Karnataka

Mangalore, Apr 13: Indira (40), a housewife, who had sustained 60 per cent burn injuries in Perne LPG tanker inferno earlier this week, breathed her last on Saturday morning in a private hospital in Mangalore, after battling for life for five days. With this, the death toll in the mishap has gone up to 10. Meanwhile, the condition of Hajima (70) with 50 per cent burn injuries, continues to be

Bangalore, Apr 13: A total of 40 out of 194 candidates of the BJP and Congress contesting the May five Assembly elections have criminal cases against them, according to NGOs -- Karnataka Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). They released an analysis of the first list of BJP and Congress candidates, focusing on the criminal and financial assets of the re-contesting

Bangalore, Apr 13: Sandalwood actor Rakshita, who is the probable BSR Congress candidate from Chamarajanagar Assembly constituency is most likely to jump into Bharatiya Janata Party. Sources in the party said Rakshita had got an offer from the BJP?to join the party and that the actor recently met Deputy Chief Minister R Ashoka in this regard. Rakshita, who is also the women's wing chief of BSR

Bantwal, April 13: The officials of Department of Mines and Geology have tracked down illegal sand transportation which was taking place from the construction site of Thumbe vented dam on Friday. The action came following receipt of a complaint at the election public grievance cell set up by the district administration. Vijaylaxmi Constructions of Mysore had taken the contract of work at Thumbay

Mangalore, Apr 13: As the death toll in the Perne tanker inferno rose to nine, the district unit of AHINDA, a federation of minorities, backward classes and Dalits, demanded immediate compensation for injured persons and affected families, along with kin of victims in the tragedy which took place on Tuesday. Addressing mediapersons here on Friday, president of AHINDA Lolaksha said that the

Bangalore, Apr 13: The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has stayed the recent transfer of former Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner N Prakash and 11 other IAS officers by the State government. The government had transferred 12 deputy commissioners on the recommendation of the Election Commission (EC). Challenging the transfer order, the petitioners had moved the CAT, saying that the

Bangalore, Apr 12: Opposition Congress is facing difficulty in finalising 47 candidates for the Karnataka Assembly elections in the backdrop of intense lobbying by senior party leaders in the high-stake polls. The principal opposition in Karnataka, which sees prospects of dislodging the BJP government by putting up a united front, announced a list of 177 candidates last Friday. The party, however

Mangalore, Apr 12: Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha has urged the areca growers to pay not heed to the rumours being spread by some leaders and members of certain organizations that court has denied waiving off of their loans. Addressing media persons at a news conference in Mangalore on Friday, Sachin Meega, Vice-President, Kisan Khet Mazdoor Congress said that although the High Court of Karnataka

Mangalore, Apr 12: Bharatiya Janata Party, which has already kicked started its campaign for May 5 Assembly polls, has been chalking out intensive strategy to bring minority dominant Mangalore (erstwhile Ullal) constituency under its fold. The rumours of the BJP trying to snatch away the constituency from the hands of the Congress by dividing secular and Muslim votes through pushing more Muslim

Shimoga, Apr 12: Days after making an alleged "hate speech" against a minority community, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa was slapped with a criminal case today after electoral officials issued directions for it. The case was registered and an FIR filed as per the directions of chief of Flying Squad of poll code enforcement for the May five Assembly elections at the order of Deputy