Brothers, father-son spice up poll scene
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-04-17 03:28:40 -0700 | political-news
Take for example, senior Congress leader and former Union Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief . His son-in-law, Syed Yasin , is seeking re-election from Raichur. That, he is being challenged by Kannada cinema celebrity, Pooja Gandhi , contesting on the ticket...
Explosion near BJP office in Bangalore
Source: Times of India
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-04-17 08:28:18 -0700 | political-news
At least three cars and a motorcycle have been gutted in an explosion near the BJP office here...According to initial reports, the blast was due to a cylinder explosion in a vehicle parked outside the BJP office ...The witnesses claimed...
IT cos will pay extra due to US immigration bill
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-04-16 23:12:17 -0700 | political-news
The formal release of the US Comprehensive Immigration Bill has been delayed on account of the Boston blasts, but elements of it that have emerged in various media indicate that Indian IT companies may have to bear significant new costs....
Number of nominations for K'taka polls crosses 2k
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-04-16 07:40:59 -0700 | political-news
The number of nominations filed by candidates for the May 5 Assembly elections in Karnataka crossed 2,000 today. Tomorrow is the last day for filing of nominations, with Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and Deputy Chief Ministers K S Eshwarappa and...
Complaint filed against Cong MLA Ramalinga Reddy
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-04-15 06:19:49 -0700 | political-news
A private complaint was filed in the Lokayukta Court today against Congress MLA Ramalinga Reddy charging him with amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. Judge N K Sudhindra Rao posted the complaint filed by social activist R...
Arbitration Centre must cater to common man: CJI
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-04-14 04:16:22 -0700 | political-news
An Arbitration Centre must speedily redress cases not just of the rich and the corporate houses but also the common man , Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir today said. "Arbitration centre is meant for the speedy redressal of cases...
Yeddyurappa promises Rs 2k cr budget for Muslims
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-04-13 13:21:53 -0700 | political-news
Former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Party today promised to waive farmers' loans and allocate Rs 2,000 crore for Muslims in the budget in its poll manifesto. Farmers above the age of 65 would be given monthly pension...
Numerology holds netas in spell in Karnataka
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-04-11 04:20:16 -0700 | political-news
They sign their nomination papers stark naked; wear undergarments of a particular colour; they get abused, spat on, and even get slapped by slippers. This is no tantrik's diary, but what our political candidates are ready to do to woo...
Modi at our beck and call on Ktk poll campaign: BJP
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-04-08 17:01:11 -0700 | political-news
The BJP today sought to put at rest speculation over whether Narendra Modi will campaign in Karnataka, maintaining that the Gujarat chief minister had made it clear that he will be at their "beck and call" and conduct a whirlwind...
Three Indian devotees kill themselves to 'join guru'
Source: Qatar English Daily
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-04-08 03:37:20 -0700 | political-news
Three followers of an Indian guru committed suicide Monday by jumping on a burning wood pyre, saying they wanted to "join" their leader who killed himself over a month ago, police said. The three devotees, aged 16, 30 and...
Karnataka elections promise high drama
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-04-07 02:34:04 -0700 | political-news
Key ministers who served the BJP government pitted against each other, brothers crossing swords, erosion of Bellary mining baron's influence, a ruling party minus heavyweight B S Yeddyurappa and a fragmented political landscape -- the May five Assembly elections in...
Rise in rural income fuelling food inflation: RBI
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-04-06 11:37:04 -0700 | political-news
Impressive rise in rural incomes is fuelling food inflation as people's dietary habits are changing for the better and increasing consumption, RBI Governor D Subbarao said today. Subbarao said here the poor segments of the population are seeing an increase...
Season of defections show no sign of abating
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-04-06 14:54:08 -0700 | political-news
In the "season of defections" ahead of May five Karnataka Assembly polls, two more BJP MLAs -- Pratap Gowda Patil and T H Suresh Babu -- quit the ruling party today as churning in the political landscape continued. Patil (Maski...
Karnataka poll not short on glamour quotient
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-04-05 04:00:37 -0700 | political-news
While ticket aspirants, particularly in the Congress, are waiting with bated breath for announcement of the list for the May five Assembly polls, one thing appears certain at this stage itself -- that the elections would not be short on...
'Average asset of Karnataka Min zooms to Rs 6.96cr'
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-04-04 15:18:58 -0700 | political-news
The average asset of a Minister in Karnataka is Rs 6.96 crore, a jump of 665 per cent over the previous 2004 ministry, an NGO claimed. Karnataka Election Watch and Association of Democratic Reforms had analysed the affidavits, filed with...
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