Karnataka

Udupi, Apr 13: With barely one week to go for voting, infighting in the Udupi unit of Janata Dal (Secular) has deepened with four of leaders resigning from the primary membership of the party. Barkur Satish Poojary, Louis Lobo, Kukkikatte Diwakar Salian and Lancy Fernandes, who were known leaders of JD(S) in Udupi, quit the party and decided not to support former Sangh Parivar leader V Dhananjay

Kasargod, Apr 13: Two days after the election in the Kasargod Lok Sabha constituency, isolated incidents of clash and arson were reported from parts of the town. Abdulla Kunhi (60), a Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) activist, suffered serious injuries after he was stabbed allegedly by Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) activists at Chowki locality here late Friday night. Abdulla Kunhi

Mangalore, Apr 13: With each political party looking to woo electorates in the best possible ways in the last days before the general elections on April 17, the district Congress committee and its members took up a novel way to reach out to the people of the city. Led by district president B Ramanath Rai and Mangalore South MLA J R Lobo, party members visited most of the auto-rickshaw parking

Bellary/Bangalore, Apr 13: The ''Republic of Bellary'' once again lived up to its dubious distinction as a one-time illegal mining haven, with a huge haul of cash, financial instruments and valuables worth Rs 18.80 crore in three separate raids in the last 24 hours. Also, explosives allegedly meant for booth capturing were recovered from a warehouse. Breaking their previous record of seizing Rs 1

Bantwal, Apr 12: Five persons belonging to both communities were arrested by police in connection with recent communal clashes in Kalladka town of Bantwal taluk. The arrested have been identified as Haris, Siddeeq, Amith Poojary, Pushparaj and Rajesh. All the five were produced before a court, which remanded them to judicial custody. Kalladka had witnessed communal clashes on Thursday night and

Mangalore, Apr 12: In the wake of a tense situation prevailing in Kalladka in Bantwal taluk due to clashes between groups of two communities, former minister B Nagaraj Shetty alleged that police personnel in Dakshina Kannada were being misused by the ruling Congress party for intentionally booking BJP party workers with false charges of attempt to murder in communally-sensitive towns such as

Bangalore, Apr 12: The man who steered a mammoth programme to give a billion Indians an identity card is battling heavy odds in his bid to reinvent himself with his political foray as he faces a high-octane contest for the Bangalore South Lok Sabha seat in the April 17 polls. Billionaire Infosys co-founder and face of UPA's marquee programme "Aadhar" Nandan Nilekani has turned what was initially

Bantwal, Apr 12: There is a joint conspiracy of BJP and SDPI behind recent communal violence in Kalladka town, accused local unit of Congress party. Addressing a press meet here on Saturday, Zilla Panchayat member Chandraprakash Shetty said that triggering communal violence between two communities is an apparent attempt to divide secular votes, which would ultimately prove beneficial for communal

Mangalore, Apr 12: Reproaching Congress LS candidate B Janardhan Poojary for making repeated attempts at maligning the character of prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, BJP state vice-president Sulochana Bhat said that such statements did not befit a senior Congressman. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, she accused Mr Poojary of indulging in vote-bank politics by promising

Bangalore, Apr 12: In a controversial statement, Janata Dal (Secular) national president H?D?Deve Gowda said that support of regional parties like JD(S) was necessary for BJP, Congress or third front to form the government at the centre. Speaking at a press conference after the release of JD(S) manifesto in Bangalore Mr Gowda said: “I firmly believe that every political party needs to take the