Mangaluru: Former education minister Bakrabial Subbayya Shetty passed away at his residence in Bengaluru on Monday. He was 90. Shetty won the assembly elections from Surathkal in 1972 and 1978. He served in various ministerial roles, including land reforms, information, and education portfolios in the D Devaraj Urs cabinet. Throughout his lifetime, he remained engaged […]

Mangaluru : District in-charge Minister Ramanath Rai lashed out at Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat and challenged him to contest against him in the upcoming Assembly elections. Addressing the press here Rai said “Let Prabhakar Bhat contest against me , he will lose his deposit if he contests election. He thinks that he is of very high […]

Bengaluru: Secondary Education Examination Board published the time table for the KarnatakaSSLC (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) Exam for the year 2017. The SSLC examinations for the year 2017-18 will commence on March 23. The examinations will begin with First Language paper on March 23 and end with the Social Science on April 6. An extra […]

Mysuru : Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has clarified that he would contest from the Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysuru in the forthcoming Assembly elections. Speaking to media persons at the temporary helipad at NR Pura on Thursday, he insisted that there was no confusion in selecting the constituency. “I have decided to contest from Chamundeshwari,” he clarified. […]

Mangaluru : Union Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader D.V. Sadananda Gowda said here on Tuesday that he is ready to accept the challenge thrown by district in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai to face him in the next Assembly elections. Addressing presspersons, Mr. Sadananda Gowda said that there was […]

Mangaluru : Janatha Dal (Secular) state president H D Kumaraswamy said there is no question of partnering with the BJP or the Congress either before or after Assembly elections. Addressing reporters in Mangaluru on Sunday, he said the JD(S) is not in need of support from the Congress or the BJP, but they do. Referring […]

Bengaluru : Energy Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday admitted that the state government is not willing to take action against farmers who are illegally using irrigation pump (IP) sets, as the Assembly elections are fast nearing. “Let me admit that there are a large number of illegal pump sets. It has become a big […]

Udupi : The expelled Congress leader Jayaprakash Hegde who joined BJP officially said he would continue to follow his conscience and simultaneously value the party ideology he embraced ensuring the wining spree in the coastal belt. Addressing the party workers at the BJP office here on Tuesday, the former Parliamentarian said that change is a […]

Udupi : Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Services and Sports, said that the Congress would have to introspect on the results of the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Assembly elections. Speaking to presspersons here, Mr. Madhwaraj said that if the party did not do so, it would have to face tough times ahead. […]

Bengaluru: The Congress on Thursday unveiled a calendar to indicate the countdown for the 2018 Assembly elections in the state. However, the JD(S) has said the elections are likely to be held in 2017 itself. KPCC president G Parameshwara and working president Dinesh Gundu Rao launched the calendar which indicated that just 427 days are left for […]