Karnataka

Udupi, Jul 21: Balakrishna Shetty, secretary, district unit, Communist Party of India (Marxist), said on Saturday that the BJP was trying to destabilise the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government in the State. He was speaking at a protest organised near the War Memorial here. Mr. Shetty said that the BJP was misusing the Union government and the office of the Governor to bring down the

Bengaluru, Jul 21: The BJP, which is continuing its efforts to poach more MLAs from ruling Congress and JD(S) in Karnataka, has reportedly offered a huge amount of cash and ministerial berth to Rahim Khan, Minister for Youth Empowerment and Sports. “The BJP is making lucrative offers of money and power. They are also threatening our legislators. The latest is MLA for Bidar Rahim Khan,” said KPCC

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has finally given clean chit to four Muslim men arrested last year on charge of “trying to establish an “Islamic State caliphate” by resorting to large-scale terrorist attacks in and around Delhi. Mohammad Irshad, Raees Ahmad, Zaid Malik and Mohamamd Azam walked free earlier this month after spending over six months in jail. A senior government official said

Many talents remain hidden without exposure to the outer world until they reach some milestone. Such milestone sometimes makes the talents to reach a higher level of recognition. It may be in school/college days or outside of it. Shoaib Sayed Shahul Hameed, a 16-year-old Mangalurean in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, came to my glaring attention when he was selected for the "GOTHIA CUP" (The World Youth Cup

Mysuru, July 20: Karnataka Minister for Tourism Sa Ra Mahesh on Saturday defended his statements made in the Session yesterday against JDS rebel MLA A H Vishwanath and challenged him to prove the allegations are false in the Session. Speaking to reporters here on Saturday, Mahesh defended his statements made during motion of confidence in the Session yesterday. “Let Vishwanath come to the Session

Bengaluru, Jul 20: With the Confidence motion tabled in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly is expected to reach to its finality on Monday, the Congress leaders are making an all-out efforts to reach out to the rebel MLAs, who are staying outside the State, since last one week. According to party sources, former Chief Minister and Congress Legislative Party leader Siddaramaiha, AICC General

Mangaluru, Jul 20: The weekend train services have been between this coastal city and the state capital have been cancelled following fresh landslides along railway tracks between Shirivagilu and Subramanya Road Railway station. Satish, Senior Divisional Operations Manager and Sr PRO South Western Railway Mysuru Division, said that the railways has decided to cancel /partial cancel/ divert train

Puducherry, Jul 20: Senior Congress leader and Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy Saturday charged the Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala with misusing powers and authority in the current political development in the state. Addressing reporters here, Narayanasamy said the Governor without any justification was intervening in the authority and powers of the Karnataka Chief Minister. Also

Bengaluru, Jul 20: Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also BJP State President, today alleged that the JDS-Congress government in the State has plunged into minority status and Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has no moral right to continue in the office. Addressing a press conference at a Resort, where his party Legislators where BJP MLAs are staying for

Bengaluru, Jul 20: KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao has expressed confidence that the coalition government will win the Confidence motion moved by the Karnataka Chief minister H D Kumaraswamy which will reach its finality on July 22 . Strongly defending the lengthy discussion being going on in the Assembly over the motion he said that "the issue related to the Supreme Courts interim order on the