Karnataka

Chennai, Mar 28: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Centre and Election Commission on a plea by NRI voters seeking postal ballots in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The apex court has asked the Attorney General to inform it by April 7 the feasibility of postal ballot for registered NRI voters to vote from abroad. The petition filed in the Supreme Court is based on a report published

New Delhi, Mar 29: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Centre and Election Commission on a plea by NRI voters seeking postal ballots in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The apex court has asked the Attorney General to inform it by April 7 the feasibility of postal ballot for registered NRI voters to vote from abroad. "A SC bench comprising Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Justice Vikramajit

Bangalore, Mar 29: The State government is closely monitoring the activities of the Sri Rama Sene and will ban it if it indulges in illegal activities, Home Minister K.J. George has said. This follows a demand by the Goa unit of the Congress to ban the Hindutva outfit in Karnataka. The government will look into the demand and decide the course of action if something goes wrong, said Mr George on

Saharanpur (UP), Mar 29: Congress Lok Sabha candidate Imran Masood was on Saturday arrested on charges of hate speech in which he threatened to “chop” Narendra Modi “into pieces”, remarks that led to an FIR being filed against him by police besides sparking an outrage. Mr. Masood was arrested in the early hours, police said. Congress had distanced itself from the remarks by Mr. Masood, who is

Bangalore, Mar 29: A realtor-cum-financier allegedly murdered his wife and two children by injecting them with poison and then killed himself by hanging at his residence at Vakil Garden near Talaghattapura in Ramanagar district late on Thursday night. Police gave the names of the victims as Kaushik P Sharma, 40; his wife Srilatha, 36; son Kaustubh, 9; and daughter Sriraksha, 11. The police found a

New Delhi, Mar 28: A fresh controversy erupted in BJP with senior leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi making an angry outburst against induction of expelled JD(U) leader Sabir Ali whom he called a “friend” of Yasin Bhatkal and mocked that Dawood Ibrahim could be the next entrant. Naqvi, a muslim face and Vice President of the party, termed Ali 's entry into BJP as a “mistake” and demanded its reversal. BJP

Mangalore, Mar 28: Kannada columnist Prof Bhuvaneshwari Hegde inspired and urged jail inmates to look at life in a lighter vein amidst the troubles of life, and maintain a cheerful outlook to develop a healthy mind and conscience. Speaking at Vikasan ' - a personality development programme for prison inmates in the premises of District Prison, Mangalore on a Friday afternoon, she shared her

Bhiwani (Haryana), Mar 28: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal was reportedly attacked by an unidentified man during his election rally in Haryana on Friday. The assaulter got near the open vehicle in which Kejriwal was travelling during the road show and tried to hit him. Aam Aadmi Party supporters retaliated by beating the attacker. The incident took place in Charkhi Dadri. The former Delhi

Mangalore, Mar 28: With the withdrawal of nomination of independent candidate Iruvail Chandrahas Shetty, there are now 16 candidates contesting for the Lok Sabha seat from Dakshina Kannada district, said deputy commissioner and district election office A B Ibrahim. Speaking at a press conference at his office here on Friday, he said that the Election Commission of India (ECI) had appointed an

Mangalore, Mar 28: The quarter final event of the comedy reality show Bale Thelipaale Season-II ' was held on March 23, Sunday at Shastavu Shree Bhoothanaeshwara Temple premises at Badaga Yedapadavu, Mijar, Mangalore. The programme is jointly organised by the Temple Trust in association with Namma TV. A total of 16 teams have now made it to the Semi Finals of the event. As many as 24 teams