Karnataka

Mysore, Apr 12: The Congress, which is seeming confident about returning to power in the State, may find it difficult in the Vokkaliga heartland Mandya as there are too many stumbling blocks in its path here. The differences between the party's two senior leaders S?M?Krishna and M H Ambareesh has remained unresolved. The growing differences between the two over selection of candidate for the

Sullia, Apr 12: For the first time in the history of Sullia Assembly constituency, ticket has been issued to a woman by the KJP. Though there were two aspirants for the ticket, the KJP had not issued ticket to both the contenders and has decided to field Chandravathi of Bettampady. When Sullia constituency was created in 1962, it was reserved for ST. In 1967, it was reserved as SC constituency. As

Udupi, Apr 12: As people residing in the Naxal affected areas are under threat to cast their votes for fearing backlash from naxals, the district administration is making all efforts to make them exercise their franchise. The Systematic Elections Voter Education and Electoral Participation Program (SVEEP) has been introduced in these areas to boost the morale of the voters to come out and

Bangalore, Apr 11: An FIR has been filed against Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil by Karnataka police for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race or language for his alleged provocative speech on Belgaum issue, a bone of contention between the two states. Patil has also been booked under Representation of People Act for violation of the election code for the May 5

Mangalore, Apr 11: Two students lost their lives after they lost balance while swimming in Karinjeshwara Temple pond a Karinja in Bntwal taluk on Thursday afternoon. Athwin D'Mello The deceased have been identified as Roshan Lasrado (18), son of John and Leena Lasrado couple, and Athwin D'Mello (21), son of Thomas and Arcilla D'Mello couple. Roshan was a second PU student at Deepika College at

Mangalore, Apr 11: Contending that the 'Ramothsav' to be organized by few saffron organisations at Nehru Maidan here from April 19 to April 21 was a violation of the election code of conduct, members of Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike (KKSV), Dakshina Kannada have written a letter to the District Commissioner urging him not to allow the event to take place. In the letter, it has been put forth that

Shimoga, Apr 11: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader K S Eshwarappa played a bit of Owaisi as a pre-poll stunt, which has landed him in soup now. Eshwarappa, who is well-known for making provocative remarks in public, on Wednesday made public his hatred for Muslims saying that the Muslim youth are spoiling Hindu girls under well strategised 'Love Jihad'. This led a local local court

Kundapur, Apr 11: In yet another blow to Udupi district unit of Bharatiya Janata Party, a veteran leader has decided to resign from the primary membership of the saffron party. The resignation of former chairman of Kundapur Urban Development Authority (KUDA) Mani Gopal, who was one of the aspirants for the BJP ticket for May 5 polls from Kundapur constituency, has further weakened the BJP in

New Delhi, Apr 11: The Supreme Court has ordered Bharti Airtel not to enrol new subscribers in seven circles where it had no licence to offer 3G spectrum services. Reliance and the department of telecommunications had alleged that Airtel was providing 3G services to customers in circles where it did not have licence through illegal subletting of spectrum to 2G service licence holders. However, the

Mangalore, Apr 11: The festival of Chandramana Ugadi which falls on Thursday heralds the beginning of a new year according to the Hindu lunar calendar. It marks the beginning of spring and the beginning of a new era. Hence this festival is welcomed and celebrated with joy and happiness in households in the southern part of the country. Although observed with great fervour in the Deccan region of