United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi will address her first election rally in nearly two years on May 8 at Bijapur in Karnataka, where her party is trying to return to power in a close contest with the Bharatiya Janata Party. Prime Minister Narendr

The Election Commission on Saturday said the enforcement agencies have so far made progressive seizures of cash and other articles worth over ₹152 crore in the poll-bound Karnataka. While ₹67.27 crore in cash has been seized, the agencies have made a total seizure of gold and silver worth more th

Mangaluru: As Karnataka braces itself for the assembly election on May 12, a new revelation has come up which might work against BJP in the upcoming polls. BJP levelled a charge that 23 of their workers have been killed by 'jihadi' forces in the past five years, under the Congress rule. BJP ML

RAICHUR:Actor Prakash Raj has become politically active in poll-bound Karnataka after the death of his friend and activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh. He is currently on campaign trail in the state to galvanise votes against the BJP. The impact of his visits — after his campaign #justasking —  may be

Facing flak from the opposition over his absence from storm-hit Uttar Pradesh, CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday decided to cut short his Karnataka trip and rush back to his state to review the relief and restoration efforts. Confirming the development, Principal Secretary Information Avanish Awasthi sai

Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released their manifesto for the upcoming elections on May 4 a mere week after the Congress party released theirs. Reaching out to farmers, the BJP manifesto for the Karnataka Assembly polls promised allocation of Rs 1.5 lakh crore for irrigation projects

BENGALURU: A 53-year-old man fell off a cliff at Nandi Hills, about 60km from Bengaluru, when he tried to save his wife when she accidentally slipped and tumbled down on Tuesday evening. He survived; his wife’s body was found 350ft below some 21hours after the accident. M Kumar, a catering contra

Udupi: State General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party Shobha Karandlaje on May 2, claimed that threat to Prime Minister Modi's life was the reason for cancellation of his visit to Sri Krishna Matt. Responding to a media query, Shobha said that SPG had advised the PM not to visit the Sri Krishn

Karwar: Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ananthkumar Hegde who had hogged the limelight for his communally tinged comments, surprised everyone as he publicly declared for the first time that he was not anti-Muslim. At a Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) event held at Karwar ta

Bengaluru: The residence of Congress leader Bhimanna Naik, the party’s candidate from Sirsi-Siddapura constituency, was raided by Income Tax officials early on Wednesday, making him the latest party leader to be visited by taxmen. The ruling Congress has accused the BJP-led Centre of using the In

Hitting back at the Prime Minister for his “2+1 formula” jibe at him, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said Narendra Modi’s formula to win the assembly election in the state is “2 Reddys + 1 Yeddy”. Responding to Modi’s attack at an election rally earlier in the day on him contesting from t

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched his campaign blitzkrieg in Karnataka, unleashing a blistering attack on Rahul Gandhi and daring him “to speak in any language” for 15 minutes about the achievements of the Siddaramaiah government without reading out from piece of paper. He accused

Kasargod: The police have filed a non-bailable case on April 30 against Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Sadhvi Balika Sarawathi for allegedly making an inflammatory speech at the Hindu Samajotsava held in Badiyadka. The case has been registered against Balika Saraswathi, a native of Madhya Pra

Bengaluru: JD(S) State Chief HD Kumaraswamy had entered into an alliance with the BJP during the last Assembly polls on power sharing basis and what followed has gone down the pages of history. However, while speculations are still rife about the possibilities of the JD(S) turning to its former part

BENGALURU: A city court on Saturday awarded death penalty to a man who was convicted of raping and murdering a six-year-old girl on April 20, 2017, which must now be confirmed by the high court. As the prosecution waits for the HC confirmation, Anil Balagar, 35, will have time to appeal against the

Passengers of bus headed for Kannur in Kerala from Bengaluru had a harrowing time after four men posing as policemen, waylaid their bus on Mysuru Road and drove it to a godown in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on Friday night. The four men turned out to be recovery agents of a city-based finance firm who sei

Bantwal: In a bid to retain power in Karnataka, the ruling Congress on Friday, April 27 promised to create one crore jobs across the southern state in its manifesto for the May 12 Legislative Assembly elections. "We aim to create at least 15-20 lakh jobs each year in the state and provide program

Mysuru: The Income Tax Department seized Rs 6.76 crore of unaccounted cash from four government contractors in Mysuru in poll-bound Karnataka, an official said on Thursday. "Rs 6.76 crore in bundles of Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 notes that were not accounted for were seized from four of the 10 contracto