Mangaluru : Discontentment is brewing in the Congress in Mangaluru city ahead of the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) council election. Many leaders have quit the party citing various reasons and joined the BJP. Former mayor Purandaradas Kuloor has resigned from the party, citing the reason that he was ignored during the candidates’ selection process, though […]

Mangaluru : The BJP released its first and second list of totally 53 candidates for the upcoming Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) elections to be held on November 12. The first list of 35 candidates, released on Monday. October 28 included names of former deputy mayor Sumithra Kariya from Baikampady, Sudhir Shetty Kannur from Kodialbail, Premananda […]

Mangaluru : The BJP on Monday announced the first list of 35 candidates for the forthcoming elections to the Council of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC). Notable among them are former Deputy Mayor Sumithra Kariya from Baikampady, Sudhir Shetty Kannur from Kodialbail, Premananda Shetty from Mangaladevi, Arshad from Kudroli and Priyanka Suvarna from Bunder, according to […]

Mangaluru : The Bharatiya Janata Party, in association with other organisations will take out padayatras spreading the thoughts of Mahatama Gandhi in Dakshina Kannada between October 20 and November 5, according to Sanjeeva Matandoor, president, Dakshina Kannada unit of the party and also MLA of Puttur. Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, he said the padayatras […]

Mangaluru : BJP district president and Puttur MLA Sanjeeva Matandoor has challenged former minister D K Shivakumar to face inquiry if he was really innocent. Matandoor, addressing reporters at the party office on Monday, said that the allegations against BJP on political vendetta are meaningless. “One should remember that Enforcement Directorate inquiries are not held […]

Bengaluru : Another round of ‘Operation Lotus’ appears to be on the cards in the state, with speculation rife that a dozen legislators, mostly from the JD(S), are on the verge of switching over to the saffron party. The BJP, sources said, is hoping to poach the MLAs after Dasara next month and ahead of […]

Bengaluru : The ruling BJP has formed an internal party team to study laws pertaining to the ban on cattle slaughter enacted by other states, even as Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa is under pressure from ‘gaurakshaks’ to prohibit the killing of cows in Karnataka. The Yediyurappa-led BJP had, in 2010, passed a bill that essentially […]

Mangaluru : BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Thursday said that he will continue to strive to take BJP to further heights in the state. He was speaking at a function organized by Dakshni Kannada BJP unit at the head office here to congratulate him for being appointed as state BJP president. “BJP will […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Tuesday submitted his resignation to Governor Vajubhai Vala shortly after losing the confidence motion in the Assembly. Soon after the outcome, Kumaraswamy drove to the Raj Bhavan along with deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara and other senior colleagues and handed over the resignation, officials said. “I hereby tender […]

Mangaluru : Cattle should be transported only in such vehicles certified by the Transport Department. Those vehicles should have compartments on board to transport them. Cattle should be transported only after obtaining permission from the government authorities. Now the government has ignored all these provisions., said MP Nalin Kumar Kateel on Saturday. Addressing presspersons after the meeting, […]