Karnataka

New Delhi, Mar 6: Ahead of forthcoming general elections, a group of prominent lawyers, activists, intellectuals, social, religious and political leaders from across the country on Wednesday asked the political parties to clear their stand on the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. They warned that if the Congress-led UPA and other political parties do not commit to their demand of

Mangalore/Udupi, Mar 6: Three persons died in separate accidents in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Wednesday. In first accident, Vishwas Naik (17) and his classmate Kaushik, both residents of Gutthedhar village, studying in Second PUC of Subramanya Junior College, were headed towards their college to collect their hall tickets when a speeding pick-up coming from the opposite direction

New Delhi, Mar 6: Fourteen AAP members were arrested after Delhi Police registered an FIR in connection with the clashes outside the BJP national headquarters here between supporters of the two parties that left 28 people injured. According to police sources, an FIR has been lodged at Parliament Street Police Station on Wednesday night against AAP protesters including leaders Ashutosh and Shazia

Udupi, Mar 6: Members of the district unit of the Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike (KKSV) staged a dharna in front of Clock Tower here on Wednesday demanding immediate action against those who repeatedly assaulted Muslim youths in the region. Addressing the protesters, G Rajashekhar, president of district unit of KKSV, said a person Haneef and his wife were assaulted at Trasi on February 23. In

Bangalore, Mar 6: Even after the Election Commission announcing the calendar of Lok Sabha polls, uncertainty continued in Karnataka BJP in finalizing its candidates for six pending constituencies. The saffron party has failed to finalize unanimously acceptable candidates for Udupi-Chikmagalur, Tumkur, Bidar, Hassan, Mandya and Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituencies so far. Meanwhile, at the party

Bangalore, Mar 6: Chief Election Officer Anil Kumar Jha on Wednesday set March 16 as the deadline for voters in Karnataka to register their names for exercising their franchise in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. “With the elections scheduled for April 17 in the State, we require at least a month for scrutinising the voters ' list. The last date for submission of forms to include fresh names in

Ahmadabad, Mar 5: Accused Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of being "anti-farmer" and "anti-common man" after police detained him briefly. The former Delhi chief minister hit out at the BJP's prime ministerial candidate after his 30-minute detention at a police station in Radhanpur in north Gujarat. The incident took place just hours after he began a four-day tour of Gujarat to test Modi's

Bangalore, Mar 5: With Karnataka set for one-day poll April 17 to elect 28 members to Lok Sabha, the Congress, the BJP and the JD-S are trying to speed up candidate selection but are hampered by infighting and efforts to zero in on the winnability factor of the contenders for a ticket. All the three parties have missed the grandiosely announced deadlines of releasing the candidates list well

Mangalore, Mar 5: The local unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleged that members of the police department including former SP Abhishek Goyal were involved in hushing up the alleged murder of an individual that took place two years ago, which was falsely portrayed as an accident. Speaking at a press conference here on Wednesday, district convenor of the party Robert Rosario said that a person named

Ahmedabad/Mumbai, Mar 5: Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was detained by Gujarat Police while he was on his way to Bhuj. However, he was released shortly afterwards. According to initial reports, Kejriwal was detained for violating the Model Code of Conduct which came into effect on Wednesday. His convoy was taken to Radhanpur police station. Undeterred by