Karnataka

Bangalore, Mar 21: The second day of filing nominations for the April 17 Lok Sabha polls in the State witnessed four former chief ministers – M?Veerappa Moily, N?Dharam Singh (both Congress), B?S?Yeddyurappa and D?V?Sadananda Gowda (both BJP) ­– filing their nomination papers. In all, 28 candidates, including six sitting MPs, filed their papers on Thursday. While Moily, Singh and Gowda have

Jeddah, Mar 21: A 100-year-old woman in Saudi Arabia, who spent decades begging on the streets, has died leaving behind a secret fortune of gold coins, jewellery and a real estate portfolio worth a whopping USD 10,66,580. The blind woman had begged for 50 years on the streets of Jeddah, before she suddenly died at her home, leaving behind a sizable fortune. Known as Eisha, the beggar had amassed a

Bangalore, Mar 20: Making his wealth public a day before stepping into the fray, Infosys co-founder and Congress candidate from Bangalore South, Nandan Nilekani has declared that he and his wife Rohini Nilekani have assets worth Rs 7,700 crore. "I started out with 200 rupees in my pocket, when I graduated from IIT; ...we founded Infosys with Rs 10,000," Nilekani's media team, quoting him, said.

Chennai, Mar 20: The BJP on Thursday announced the formation of a six-party rainbow alliance for the April 24 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu, in its first-ever such electoral venture in the State where the turf has been largely dominated by the DMK and the AIADMK. The announcement about the sealing of the alliance was made by BJP president Rajnath Singh who described it as a 'historic ' moment for

Bangalore, Mar 20: The former Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy is likely to contest from the Chickballapur Lok Sabha constituency. Kumaraswamy said that he is in a dilemma as there is pressure on him to contest from Chickballapur, although initially he did not want to enter the electoral fray. Party workers had invited him to a convention in Chickballapur on Thursday

Kuwait, Mar 20: Presidents and office bearers of various Karnataka State Associations in Kuwait on Wednesday met visiting congress leader Ivan D 'Souza, Secretary of Karnataka State Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) and discussed the issue of deliberate or planned cancellation of Air India Express flights to Kuwait-Mangalore sector throwing away the travel plans of thousands of NRIs from Coastal

Mangalore, Mar 20: Thursday saw the filing of nomination papers of two candidates contesting for the Lok Sabha seat from Dakshina Kannada constituency. Sitting MP Nalin Kumar Kateel from BJP filed his nomination papers at the office of District Election officer A B Ibrahim to contest from the constituency for the second term. Nalin Kumar was accompanied by BJP district president Pratap Simha Nayak

Mangalore, Mar 20: BJP 's election office was inaugurated in the city on Thursday, prior to the filing of BJP candidate Nalin Kumar Kateel 's nomination before the District Election officer. The office was inaugurated by the party 's campaigning committee president Rukmaiah Poojary, in the presence of party leaders Nalin Kumar Kateel, Monappa Bhandary, N Yogish Bhat, Gangadhar Gowda, K Jayaram

New Delhi, Mar 20: One of India's best known raconteurs, Mr Singh was famous for his acid wit and liberal political views. His son Rahul Singh said he passed away peacefully at his home in Sujan Singh Park in Delhi. He will be cremated this afternoon. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called him a "gifted author, candid commentator and a dear friend". In a condolence message, he said, "He lived a

Jeddah, Mar 10: Disgruntled senior congress leader C K Jaffer Sharief, who was denied Congress ticket, is in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah. He arrived at Jeddah's King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) on Wednesday. A posse of NRIs including members of Indian Fraternity Forum welcomed him in the airport. Earlier, he had said he was miffed over denying congress ticket to contest