Karnataka

Chikkamagaluru, Jun 20: Former chief minister and BJP state unit president B S Yeddyurappa, who has been dining at Dalits’ houses, savoured indigenous menu in the district on Monday. Sannathammaiah, a Dalit at Marle village, played host to the BJP heavyweight and his entourage of MP and MLAs, serving them akki rotti, palya, chutney and upma. Lakshmi, the elated wife of Sannathammaiah, said, “It’s

Kasaragod, Jun 20: A Muslim youth was brutally stabbed by a gang of miscreants last night at Choori on the outskirts of Kasaragod town. The victim has been identified as Altaf, a local resident. He was attacked by a gang led by one Sandeep when the former was eating at a fast food restaurant. A severely injured Altaf was immediately rushed to a hospital in Kasargod where he received preliminary

New Delhi Jun 20: By selecting Ram Nath Kovind, a dalit leader, as its candidate the presidential election, the BJP has spurred fence-sitters into action. Within hours of the announcement of Kovind's candidature, TRS and BJD declared their support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's choice for the country's top office. YSR Congress, headed by Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, reiterated its support to the BJP

Shivamogga, Jun 20: By securing three more marks in the re-evaluation of answer scripts, Subhashini S., a student of Ramakrishna Vidyanikethana School in Shivamogga, has scored 625 out of 625 in the SSLC examination. With this four students in Karnataka have achieved full marks in SSLC this year. Barring Kannada, which was her first language, the Telugu speaking girl had scored full marks in the

Madikeri/Shivamogga, Jun 20: Tension prevailed for some time in remote areas of Kodagu and Shivamogga districts of Karnataka following the victory of Pakistan against India in the finals of the Champions Trophy. Based on a complaint of Sangh Parivar activists, the Kodagu police have arrested four persons on charge of celebrating Pakistan’s victory. Riyaz, Samad, Munir and Jabir of Elane Hosakote

Udupi, Jun 20: Three persons suffered injuries as a car rammed another car, a motorbike and a scooter by the side of the road on Udupi-Manipal Road at Kadiyali here on Monday. According to the Udupi Traffic Police, the car, with a Kerala registration number, was on its way from Manipal to Udupi, when the driver lost control and hit the other car, which was parked by the side of the road, and then

Bengaluru, Jun 20: Making its intentions of wooing dalit voters in the 2018 assembly elections clear, BJP has chosen party state president and chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa as one of the proposers for NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind. Yeddyurappa has been summoned by the national leadership to sign the nomination papers of Kovind in New Delhi. In a statement, he welcomed

Bengaluru, Jun 20: The principal Opposition BJP demanded in the both Houses of the legislature that the government remove Forest Minister B Ramanath Rai from the Cabinet for “misusing” his power to “target” senior RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat. Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Jagadish Shettar said a video had surfaced which purportedly shows Rai directing the Dakshina Kannada SP

Bengaluru, Jun 20: The government has decided to train about 1.10 lakh college dropouts and fresh graduates to enhance their employability skills, IT&BT Minister Priyank Kharge told the Legislative Council on Monday. Replying to BJP's Ganesh Karnik, he said IT firms are resorting to retrenchment. Low employability skills and change in visa policy are the reasons for it. Many IT employees have

Bengaluru, Jun 20: The government will open four recharge stations for electric vehicles (two and four wheelers) soon, Energy Minister D K Shivakumar told the Assembly. Replying to a discussion on the budget proposals for 2017-18, he said a recharge station is being planned for the first time in the country. The minister said thhe number of electric vehicles is on the rise. Electric cars and bikes