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CM-Siddaramaiah dares Modi, Yeddyurappa for debate

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate B.S. Yeddyurappa to an open debate with him. "Prime Minister Modi is deliberately confusing Karnataka voters with his bombastic speeches on non-issues. All hot

Aware of Reddy brothers' past, but winning each seat important: BS Yeddyurappa

BENGALURU: Defending the BJP leadership's decision of giving tickets to mining barons,the Reddy brothers of Ballari and their associates, BJP's chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa today said that winning each assembly constituency was important for the party in the upcoming Karnataka election

BJP accuses Congress of 'pseudo-secular politics', questions stand on triple talaq

BENGALURU: Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday accused the Congress party of practicing "pseudo-secular politics" in poll-bound Karnataka, and went on to juxtapose the Congress party's professing of secularism with their objection to the triple talaq bill. Prasad said the Congress wa

Modi is confusing voters, I challenge Yeddyurappa, PM to an open debate: Siddaramaiah

After Congress President Rahul Gandhi, now Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has challenged Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders for an open debate. In the run-up to the Karnataka Assembly elections 2018, political slugfest has erupted and charges are being levelled every day. On Monday, Siddara

In Karnataka, Sonia Gandhi to address first election rally in 2 years

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

Cash and articles worth over ₹152 crore seized in poll-bound Karnataka

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

Karnataka man on BJP's list of 'martyrs', Ashok Poojary is still alive

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

BJP will pay the price in Karnataka for what they have sown in north: Prakash Raj

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

Karnataka elections: Adityanath cuts short trip after Siddaramaiah questions his absence from storm-hit UP

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

BJP releases manifesto for elections, farmers to see relief

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: Man tries to save wife, falls from Nandi Hills

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

Threat to PM's life was reason for cancelling Krishna Matt visit : Shobha

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

I'm not anti-Muslim but their increased population is a threat: Ananthkumar

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

As raids on Karnataka Congress leaders continue, Siddaramaiah drags I-T Dept into poll debate

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

‘2 Reddys + 1 Yeddy’ is Modi’s formula to win Karnataka election, says Siddaramaiah

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

Karnataka Assembly elections: Modi takes Rahul over ‘15-minute’ dare

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

Case filed against VHP’s Sadhvi Balika for inflammatory speech

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

Will disown HDK if he joins hands with BJP: Deve Gowda

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