Mangaluru: Bahujan Samaj Party’s Karnataka unit will hold a state-wide motorcycle rally from January 15 in the run up to party’s convention ‘Prajaprabhutava Ulisuva Kadege Aaneya Nadege’ in Mysuru on January 26. January 15 also marks the birthday of BSP chief Mayawati. The rallies will be organised under the leadership of state party chief N […]

Bangaluru: A six-member team of officials of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday concluded a two-day review of the Legislative Assembly election preparedness in Karnataka, after holding consultation with representatives of political parties and election officials for conducting free and fair polls. It also took stock of the schedule of various examinations, fairs, […]

Chennai: Tamil Nadu government today said Karnataka has so far released 111 tmcft of Cauvery water of stipulated 192 tmcft annually (April-May) and steps were being taken to get the remaining quantum. Chief Minister K Palaniswami, referring to the 2007 tribunal award on the Cauvery water sharing dispute, said Karnataka has to annually release 192 […]

Bangaluru: BJP national president Amit Shah and Congress president Rahul Gandhi will virtually take over election management of their respective parties in Karnataka as the arch rivals brace for a tough fight ahead of the crucial Assembly polls. Post Sankranti, both Shah and Rahul are expected to deploy key resources to devise a poll strategy […]

New Delhi: Fresh from giving a tough fight to the BJP in Gujarat, AICC president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the party was well prepared for the Karnataka elections. “We are well prepared. We have a good team in place. We have a solid leader in the chief minister and we will win the elections,” […]

Bangaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday asked his Goa counterpart Manohar Parrikar to submit before the Mahadayi River Water Disputes Tribunal that he is ready to release water to Karnataka, if he is not willing to hold talks with him. Parrikar has not replied to Siddaramaiah’s letters urging him to come for talks on the […]

Bellari: CM Siddaramiah said that the Gujrath elections will not affect Karnataka’s upcoming Assembly elections. Addressing the media here he said 18 Congress MLAs and opposition leaders like Shankar Singh Vaghela have joined BJP, Congress had suffered a setback in Gujarat polls and that Congress has won more seats when compare to the last elections […]

Mangaluru: “Nearly 5,97,000 hectares of agricultural land in Karnataka has been used for other purposes in last decade,” said state agricultural pricing commission President Prakash Kammaradi. Addressing the press personnel in DC office on Tuesday he said that these statistics were obtained after conducting a survey. Yearly 60,000 hecters of land is being used for […]

New Delhi: JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Friday and apprised him of the water crisis in the Cauvery basin of Karnataka. Emerging out of the meeting, Gowda told reporters that he explained to the prime minister the current storage of water in reservoirs in Karnataka and the […]

Bengaluru: In a bomb blast which took place recently in Jammu and Kashmir, to brave soldiers of Karnataka have lost their life, on Thursday. Hasan Saab Khudavand (25) of Navalagunda and Basavaraj Chennappa Patil (44) of Gokak are the deceased soldiers. Hasan Saab was admitted to the army hospital at Kashmir where he breathed his […]