Karnataka

New Delhi, Mar 22: Author and senior journalist M J Akbar today joined BJP in the presence of party president Rajnath Singh. Akbar, who was a Congress MP from Kishanganj in Bihar between 1989 and 1991, switched over to the BJP bandwagon ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. He was Congress party spokesperson in 1989 ahead of Lok Sabha polls. He said that he has come back in politics for its policies and

New Delhi, Mar 22: Senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh is likely to resign from the party tomorrow, said sources . He is reportedly upset over not being allowed to contest from his home constituency. Mr Singh, 76, wanted to contest what is likely to be his last election, from Barmer, the constituency in Rajasthan where he was born. But the BJP ignored that and instead decided to field Colonel (Retd.)

Bantwal, Mar 22: A large number of Congress activists took to street and submitted a memorandum to Superintendent of Police demanding to arrest RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat immediately for the provocative speech he made in the Hindu Samjotsava at various places. Condemning Bhat's hate speech, they said that the RSS leader has hurt the religious sentiments of minorities. Calling the series of

Columbia, Mar 22: Colombia's eight-month-old Santiago Mendoza weighs 20 kg — a bodyweight normally associated with children much older. His doctors have prescribed a diet schedule for him following health concerns. Now he has been taken from his mum by a charity which says it is "rescuing" the 20 kg youngster so he can have life-saving treatment. Mother Eunice Fandiño admitted that her own

Mangalore, Mar 22: Controversies have continued haunt to M R Vasudeva, the AAP candidate for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, with several activists questioning his relationship with Sangh Parivar and NaMo Brigade. Vidya Dinker, Convenor of Coastal Karnataka Forum for People 's Development has said that though her organisation was in support of the AAP which is fighting corruption and

Bangalore, Mar 22: Janata Dal?(Secular) national president H?D?Deve Gowda is rolling his dice carefully while picking the disgruntled leaders of other parties to the party fold. He has not allowed his son H?D?Kumaraswamy to do the calculations this time around. On Friday, he got back Mahima Patel, son of late chief minister J H?Patel, into the party and fielded him in Davangere. Gowda went to

Mysore, Mar 22: The Mysore district Congress committee has urged the District Election Officer to initiate action against the BJP candidate Pratap Simha for his reported incendiary statements during campaigning. Citing media reports, the Congress said his statements were provocative in nature. It was meant to instigate people for votes and violated the election code of conduct, they alleged

Bangalore, Mar 22: The police on Friday claimed to have solved the murder case of Rector Fr K J Thomas of St Peter Pontifical Seminary at Malleswaram when they arrested two priests and a seminarian. The suspects murdered Fr Thomas on March 31, 2013, as he was allegedly sidelining them and ensuring prominent positions at the institution for his close aides, Director General and Inspector General of

Mangalore, Mar 21: The officers of Customs at Mangalore International Airport (MIA) have busted another modus operandi and detected concealment of gold in the baggage's of the two passenger coming from Dubai on Friday. The seizure was worth Rs 15.78 lakh. The officials seized gold weighing 529.640 grams in two separate cases totally valued at Rs.15.78 lakh. In the first case, the officers seized

New Delhi, Mar 21: Releasing its ninth list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday said it was fielding Shivakumar Giriyappa Malagi against the BJP's B. Sriramulu in Bellary in Karnataka in what is expected to be a high-profile contest. Sriramulu's BSR Congress, which he had floated after quitting the BJP, was merged with the saffron party recently despite