Thiruvananthapuram : Facing charges of domestic violence slapped by his wife, Kerala Forest Minister KB Ganesh Kumar resigned from the Congress-led UDF ministry late Monday night. Though the minister had rejected the allegation by his wife Yamini Thankachi as “baseless” and ruled out his resignation Monday evening, his position became untenable after his wife lodged […]

Bangalore : A senior Christian priest was found brutally murdered at a seminary in Malleswaram early Monday morning. The body of Fr K J Thomas, 64, the Rector of St Peter’s Pontifical Seminary, was lying in a pool of blood inside a coffee room adjacent to his office-cum-residence. The motive behind the murder is yet […]

Bangalore : Now, appointed as the BJP’s vice president, former chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda has every reason to smile. After stepping down as the chief minister, Gowda was aiming for the State party president’s post. The post, however, was given to Pralhad Joshi, MP for Dharwad.Gowda’s appointment ahead of the May 5 Assembly […]

Bangalore : Congress and JD(S) are going all out to woo Muslims who roughly constitute around 12% of the population in the state. The JD(S) on Sunday announced list of four candidates – all Muslims – from Bangalore city. Zameer Ahmed Khan from Chamarajapet, Abdul Azeem from Hebbal, Abbas Ali Bohra from Shivajinagar and KS […]

Bangalore : Well known writer and academician Prof. Chandrashekar pateel or “Champa” as he popularly known has decided to join Karnataka Janatha Party under the leader ship Mr. Yeddyurappa. He met Mr. Yeddyurappa in this regard at dollars colony resident. Later speaking to the press, he emphasised  that a strong and secular regional party is […]

Davangere : Even as former minister M P Renukacharya on Friday announced that he would soon join the Karnataka Janatha Party (KJP) at a massive rally to be attended by 60,000 of his supporters, senior party leaders, including former minister Shobha Karandlaje, have reportedly opposed his entry into the party. Addressing presspersons here, the expelled BJP […]

Bangalore : Karnataka’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is at its wit’s end as it prepares for the May 5 assembly polls. The party does not seem to have a clue on how to shake off the KJP (Karnataka Janata Party) syndrome that threatens to shatter its hope of retaining power in the polls. The […]

Bangalore : The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner Siddaiah on Thursday issued a fresh warning to zonal commissioners to ensure that all political posters and banners that dot the City are removed immediately. With the model code of conduct in place ahead of the Assembly elections in the State, the Palike Commissioner had asked […]

Bangalore : The Congress has released its second list of potential candidates and it has become almost certain that UT Khader and Ramanatha Rai will get tickets to contest from Mangalore and Bantwal respectively. If the first list released by the Congress had  28 names, the second list has the names of over 80 candidates. […]

Bangalore : Excise Minister M P Renukacharya, a close associate of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, was expelled from the primary membership of the BJP for six years on Tuesday night. The drastic action came in the wake of Renukacharya’s outburst against former chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda. In his home constituency Honnali, […]