Karnataka

Mumbai, Oct 20: Pritam Munde, the younger daughter of the late BJP leader Gopinath Munde, scripted history on Sunday with a record victory margin of around 7 lakh votes in the Lok Sabha by-elections from her father's home turf Beed. Pritam polled 9,22,416 votes, trouncing former Congress minister Ashok Patil, who secured 2,26,095 votes. The margin is even bigger than Prime Minister Narendra Modi's

Bangalore, Oct 20: Tirath Kumar (2:25:51s) and Shyamli Singh (3:16:18s) won the full marathon elite categories in the Shriram Properties Bengaluru Marathon, here on Sunday. The duo won Rs. 2 lakh each. Sudha Singh, the 2010 Asian Games 3,000m steeplechase gold medal winner, pocketed the women's elite half-marathon with a time of 1:18:23s. The results: Men: Full marathon: Elite: 1. Tirath Kumar (2

Bangalore, Oct 20: In a shocking incident, two teenage girls died after consuming pesticide on Saturday night at Pulikeshinagar in Bangalore under mysterious circumstances. Police identified the dead friends as Shazia Begum (18), a resident of Kushalnagar, K.G. Halli, and Rakhia Begum (18), a resident of D.J. Halli. They were pursuing first-year Bachelors in Business Management (BBM) at a private

Koppal, Oct 20: A former police constable, suspected to be mentally ill, allegedly tried to assault the former Minister and Yelburga MLA Basavaraj Rayareddy with a'chappal' at a function in Mudhol village in Koppal district on Saturday. According to T.D. Pawar, Superintendent of Police, the accused has been identified as Basavaraj K. Hosahalli, resident of Yelburga, who had left the police force

Chandigarh, Oct 20: Savitri Jindal, the richest woman in the country, lost from the Hisar assembly seat, officials said on Sunday. Ms Jindal, who was elected from Hisar in 2005 and 2009, and is a minister in the outgoing Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government in the state, lost to BJP candidate Kamal Gupta by 13,646 votes. Ms Jindal, who is the mother of billionaire industrialist-cum

Kasargod, Oct 20: Properties valued at Rs.10 lakh were destroyed in a major fire that broke out inside a medical shop near the new bus station here. The fire, inside a shop run by Muhammed Rafi, a resident of Eriyal here, was noticed around 11.30 p.m. on Saturday by a security person of a nearby hospital, who alerted the fire station. The firemen opened the shutter by breaking the lock. By then

Bangalore, Oct 20: BJP national vice president B?S?Yeddyurappa has said that the election results of Haryana and Maharashtra have yet again proved that the people have faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Interacting with the media in Bangalore, Yeddyurappa said the people have again rejected the Congress. The plans of Modi to make the country free of the Congress is becoming a reality. The

Mangalore: Oct 19: Karnataka BJP President Pralhad Joshi has termed the unprecedented success for saffron party in Maharashtra and Haryana as end of œhate politics  of Congress. Speaking to media persons after taking part in BJP Vijayotsava held in Mangalore on Sunday, he said that the strategies of BJP National President Amith Shah have worked. Inspite of losing the position of a opposition in

Mangalore, Oct 19: Two persons including a teenager were saved from drowning at Panambur beach on the outskirts of the city on Sunday by the lifeguards of Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project. The rescued are Narayana Nayak (35) son of Vaman Nayak, and Sadesh (14), son of Rajesh, both a residents of Nekkare Kaadu House at Vittal village in Bantwal taluk. The duo were swept away by a strong

Kasargod, Oct 19: Oommen Chandy, the chief minister of Kerala has owned up the responsibility for withdrawing the case against ABVP activists who had carried out bomb blast and attacked a circle inspector at MG College in Thiruvananthapuram in 2005. "The case was withdrawn on humanitarian grounds after completing legal formalities. The decision was taken since one of the accused was found to be