Karnataka

Mangalore/Udupi, Apr 19: As many as 12 nomination papers in Dakshina Kannada and one nomination paper in Udupi district have been rejected during the scrutiny process of the nomination papers filed by the candidates contesting the assembly election. A total of 87 candidates in Dakshina Kannada and 97 candidates in Udupi had submitted their nomination papers. According to information available at

Mangalore, April 19: Two women including a Mangalore based teacher were brutally murdered over a domestic dispute in Bangalore. Noted veena player B M Chandrashekhar has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing his wife Preethi (38), a native of Mangalore and her cousin Veda (37). Chandrashekar and Preethi were married for three years and had no children. For Chandrashekar, it was his

Bangalore, April 19: A five-year-old girl was killed on Thursday morning after being struck in the throat by a flying shrapnel from a BBMP work site next to her grandparents' house at Indiranagar in Basaveshwarnagar police limits. According to police, Akshitha, a native of Shravanabelagola in Hassan district, had come to stay with her grandparents during summer vacation. The accident occurred when

Bangalore, Apr 19: Young and suave Priya Krishna, seeking re-election as Congress candidate from a city constituency for May 5 Assembly polls, has retained his status of the richest candidate with assets of over Rs. 910 crore. Krishna, in the fray from Govindrajnagar segment, appears to be the "most eligible bachelor" among the candidates who have filed their nominations. His wealth was declared

New Delhi, Apr 19: Attacking Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his "false claims" about development of the state, Congress leader Digvijay Singh accused him of hiring public relations companies to boost his image and to spread wrong facts about the state. Accusing Modi of spending huge amounts on his publicity, Singh said, "Today's world is of media and public relations. Narendra Modi has

New Delhi, Apr 18: Investigators probing the Bangalore blast have tracked down the owner of the motorcycle where the bomb was planted but no one has been arrested so far in connection with yesterday's explosion. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today said that with the help of Tamil Nadu Police, the first buyer of the motorcycle has been traced and then the second buyer and from there they traced

Mangalore, Apr 18: After having deserted the JD(S) following high drama in terms of internal conflict, M G Hegde and his group of supporters are all set to join Congress again. Mr Hegde, who had migrated from Congress to JD(S) last year, had been appointed as JD(S) state secretary by H D Kumaraswamy. However, he had quit JD(S) last month along with former minister B Nagaraj Shetty and others in

Bangalore, April 18: The Karnataka government Thursday announced a reward of Rs.5 lakh to anyone providing credible information on the blast near the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) office in the city, in which 16 people were injured. "We will reward Rs.5 lakh to anyone providing credible information on the bomb blast that would help us in cracking the case and arresting the suspects," state

Mangalore, Apr 18: A 25-year-old working woman was allegedly strangled to death in her boy-friend's room at Bejai-Kapikad in Mangalore. The victim has been identified as Anjana, who was working as assistant manager at Katipalla branch of Syndicate Bank. A native of Kerala, Anjana was staying in the bank quarters at Gandhinagar. Anjana had gone missing since last Wednesday and her mother had filed

Mangalore, Apr 18: Popular support for Congress party has grown twofold this time and the party will come to power with a thumping majority in the upcoming Assembly elections, Veerappa Moily, Union Petroleum Minister has said. He was speaking to media persons during his visit to the Congress party's Mangalore (South) Assembly constituency election office in the city on Thursday. Mr. Moily said