Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 25: Former chief minister and JD(S) Legislature Party leader HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday suggested his party has kept the option of a tie-up with the Congress open post the bypolls. He, however, denied he had promised to save the BJP government. “My assurance to save the government does not mean I want to help the BJP regime,” Kumaraswamy said while campaigning for TN Javarayi Gowda in

Bengaluru, Nov 24: Election Commission of India has introduced new ID with coloured and more authentic-looking Elector Photo Identity Cards, popularly known as EPIC. The new-look EPIC will not only have the latest colour photograph of the voter, but will also have a host of new features, which will lend a unique touch to it. It will have many safety features. The EC has decided to revamp the voter

Bengaluru, Nov 24: Chikkaballapura Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha member, B N Bachegowda facing threat of disciplinary action if failed to turn up for campaign for the party’s official candidate, MTM Nagaaj in the Hosakore Assembly constituency, where by-elections will be held on Dec 5. Chief minister B S Yediyurappa, who had reportedly spoke to the party MP, Bachegowda, to make himself

Bengaluru, Nov 24: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is yet to contact Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) regarding the multi-crore international fixing scam that hit Karnataka Premier League (KPL), an official said on Saturday. "BCCI has not said anything. We have no information or communication from BCCI in this regard," KSCA treasurer Vinaya Mruthyunjaya told media

Bengaluru, Nov 24: Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Saturday said that if the BJP would have contested assembly elections in Maharashtra alone, it would have got two-thirds majority. "We would have got two-thirds majority in Maharashtra elections if we would have gone independently. I feel that there will be no party named Shiva Sena after six months. It will be wiped out," Gowda said at a

Bengaluru, Nov 24: A woman from Thiruvanantapuram in Kerala has lodged a complaint claiming that she has been cheated of Rs 3 lakh by a man she identified as Aravind. Suma M told Cubbon Park police that Aravind had promised to help her avail a Rs 50-lakh loan for a commission of Rs 3 lakh. “I wanted to start a business and was looking for a Rs 25-lakh loan. I got Aravind’s number online while I

Bengaluru, Nov 24: The twist in Maharashtra politics, wherein Ajit Pawar joined hands with BJP despite stiff opposition from Sharad Pawar, can be seen as history repeating itself, almost after 13 years when a similar drama had taken place in Karnataka. Sharad Pawar’s distancing himself from nephew Ajit is similar to the power play by JD(S) chief HD Deve Gowda and his son HD Kumaraswamy when the

Mysuru, Nov 23: The Social Democratic Party of India has urged the media not to float rumours and false information over the recent attack on Congress MLA Tanveer Sait in Mysuru. The police have so far arrested seven persons in connection with the attack. Five of them have been sent to judicial custody and the main accused has been kept under police custody. Addressing a press meet here, Abdul

Bengaluru, Nov 23: Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Saturday claimed that the Congress and JD(S) were facing an existential crisis and trying to come together against the BJP ahead of the December 5 bypolls in Karnataka. Speaking to reporters here, he said Siddaramaiah and H D Kumaraswamy were taking a final leap towards destroying their parties, the Congress and JD (S). Expressing confidence

Mysuru, Aug 23: A collision between a Tata Sumo and a goods vehicle at Ramadevarahalli Gate near Belluru has claimed the lives of eight persons including two women. All the deceased are the president and the directors of Al Falah Minorities Credit Co-operative Society. The deceased have been identified as the society president Akbar Naseem Pasha (40), directors Bakar Sharieff (50), Tahir Sultan