Karnataka

Islamabad, Sept 20: Some influential Muslim nations have asked Pakistan to engage in backdoor diplomacy with India and requested Prime Minister Imran Khan to tone down his rhetoric against his Indian counterpart to de-escalate tensions between the two nations over Kashmir, according to a media report on Monday. When Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin

Bengaluru, Sept 16: Ahead of bypolls, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa today reached out to Dalits and tribals by announcing an additional Re 1 subsidy for milk producers and interest-free loans of Rs 10,000 for women. Currently, milk producers in the state receive a subsidy of Rs 5 per litre. Milk producers belonging to SC/ST communities will get Rs 6, with the additional Re 1 funded

Bengaluru, Sept 16: Karnataka Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj K S Eshwarappa, who ahead of the LS polls made a controversial comment that Muslims won't be given tickets by BJP, on Sunday said patriotic Muslims will vote for the saffron party while those who are pro-Pakistan will hesitate. The senior BJP leader also announced that the party-led government will ban slaughter of cows

Bengaluru, Sept 16: Arrested Congress leader DK Shivakumar has appealed to his supporters not to come to New Delhi to express solidarity with him, in the backdrop of a large number of them barging into a court there on Friday, when he was produced in connection with a money laundering case. Conveying this in a press release, his brother D K Suresh said Shivakumar has asked his supporters not to

Bengaluru, Sept 16: Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday said the state government will start development works to transform the face of Bengaluru and listed various infrastructure projects on the anvil. Speaking at an event organised by Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, he said, he has already started touring the city once in 15 days on Sundays to know the

Bengaluru, Sept 16: Hitting out at the BJP government in the state and at the centre over the delay in announcing flood relief for Karnataka, senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday termed B S Yediyurappa as the weakest chief minister. The Centre had not given even a single rupee since the floods caused havoc last month despite a Central team visiting the affected places and the state

Mangaluru, Sept 15: A man hailing from Kasaragod was arrested on Saturday night on charge of criminal trespass into the Mangaluru International Airport. The jurisdictional Bajpe police took Arif Kothikkal into custody. According to a press release, Central Industrial Security Force personnel found Kothikkal using a fake e-ticket to gain entry to the departure gate of the airport. Arif reportedly

Bengaluru, Sept 15: BJP veteran and Karnataka’s Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K S Eshwarappa has raked up a fresh communal controversy by comparing the Opposition MLAs who seek Muslim votes to Hijdas (members of transgender community) . Speaking at an event organised by Sri Rama Sene in the city, he lashed out at a few Congress MLAs who were hesitating to join the saffron party. “A

Chikkamagaluru, Sept 15: A farmer shot himself dead on Saturday unable to cope with the devastation caused by rain and landslides that washed away his plantation and paddy fields in Chikkamagaluru. The deceased is as Channappa Gowda, who had been depressed ever since his farmland was washed away in August. In another case, a hapless farmer in Saundatti taluk in Belagavi district, who lost his home

Kalaburgi, Sep 15: BJP Lok Sabha member from Kalaburgi today denied that the party was trying to lure opposition legislators or its leaders as Congress and Janata Dal (S) was being disintegrated and its leaders joining the BJP 'spontaneously'. Denying that the BJP was operating ‘Operation Lotus’ to lure rival legislators, Jadhav said it was not true but the recent dissidence it only reflected on