Mangaluru: With the Kudroli slaughterhouse refusing to die down, District in-charge minister U T Khader on Tuesday informed that he would write a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union urban development minister seeking clarity over the issue. Speaking to media persons at Circuit house here, Khader said that the proposal to modernise the […]

Mumbai: A Maharashtra BJP spokesperson on Friday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the “11th incarnation” of Lord Vishnu, prompting ridicule by the Opposition, with the Congress calling it an “insult” to the gods. “Hon PM @narendramodi ji is the 11th #Avatar (incarnation) of Lord Vishnu (sic),” state BJP spokesperson Avadhut Wagh said on Twitter. […]

Ramanagara: Congress MLC C.M. Lingappa’s son Chandrashekar joined BJP party ahead of Ramanagara byelection. MLC C.M. Lingappa had opposed the Congress party’s decision to give up the byelections to thier coalition party – JD(S). Chandrashekar joined the saffron party at BJP state president B.S. Yeddyurappa’s residence here on Wednesday. Congress leader C.M. Lingappa had openly […]

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister U.T. Khader on Monday asked MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and other BJP MLAs who are opposing the proposed modernisation of the Kudroli abattoir under the Smart City Project to approach the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and get it cancelled. Speaking to reporters here, Mr. Khader said […]

Udupi:  Activists of BJP and Congress ended up fighting during the of Bharat Bandh strike on Monday. A huge BJP protest was held in front the SP office protesting the assault on BJP leader Prabhakar Poojary. That is when the police initiated the lathi charge. The Tahsildar Pradeep Kurudekar ordered the imposition of Section 144 throughout […]

Udupi: With the government releasing the list of reservation for urban local bodies (ULBs), the race for the posts of the president and the vice-president of the Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) has begun. The post of the president is reserved for Backward Communities ‘A’ woman, while that of the vice-president is reserved for the […]

Udupi: The Bharatiya Janata Party continued its sway in its stronghold, coastal Karnataka, by winning 193 seats out of 386 seats of different urban local bodies that went to polls on August 31. The Congress came second by winning 145 seats, followed by 12 seats by the Janata Dal (Secular), 11 seats by the Social […]

Puttur: Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party registered a thumping victory in Puttur by winning 25 out of 31 seats in the elections held to the City Municipal Council while the ruling coalition partner Congress failed to retain Ullal CMC, the home turf of district in-charge Minister U.T. Khader. Elections to Bantwal Town Municipal Council too threw […]

Bengaluru: Veteran Congress leader and former minister Baburao Chinchansur joined the BJP party on Wednesday in the presence of state BJP president BS Yeddyurappa and Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Niranjan Jyoti. A two-time MLA from Gurmitkal constituency, Chinchansur, who belongs to the Koli Kabbaliga community had risen to the post of Textile […]

New Delhi: Thousands of people gathered outside the BJP headquarters today and hundreds lined up inside to pay homage to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the poet-politician who wove together pragmatism and a vision for an inclusive India. Vajpayee, 93, passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here last evening […]