Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 21: Reaffirming his loyalty to party president Rahul Gandhi, Karnataka Congress legislator Roshan Baig on Thursday said he was suspended from the party for speaking the truth on the party's dismal show in the recent Lok Sabha elections due to the failure of the party's state leadership. "As a loyal and dedicated member of the party, I spoke the truth on why the Congress won only one

Bengaluru, Jun 21: The World Yoga Day was Fridaycelebrated across Karnataka with people participating in various events. Schools, other educational institutions, defence personnel, NCC cadets and politicians, especially from the BJP, took the lead role to make the events successful. Hundreds of students from different schools and colleges, NCC cadets and defence officers presented a colourful yoga

Bengaluru, Jun 21: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form the government if the JDS-Congress Coalition government in Karnataka headed by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy falls on its own, Opposition leader in the Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also BJP State President, said here today. Strongly reacting to the statement of the former Prime Minister and JDS National President H D

Mangaluru, Jun 21: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths successfully trapped Pradeep Kumar, a Tasildar, on probation, and caught him while receiving graft money of Rs 1.25 lakh from a catering contractor. Police said on Friday that the Tasildar was caught red-handed while receiving the bribe on Thursday evening. The Tasildar, who is also the Taluk Magistrate, had allegedly demanded bribe of Rs

Bengaluru, Jun 21: Karnataka Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Friday carried out searches at properties of public servants in the state who alleged to have disproportionate assets. The searches in the state are currently underway, the ACB said. The ACB is conducting searches at premises of Joint Commissioner Tax Narayanaswami M B, Manager at BAMUL Dr Shivashankar, Junior engineer at

Barpeta, Jun 21: Complaints were filed against a little-known right-wing organisation on Thursday for allegedly assaulting a group of Muslim men in Assam and forcing them to utter slogans "Jai Shri Ram" and "Pakistan Murdabad" on Tuesday. Two FIRs were filed against the right wing organisation and its founder by the All Assam Minority Students'' Union (AAMSU) and the North-East Minorities Students

Bengaluru, Jun 21: In a fresh development, JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Friday said mid-term polls for the State Assembly are imminent and that he is not sure how long the Congress-JD(S) coalition government would last. "I am not sure how long the coalition government would last. Going by the developments in the past two months, mid-term polls seem imminent. People can understand everything

Mangaluru, Jun 21: A 15-hour-long marathon Yoga teaching session was organized by the Yenepoya (Deemed to be) University on its premises at Deralakatte in Mangaluru taluk on Friday a day ahead of the International Day of Yoga. Teaching sessions, which began at 5 a.m., ended at 8 p.m. Over 1,000 people practised yoga in 10 batches, according to the organizers. Yoga teacher Kushalappa Gowda N., who

Kasaragod, Jun 21: After the family members of NRI businessman Parayil Sajan, who committed suicide on June 18, has alleged that he ended his life after the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-ruled Anthoor municipality denied the mandatory permission to his newly constructed multi-crore convention centre at Bakkalam in Kannur, the Kannur party leadership is seeking to blame municipal officials for

Bengaluru, Jun 20: Launching a scathing attack on the state government's coordination committee chief Siddaramaiah, former Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) president H Vishwanath on Thursday said that former Chief Minister is trying to end the political careers of those who speak against his "vindictive attitude, style of functioning and failures." "He has never tolerated any big or good leader. He tried