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Bengaluru, Feb 18: The bypoll to the Karnataka Legislative Council seat which fell vacant due to the death of Council deputy speaker S L Dharmegowda will take place on March 15, the Election Commission said on Thursday. According to the ECI order, notification for the bypoll will be issued on February 25 and the last date of filing nominations is March 4. The last date for withdrawal is March 8

Chennai, Feb 18: Chris Morris on Friday surpassed Yuvraj Singh to become the most expensive buy in the IPL auction history with Rajasthan Royals shelling out Rs 16.25 crore for the South African all-rounder here. Morris' big pay day came after another all-rounder and perennial under-performer, Australian Glenn Maxwell, once again managed to attract a winning Rs 14.25 crore bid from Royal

Bengaluru, Feb 18: The call for a nationwide rail-roko campaign by the farmer-leaders in Delhi against the Centre's farm laws evoked a mixed response in Karnataka on Thursday. In Bengaluru, the protest was low-key but there was a good turnout of protesters in Raichur, Belagavi and Davangere. According to information received, the agitation took place in Yeshwanthpur Railway station in Bengaluru

Mangaluru, Feb 18: Over one kilo grams of gold was seized by the customs officials at the Mangaluru International Airport today by the two passengers. It is learnt that the two passengers including a woman were caught smuggling 1.103 kg of gold in a sanitary napkin and 0.404 kg of gold in the form of pouches. The total worth of the seized gold is said to be Rs 53,50,000. Earlier in the week, on

Dubai, Feb 18: The International Cricket Council (ICC) will launch a series named #CWC11Rewind on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of India's 2011 World Cup triumph at home. The series will look back at tournament's iconic moments through 100 posts. Some of the contents will include five-min highlights of every match released on the ICC website on the day the match occurred, player-focused

Mangaluru, Feb 18: Income tax (I-T) department sleuths continued their searches on Thursday (February 18) at the four medical institutions. Over 250 I-T sleuths are involved in the search operations that started yesterday (February 17) morning. The I-T sleuths are accompanied by Enforcement Directorate officials. Search operations are going on at residences, offices and hospitals belonging to the

Rashmi Samant, the first Indian woman to be elected president of the Oxford University Student Union, has quit after the emergence of old social media posts that were deemed to be “racist” and “insensitive”. Although Rashmi, who graduated from Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) and is from Udupi district of Karnataka, released an open letter apologising for her comments after there was a

Unnao, Feb 18: The bodies of two minor Dalit girls were found in a field here on Wednesday, police said. Three minor girls were found in the field in the evening by the villagers when they did not return after they left their house to bring fodder for the cattle, they said. The hands and feet of the girls were tied with their dupatta and they were frothing at the mouth, sources said. The villagers

Vijayapura, Feb 17: The BJP’s Karnataka unit chief Nalin Kumar Kateel said on Wednesday the Yediyurappa government might introduce a law against so called "love jihad" in the next assembly session. "There is love jihad going on in the state. I am confident that in the next session our government will bring a law to control love jihad in the state," Kateel said after inaugurating the BJP state unit

Udupi, Feb 17: An elderly man who was waiting to cross the National Highway 66 at Koppalangady in Kaup, Udupi lost his life after a speeding car knocked him down. The victim has been identified as U Shahabuddin aka Shabu Saheb (80). The reckless car which was heading towards Mangaluru from Udupi at high speed rammed into the octogenarian, sources said. The elderly man suffered critical injuries on