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Karnataka PU students to resume classes in May this year

Owing to the upcoming Karnataka polls and a need to improve academic performance of students, Pre-University (PU) colleges in Karnataka will commence classes in May this year. Usually, classes for PU colleges would commence in June. Second year students would begin their academic year in the firs

Congress has to come back to power in Karnataka: Siddaramaiah

With the Karnataka Assembly elections exactly a month away, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is a busy man, dividing time between his personal campaign and overseeing the list of candidates. The longest serving Chief Minister in 40 years after Devaraj Urs is confident that his party will return to power.

Karnataka Assembly elections 2018: Siddaramaiah's son Yathindra likely to take on Yeddyurappa's son Vijayendra

The Karnataka Assembly election is witnessing a fierce battle between the ruling Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The stage is set for an even more interesting battle in Varuna Assembly constituency, which is expected Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son Dr Yathindra take on former CM and

Cauvery dispute: SC pulls up Centre, says submit plan by May 3

Pulling up the Centre for not sticking to the March 29 deadline for framing of a scheme to implement the award for distribution of the Cauvery river waters, the Supreme Court Monday directed the government to come up with a draft scheme by May 3. The delay over implementation of the river share a

Karnataka assembly polls: BJP announces first list of candidates

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Sunday announced the first list of 72 candidates who will contest the high stakes Karnataka assembly polls. The list of names was made public following a meeting of the BJP's Central Election Committee at the party headquarters in Delhi. The meeting was chaired by party pres

1,500 soldiers arrive in poll-bound Karnataka

Bengaluru: Nearly 1,500 soldiers from North India arrived in the city in the first phase on Friday to assist local police in the security arrangements during the upcoming Assembly elections in the state. Deputy Commissioner of Police Abdul Ahad welcomed the soldiers who arrived in a special train

Yeddyurappa received Rs 4.11 crore bribe for Upper Bhadra project: Congress

Bengaluru: Congress on Friday alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) chief ministerial candidate B.S. Yeddyurappa had received kickbacks of Rs. 4.11 crore from RNS Infrastructure Ltd. (RNSIL) for awarding Rs. 1,033-crore tender works for Murudeshwara Power Corporation Ltd., a subsidiary of RN

SSLC result will be out on May 7 online

Bengaluru: Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait informed that SSLC examination result will be declared on May 7 on the internet. Addressing a press conference, the Minister said that SSLC examination has been finalized today and the results will be published in respective schools

Cauvery Management Board: Vatal calls for Karnataka bandh on April 12

Bengaluru: Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj has called for a Karnataka bandh on April 12 to protest against any attempt to form a Cauvery Management Board (CMB). This comes in the backdrop of Tamil Nadu observing a bandh on Thursday demanding that the Union government form the board at the earliest

Bengaluru: Prakash Rai lodges complaint against Postcard News

BENGALURU: Actor Prakash Rai on Wednesday filed a complaint against Postcard News at Cubbon Park police station for allegedly publishing derogatory articles about him. Police said they registered a case against the editor, owner and author of the articles. “We have registered a case under the pro

Nine of family sustain injuries in gas cylinder explosion

Bengaluru: In an unfortunate incident, nine members of a family sustained serious burn injuries owing to a cylinder explosion at Dhasarahalli in Peenya on Thursday, April 5. The injured are identified as Devaraju, Lakshmamma, Maheshwaramma, Someshekara, Honnurappa, Niranjan, Devika, Sangeeta.

Telugu news anchor Radhika Reddy allegedly kills herself by jumping off building

Popular news anchor of Telugu news channel, V6, V Radhika Reddy allegedly committed suicide on Sunday by jumping from the fifth floor of her building in Moosapet, Hyderabad. She left a suicide note stating that she was suffering from depression. As per the police report, the anchor returned from

Election Commission squads seize cash, liquor, gold in poll-bound Karnataka

BENGALURU: The Election Commission's surveillance and flying squads have seized over Rs 9.9 lakh in cash, 18.9 litres of liquor and 2.4kg gold in poll-bound Karnataka, said an official on Saturday. "The flying squads have seized Rs 9,91,700 cash, 18.9 litres of liquor, eight silk sarees, 2.4kg go

Congress and corruption are related like fish and water, says Amit Shah

In his fourth round of visit to the poll-bound Karnataka, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Saturday claimed that the Siddaramaiah government will be thrown out in the May 12 Assembly polls , mainly because of corruption. “I have toured almost across the entire state and I can s

I made a mistake, Karnataka voters will not: Amit Shah on Yeddyurappa blooper

Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah has a comeback to the Congress 'rejoicing' over a recent tongue-slip that saw him inadvertently calling BS Yeddyurappa -- a BJP man --"corrupt". "In a slip of tongue, I said that Yeddyurappa government is corrupt instead of Siddaramaiah's, and the entire Con

Karnataka: Amit Shah pays Rs 5 lakh to late RSS worker’s family, Congress complains to EC for poll code violation

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee has filed a complaint with the Election Commission against Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) president Amit Shah for violating the Model Code of Conduct in Mysuru. In their complaint, the Karnataka Congress said that Shah handed over a cheque of Rs 5 lakhs to family of

UP man runs fake branch of Karnataka Bank for a month, opens 15 saving accounts

The likes of this case can only be found in movies. A man in Uttar Pradesh opened a fake branch of Karnataka Bank in an attempt to embezzle funds. The man, Aafaq Ahmed, who went by the name Vinod Kumar Kamble, duped the people of Mulayam Nagar of Fefna area in Ballia district by urging them to open

Karnataka: Massive fire breaks out in chemical factory in Kolar district

A massive fire broke out at a chemical factory in the town of Malur in Karnataka’s Kolar district on Thursday morning. Though initial reports suggested that the factory’s 50 employees were trapped inside, they were soon rescued, The News Minute reported. There were no casualties. “The fire spread