Karnataka

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

Bangalore, Mar 21: Infosys co-founder and Congress candidate Nandan Nilekani today filed his nominations for the Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency, where he is locked in a tough battle against five-time MP BJP's Ananth Kumar. "Everywhere I went, the refrain was - We want change now," said billionaire Nilekani, who had his political baptism only recently after overseeing implementation of

New Delhi, Mar 21: Congress today resurrected the "maut ka saudagar" barb against Narendra Modi, blaming him for the Godhra incident and the subsequent communal riots in Gujarat, and said the description fitted the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate. BJP had lost three bye-elections after Modi became Chief Minister but after that he "allowed" the Godhra train tragedy and the riots. "If you don't

Udupi, Mar 21: JD (S) candidate V Dhananjay Kumar filed nomination papers for election to Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency on Friday. Mr Kumar, former BJP MP from Dakshina Kannada constituency who was the first to open the Bharatiya Janata Party 's account in the district joined JD (S) recently. JD (S) supremo H D Deve Gowda announced his candidature on Thursday in Bangalore. After filing

Bantwal, Mar 21: A 31-year-old autorickshaw driver was hacked to death by a four-member gang near Polali-Kalpane in Bantwal taluk on Friday. Rajesh, a resident of Kalladka was among accused in the sensational Iqbal murder case. Iqbal, resident of Kelaginapete and also an autorickshaw driver was attacked and hacked to death on February 21, 2008 at Pachinadka in B-Mooda village in Bantwal. It is

Bangaore, Mar 21: A 25-year-old woman was brutally murdered by a 43-year-old man in full public view on the busy Race Course Road Thursday afternoon for reportedly refusing to marry him. The victim, a computer operator at the Bangalore Turf Club (BTC), has been identified as Sunitha, a resident of Tavarekere on Magadi road. The accused has been identified as Dhanaraj, a driver with a private firm

Bangalore, Mar 21: Kannada film actor Rakshita joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday in the presence of senior leaders. Ms Rakshita, who was president of the women 's wing of the BSR Congress, had recently joined the Janata Dal (Secular) after the former denied her ticket to contest the Assembly election. She was upset with the JD(S) too as it allegedly ignored her plea for ticket for the

Bangalore, Mar 21: The Janata Dal (Secular) on Thursday formally announced the names of 15 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in the State, including the names of the former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda from Hassan and V Dhananjaya Kumar from Udupi-Chikmagalur. Mr Gowda told presspersons here that candidates for the remaining constituencies would be announced in a few days. The party was

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