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RS elections: Polling ends in Karnataka, BJP MLA abstains from voting

Bengaluru: The polling for the election of four Rajya Sabha seats ended in Karnataka on Tuesday and in a setback to NDA, Shivaram Hebbar, the BJP MLA from Yellapur abstained from voting.…
‘Unity, not victory our priority,’ says Kumaraswamy on RS polls

Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD (S) State President H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said that not winning the election but his party’s top priority is to maintain unity among its cadre.…

‘Inappropriately clothed’ farmer denied entry to Bengaluru Metro; official sacked

The Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) sacked an official working at the Rajajinagar Metro after a viral video emerged where the official denied a farmer entry due to the odour of…
Congress vs BJP on denial of entry to UK professor in Karnataka

Bengaluru: A political slugfest has erupted between the ruling Congress and the BJP in Karnataka over a United Kingdom professor being denied entry into India to attend a state government-organised conference on…
Water crisis in Bengaluru result of prioritising political alliances in TN: BJP

Bengaluru: BJP’s Karnataka chief and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra on Monday attacked the Congress government over the water crisis in the state capital as well as the rest of the state. “The Congress…
Karnataka BJP criticises Cong over plan to shift MLAs to resort ahead of RS elections

Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP has criticised the Congress over its plan to shift MLAs to a resort ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections for four seats scheduled to be held on February 27.…
One more dies of monkey fever in Karnataka; toll rises to four

Uttara Kannada: An aged woman died of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), known as monkey fever, in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district, taking the death toll due to the disease to four in the…

RS polls: Mining baron Janardhana Reddy meets Siddaramaiah

Bengaluru: Gali Janardhana Reddy, mining baron turned politician, on Monday met Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at his official residence Cauvery in Bengaluru. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and Minister for Kannada and…
LS polls: BJP, Congress finding candidate selection in Karnataka challenging

Bengaluru: The BJP and the ruling Congress — the key contenders in the Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka — are grappling with the challenges of finding winning candidates in several constituencies with…
BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde calls Karnataka CM ‘Siddaramulla Khan’

Karwar: Calling Chief Minister Siddaramaiah “Siddaramulla Khan”, BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde has alleged that Karnataka is becoming bankrupt under the Congress government led by him, which wants to loot the state to garner…
Karnataka CM accuses BJP of spreading rumours on bill to tax temples

Hassan: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday blamed the opposition, especially the BJP, for the defeat of a bill to tax Hindu temples in the Legislative Council and accused the saffron party of…
Karnataka: FIR filed against activists, nurses in religious conversion case

Bengaluru: An FIR was filed against nine activists and two nurses in an alleged “forcefully” conversion case in Kalaburagi district of the state. On February 22, two Christian nurses — Ashwini and…
BJP protests in Karnataka Assembly against Siddaramaiah govt’s resolution

Bengaluru: The BJP on Friday condemned the Congress government’s passing of a resolution against the NDA-led Centre in the Legislative Assembly over tax allocation and demand of MSP for all crops. The…
Police complaint filed against two Karnataka nurses for ‘conversion bid’

Bengaluru: A police complaint was filed on Friday against two nurses by the Hindu Jagruthi Sene for attempting religious conversion in Kalaburagi district of Karnataka. The incident was reported from the government-run…
Karnataka BJP raises issue of ‘threat to burn down train from Ayodhya’ in LC

Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP on Friday raised the issue of “threat to burn down the train returning from Ayodhya” in Legislative Council (LC). Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in LC Kota Srinivas Poojari…