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It’s official. Former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah, who was requesting a second seat of Kolar assembly in Karnataka, will not contest from two seats as the party has fielded Kothur G Manjunath from the assembly seat. The Congress has also fielded former Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi, who quit the BJP […]

Former Karnataka CM Jagadish Shettar, whose name was not there in BJP’s first and second lists of candidates, says he is hopeful of getting a ticket

One senior BJP leader quit after being denied tickets, another is on the verge of quitting, while seven others are mulling their options

India has recorded its first two deaths due to the Influenza A subtype H3N2, one each from Karnataka and Haryana, the Union health ministry confirmed on Friday. Ninety cases of H3N2 have been reported so far, they said. In Karnataka, 82-year-old Hire Gowda died due to the H3N2 virus on March 1, a state health […]

Priyanka Gandhi, in her address, said that she agreed to come to Bengaluru only after Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah accepted her request to prepare a separate election manifesto for women.

The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, has lauded Karnataka as a state where "wiser people look to invest".

The Congress hit out at the Gujarat government amid a report that it is mulling the idea of implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state ahead of the crucial assembly elections later this year.

He also pointed out how soaring prices of LPG cylinders, petrol and diesel are adversely affecting common people.

As the Congress’ 3,570 km Bharat Jodo Yatra completed 35 days and covered a distance of over 636 km by foot, the party is planning a mega rally in Karnataka’s Bellary district on October 15.

Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi will be joining the party’s ambitious Bharat Jodo Yatra on October 6 in Karnataka.