right lobe of his liver. The surgery lasted for 12 grueling hours and was performed by competent team of expert doctors led by Dr Samesh Padman Surgical Gastroenterologist, Liver & Pancreas Surgeon, KMC Hospital and Dr Satyanarayana N

New Delhi, Apr 13: The Supreme Court today allowed R K Raghavan, who was heading the apex-court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe 2002 Gujarat riots cases, to be relieved as the head of the team. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul considered the submission of senior advocate Harish Salve, who is assisting the court as an amicus

San Francisco, Apr 13: Facebook has said it has started weeding out bogus accounts by watching for suspicious behavior such as repetitive posts or torrents of messages. The security improvement was described as being part of a broader effort to rid the leading social network of hoaxes, misinformation, and fake news by making sure people are who they claim to be. "We've found that when people

Bengaluru, Apr 13: BJP State President B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday said that the party has failed to impress upon the people. "It has hurt us that a senior leader like V Srinivas Prasad should face defeat in Nanjangud contituency. But our aim to secure 150 seats in the next assembly elections remains firm", said Yeddyurappa. BJP leader and former deputy chief minister R Ashoka alleged that the

Mysuru, Apr 13: The Bharatiya Janata Party has admitted its failure in Nanjangud and Gundlupet as the ruling Congress managed to retain both assembly constituencies. Byelection in Nanjangud was necessitated due to the resignation of Srinivas Prasad as the Congress MLA. He later quit Congress and joined BJP to contest the bypoll. And lost it too. In Gundlupet, bypoll is necessitated due to the

Mysuru, Apr 13: In a major blow to Bharatiya Janata Party and those who rebelled against Congress leadership recently, Karnataka’s ruling Congress won the Nanjangud and Gundlupet assembly bypolls by a huge margin, counting for which was held on Thursday. The bypolls had turned into a proxy battle between Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa to reassert

Ballari, April 13: BJP MP B Sreeramulu voted in favour of Congress candidate G?Venkataramana in the mayoral elections held here on Wednesday. Sreeramulu, who exercised his franchise along with Congress legislators Allum Veerabhadrappa, Anil Lad, N?Y Gopalakrishna and K?C?Kondaiah defended his stand. “I support the Congress faction from which Venkataramana has been elected. I voted in his favour as

Gadag, Apr 13: A farmer’s attempt to rejuvenate a borewell that had gone dry left his son and a daily wage worker dead as they were buried alive after earth caved in at Savadi village of Ron taluk of Gadag district on Wednesday. Tragedy struck the family twice the same day, as farmer Basappa Banad’s elder brother, Sangappa Banad (uncle of the deceased), died of heart attack after hearing the

Bengaluru, Apr 13: A baby diaper dispenser in a toilet at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) took Bengaluru Customs sleuths by surprise when they opened it during an inspection on Monday . The dispenser had gold bars and jewellery studded with diamonds and precious stones worth Rs 2.06 crore. A passenger from Tamil Nadu has been apprehended and the role of an airport `insider' is suspected