Karnataka

Bhatkal, Apr 10: Two girls and a man from Bhatkal were apprehended by the Customs officials at the Chennai airport on Wednesday night for attempting to smuggle gold biscuits and jewellery worth Rs 1.5 crore. Customs sources in Chennai Airport said the Air Intelligence Unit received specific information about smuggling of gold from Southeast Asian destinations, following which they increased their

New Delhi, Apr 10: Millions voted across 14 states and union territories Thursday in the third round of parliamentary elections to pick 91 of the country's 543 MPs. An estimated quarter of the 191 million electorate had voted by noon in five hours of balloting, with long queues of men and women seen right from the time the polling centres opened at 7 in the morning. Voting picked up rapidly even

Kasargod, Apr 10: In what could be a sign of the intensity of the electoral battle Kerala has witnessed in the 16th Lok Sabha elections, heavy polling was reported from all the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state by noon. As against roughly 35 per cent votes polled by 1 p.m. in the last Lok Sabha elections in 2009, as much as 40 per cent votes were polled by 12 noon, according to Election

Bangalore, Apr 10: BJP national president Rajnath Singh on Wednesday demanded an apology from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for calling the party 's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Narahanthaka ' (mass murderer). “It is appalling that a person who holds a constitutional post can make such remarks about a person. The BJP demands that either he should apologise or the Election Commission (EC

Dubai, Apr 10: A mother in Dubai has been reunited with her nine-year-old daughter with the help of Naif police after three years of separation. Within 24 hours Naif Police tracked down the daughter after the mother sought their help. The mother had to leave the country after her divorce and her former husband had cancelled her residency visa. She came to Dubai on a tourist visa for a week and

New Delhi: BJP 's manifesto threatens the principles of democracy and secularism upon which Indian constitution is based, said Popular Front National chairman K M Shareef in a press release. He said that BJP, lack of vision or creative steps for the future of the country and threatened by the presence of new generation political parties, is adopting communal politics again as an easy way to win

Mangalore, Apr 9: To boost the polling percentage of Dakshina Kannada district which stands at 13th position in the state, the Systematic Voters ' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) committee in the district will take up various awareness programmes such as a beach run programme to promote the significance of voting, said Zilla Panchayat CEO and SVEEP committee president Tulasi

Bangalore, Apr 10: A notorious rowdy, who was found involved in campaigning for a political party on Tuesday night, was taken into preventive custody by Bharathinagar police on Wednesday. Brigade ' Azam, 40, a resident of Pulikeshinagar and a dealer in used cars, was seen campaigning for Bangalore Central Congress candidate Rizwan Arshad in an open jeep near Nagawara Junction on Tuesday night. The

Vadodara, Apr 10: Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi in an affidavit filed before the Election Commission showed himself as a married man revealing that his wife's name is Jashodaben. In an affidavit submitted along with his nomination papers filed on Wednesday for Vadodara Lok Sabha seat, Modi for the first time stated that he is married. So far, Modi used to leave

Mangalore, Apr 9: KPCC general secretary Ivan D 'Souza said that the district Congress committee had filed a written complaint with the District Election Officer about cases of enrollment of fake voters in few areas of Sullia taluk in Dakshina Kannada constituency where fake voters had been registered in the voter 's list. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, he said that the party