Mangaluru: Senior BJP councillors, including the Leader of the Opposition in the council, walked out of the development committee meeting of the Mangaluru City Corporation Council presided over by Mayor Bhaskar K. on Monday accusing the latter of not inviting two city MLAs to the meeting intentionally. Addressing reporters later, Leader of the Opposition in […]

Bengaluru: Rebel Congress leader and minister for municipal administration Ramesh Jarakiholi met BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa’s on Saturday, November 17. Reportedly, Ramesh Jarakiholi attended Yeddyurappa’s close relatives’ wedding in the city and both Jarakiholi and Yeddyurappa held a private meeting for about half-an-hour. The photo of Jharakiholi and Yeddyurappa meeting at Yeddyurappa’s relative wedding […]

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has accepted the State Backward Class Commission’s report and decided to give quota in jobs and educational institutes to the Maratha community, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Sunday. The reservation will be granted to the community under a new category called ‘Socially and Educationally Backward Class’ (SEBC) as per the recommendation […]

Mysuru: Congress candidate Pushpalatha Jagannath was elected as the 21st Mayor of the Mysuru City Corporation while Shifa Ahmed of the JD(S) was elected Deputy Mayor. Pushpalatha defeated BJP candidate Sunanda Palanetra with a margin of 17 votes in the mayoral elections held today. The tenure of the previous MCC Council came to an end […]

Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said people of Karnataka would not support the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, even if Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party national President Amit Shah resided in the state. The Congress legislature party leader also hit out at the BJP by alleging that the saffron party […]

Kochi: Activist Trupti Desai has reached the International Airport in the early hours of Friday to visit the Sabarimala temple but she could not come out of the domestic terminal following protest by devotees opposing the entry of menstrual women into the Lord Ayyappa temple. Tension prevailed at the airport as protesters announced that Desai […]

Mangaluru: BJP Minorities Morcha leader Franklin Monteiro has been detained by the police on November 10, Saturday for protesting against Tipu Jayanthi celebration. It may be recalled here that he was arrested for the same reason even last year.

Mangaluru : The BJP Dakshina Kannada unit on Friday staged protest in front of DC’s office  against the state government celebrating Tipu Jayanti. Addressing the protesters Brijesh Chowta, general secretary, BJP district committee said, BJP condemns the government’s move and despite it being a government programme. The Muslim community itself has clarified that Tipu is not a […]

Mangaluru: The Congress and JD(S) leaders and workers celebrated the victory of their respective candidates in the by-polls held for three Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies. The BJP has suffered a huge setback with the Congress –JD(S) coalition winning by a 4-1 margin. The Congress celebrated the victory of its candidates in Jamakhandi assembly […]

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru city South and North Assembly Constituency units of the BJP staged a protest in front of the DC office here on November 3, Saturday over the sand shortage problem that has hit hard the construction indstry as well as the common people. The protestors accused the state government as well as the […]