Karnataka

Bengaluru, Apr 10: The Karnataka government on Tuesday transferred the Mandya Deputy Commissioner N Manjushree, who was also the District Election Officer, on the Election Commission's direction. "On the EC directive, Commissioner of Public Instruction PC Jaffer has been posted as Deputy Commissioner and returning officer of Mandya with immediate effect," said an official statement issued by the

New Delhi, Apr 10: Despite tall claims made by Facebook that it is removing 10 lakh fake accounts a day in India, a survey revealed on Tuesday that one in two Indians has received fake news in the last 30 days and Facebook and WhatsApp are the platforms which are being used excessively to misinform the users. The survey by online startup Social Media Matters and New Delhi-based Institute for

Bengaluru, Apr 9: The Election commission had announced the date of the by-election to the Kundagol Assembly seat in Karnataka, which fell vacant following the death of the sitting member C S Shivalli, recently. According to official sources, the bypoll will be held on May 19 and counting will be done on May 23. It may be recalled that the election was caused following the sudden death of the

Chikkaballapura, Apr 10: Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister M Veerappa Moily, who is aiming to score a hatrick of wins from Chikkaballapura Lok Sabha seat is facing an uphill task against the BJP candidate and former Minister B N Bachegowda. The Polling in this segment is scheduled on April 18 in the first phase election in the state, while the second and final phase is

Mysuru, Apr 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday backed multi-lingual south Indian actress Sumalatha Ambareesh, an Independent in the high-profile Mandya Lok Sabha constituency whom the BJP is supporting to wrest the seat from the JD-S. "Sumalatha supported her husband and Kannada film star M.H. Ambareesh in promoting the native language and its culture for years. I express gratitude to

Chitradurga, Apr 10: Asserting a strong government at the Centre was imperative for a strong India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Balakot air strikes have created a fear among the terrorists and those in power in Pakistan were getting nightmares. Addressing an election rally in Chitradurga, Mr. Modi attacked the ruling Congress-JD(S) combine in Karnataka saying when the whole world stood

Mandya, Apr 10: Independentcandidate Sumalatha on Tuesday accused the JD(S) leaders of making efforts to tarnish the image of her family and thereby turn the tide in their favour. “I just received credible information that JD(S) are making efforts to tarnish the image of my family. For that, two former domestic employees of my family have been tutored to tell bad things with regard to my family

Bengaluru, Apr 10: The income tax department has written to the Chief Electoral Officer seeking legal action against Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara and a host of his cabinet colleagues for allegedly intimidating tax officers and obstructing them from discharging duties, sources said Tuesday. The chief minister, former chief minister Siddaramaiah, and host of

Coimbatore, Apr 10: Ridiculing Opposition of his nationalism credentials, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the BJP is nationalist , will be a nationalist and will remain the same. Addressing an election rally in this textile city, he sought to know whether it was a crime to be a nationalist. 'These days the issueless opposition has started asking why is Modi talking about nationalism?', he said

Mangaluru, Apr 9: Two sisters were killed in an accident when a car and an auto-rickshaw they were travelling in collided head-on, near Sajipa in Bantwal talik of Dakshina Kannada on Monday. The victims have been identified as Zainabi, 45, and her elder sister Zohra, 55. According to police, the incident took place as car driver Mohammed Siraj drove in the wrong side of the road and hit the auto