Top Stories

Bengaluru, Apr 26: Mounting attack on the ruling party in Karnataka, the Congress said on Wednesday that the ruling BJP government had betrayed the people on the reservation issue, and the Lingayats and Vokkaligas will not get any increase in the quota of reservations as being claimed by the BJP. State party President D.K. Shivakumar and state in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala addressed a joint

Bengaluru, Apr 26: Out of six pre-poll and opinion surveys by regional news networks two each have given Congress and BJP an edge while all of them indicate the possibility of a hung verdict in the May 10 Assembly election. According to the pre-poll survey conducted by TV9 and C-Voter, the Congress can win 106-116 seats while the BJP would end up with a tally in the 79-89 range. The JD(S) is

Mandya, Apr 26: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath began his first Karnataka poll rally from Mandya, with the BJP making serious efforts to make inroads in Old Mysuru region, which is the Vokkaliga bastion. He took part in the mega roadshow in Mandya and later addressed a public rally. Targeting the Congress, Adityanath said the Congress, which talks about development works had

Kozhikode, Apr 26: Veteran Malayalam actor Mamukkoya, who has acted in over 400 films in a career spanning over four decades, passed away on Wednesday. Mamukkoya was hospitalised after he suffered a cardiac arrest on Monday night. The 76-year-old veteran comedian and character actor was kept on ventilator support in the ICU of Meitra Hospital. Mamukkoya had suffered a cardiac arrest when he went

New Delhi, Apr 26: The Karnataka government defended before the Supreme Court its decision to scrap reservation on the sole basis of religion for Muslim community, saying it is unconstitutional and contrary to the mandate of Article 14 to 16 of the Constitution of India. Such a decision is also against the principles of social justice and secularism, it said. The state government, however, pointed

Mandya, Apr 25: Five people from Bengaluru, who came to their relative's house for Eid al Fitr holidays, drowned while playing in Visvesvaraya Canal, at Doddakothagere village in the taluk, on Tuesday. Anisha Begum (34), her daughter Mehtab (10) and Tasmia (22), Afika (22) and Ashrak (28), children of Amanulla are the deceased. They are from Neelasandra layout in Bengaluru. They had come to their

The Riyadh chapter of Gulbarga Welfare Society, an NGO working for the poor and people irrespective of cast creed and religion, back home in Gulbarga, organized iftar get-together in Riyadh. Abdul Majeed Bathruddin CEO and managing director universal inspection company attended the event as chief guest, while Syed Nasir Khursheed, president, Jeddah chapter presided the event. Appreciating the

Mangaluru, Apr 25: As many as 60 candidates are in fray in the eight assembly constituencies in Dakshina Kannada district. Monday was the last day to withdraw nominations. A total of 109 nominations were received and after the withdrawal and rejection of nominations, 60 are in fray. There are eight candidates each in Belthangady, Moodbidri, Mangaluru City South, Puttur, Sullia, 10 in Mangaluru

Mysuru, Apr 25: AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday, in a rally in Mysuru, guaranteed that the Congress would strive to develop Karnataka and strengthen the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) if voted to power. However, she called on people of the state to go by their own experience in the elections and base their votes on which government made their life better. "The BJP state

Bagalkote, Apr 25: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday defended the BJP government's decision in Karnataka of scrapping four per cent quota for Muslims saying the party never believed in ‘religion-based reservation’. The former BJP chief also took a dig at Congress for its stand that the quota would be restored if it is voted to power in the state after the May 10 Assembly polls. "There was a