With several Independent candidates wishing to contest the Assembly elections complaining that they are not being allowed to hold rallies and meetings, Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar on Saturday clarified that any candidate — either Independent or belonging to a party — can do so only after fi

“I appeal to all Telugu-speaking people in Karnataka to support JD(S).” These were the words spoken by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao after his meeting with Janata Dal (Secular) supremo Deve Gowda and party President HD Kumaraswamy in Bengaluru on Friday. KCR had come to hold talks

Asserting that the BJP will not come to power in Karnataka in the coming assembly elections, actor and activist Prakash Raj has said that south India will lead in removing the party from the power at the centre in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Interacting with presspersons here on Thursday, he ca

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: 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

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.

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

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

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

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