Karnataka

Belgaum, April 28: A 20-year-old college student was reportedly gang-raped and murdered near Sulebhavi village in Belgaum taluk on Sulebhavi-Khangaon Road by unidentified persons. Her naked body was found lying in a pool of blood at a distance of 50 feet from the road on Saturday. The victim, a resident of Modaga village, was a student of Government Degree College, Sri Nagar. She appeared for her

Mangalore, Apr 27: Pointing at series of failures of the UPA government, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and BJP leader Arun Jaitley has opined that the nation is having an utterly non-inspirational leadership at the Center. Speaking at a news conference in the city on Saturday Mr Jaitley said that elections for Karnataka Assembly are being held at a time when politics in India had become

Mangalore, Apr 27: Even as the situation is terse along the Line of Control due to intrusion by Chinese troops in Ladakh, here is an example proving that love has no boundaries as lad from Mangalore accepted a lady from China as his wife. Adarsh Felix Lobo, a resident of Vamanjoor and Tangksiyo Lyan (Tanya) from China entered wedlock in presence of Mr Adarsh's family and relatives in a church here

Bangalore, Apr 27: Making no secret that he is hurt, former Union Minister and senior Congress leader S M Krishna today attacked the candidate-selection process in his party for the Karnataka Assembly elections. At a meet-the-press programme, organised by the Press Club of Bangalore and Bangalore Reporters' Guild, Krishna said he had taken active part in candidates selection process since 1972

Mangalore, Apr 27: The Congress is all set to fight tooth and nail to send the BJP back home in the State. This was evident when All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Sonia Gandhi said that the immediate task before the Congress is to get back to power in Karnataka and restore its image, which has been battered and dented by the BJP rule. Addressing a public rally at Nehru Maidan in the

Mangalore, Apr 27: Minorities must stop looking at the BJP as a communal party and must instead give it a chance because it is only the BJP, which can bring in development and progress, said Micheal Lobo, MLA, Calangute, Goa. He was addressing a news conference in Mangalore on Saturday along with fellow BJP members from Goa Glen D'Souza Ticolo, MLA, Aldano, Nilesh Cabral, MLA, Curchorem, Carlos

New Delhi, Apr 27: India's overseas affairs minister Vayalar Ravi will lead a delegation to Saudi Arabia from April 28-29 to discuss the implications of the newly introduced Nitaqat law. The law which came in to effect last month mandates that companies must hire 1 Saudi for every 10 expatriate workers. The delegation will include minister of state for external affairs E Ahamed and advisor to

Kasargod, Apr 27: After unearthing of explosives and arresting Popular Front of India activists in Kannur district, the Kerala cops have brought the organization under scanner in Kasargod too. The police have raided the Chauki, Uliyathadka, Majeshwara, Perumbala, Kanjhangad Pudiyakote, Nileshwara-Thaikatpuram, Chimeni and Vellarikundu offices of the PFI and confiscated laptop, CDs and pamphlets

Bangalore, Apr 27: Authorities have seized 500kg ammonium nitrate, used recently to carry out blasts in the Karnataka capital, from Kolar district of the state, officials said. The huge seizure of the chemical, widely used to make explosives, was made yesterday by a Election Commission appointed flying squad deployed to check illegal activities in the run up to the May 5 polls in the state, they

Chikmagalur, April 27: Chief Minister Jagadish Shetter has said that he would be going to rule Karnataka as the CM with full majority after looming Assembly polls. Speaking to presspersons here, he said “the party leaders have projected me as the Chief Minister, if party returns to power. I have been touring the State and people have been expressing their support to the BJP. The BJP will win at