Everything you need to know about Chikmagalur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Chikmagalur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Bangalore, April 27 (IANS) It was a day of four women leaders including Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, BJP's Sushma Swaraj and BSP supremo Mayawati in Karnataka Saturday as they sought votes for their party candidates in the May 5 assembly poll.
Chikmagalur, Apr. 27 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday charged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government in Karnataka with betraying the people's mandate.
Bangalore, April 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi will campaign in Karnataka for party candidates for the May 5 assembly polls, the state unit said Sunday.
Bangalore, March 28 (IANS) The Election Commission Thursday directed Karnataka's BJP government not to go ahead with its Rs.2 per kg rice distribution scheme to poor families in view of the model code of conduct (MCC) in force for the state assembly elections May 5.
Bangalore, Feb 1 (IANS) Another BJP legislator resigned Friday to join former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Party, pushing the six-month-old Jagadish Shettar ministry into a precarious position ahead of the budget session Feb 4.
Bangalore, Dec 19 (IANS) The once popular Indian National Rally Championship run under the aegis of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) touched rock bottom with the cancellation of Rally of Maharashtra, the final round, that was scheduled to be held in Nashik Jan 5-6, 2013.
Chikmagalur, Nov 22 (IANS) There is a sense of unprecedented enthusiasm ahead of the two?day Coffee Day Rally that doubles up as third round of the FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship (INRC), commencing here Friday with 43 vehicles in the fray.
Bangalore, Nov 19 (IANS) After a two?month break and a cancelled second round last month, the FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship resumes this weekend in Chikmagalur town with the running of the Cafe Coffee Day Rally Nov 23?24.
Bangalore, July 18 (IANS) Karnataka's new minister C.T. Ravi, who is also the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) state unit spokesperson, Wednesday secured anticipatory bail from the high court in a land grab case.
Bangalore, June 16 (IANS) Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the main opposition Congress are facing the same problem - indiscipline, and it seems this malaise will only worsen as the state is set for assembly polls in less than a year.
Bangalore, April 1 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has achieved one more dubious distinction in its troubled rule in Karnataka. It barely managed a smooth end to the last budget session of its maiden rule in the state, facing trouble from its own members over the leadership issue.
There does not appear to be much hope for the BJP to emerge as a major challenger to the Congress in 2014, although the latter is now much weaker than it was at the time of the last general election.
New Delhi, Mar 21 (ANI): The Congress party made a comeback in Karnataka, Kerala and Gujarat on Wednesday as it won the recently conducted by polls by defeating their rivals.
New Delhi, Mar 21 (ANI): The Congress party made a comeback in Karnataka, Kerala and Gujarat on Wednesday as it won the recently conducted by polls by defeating their rivals.
Bangalore, Aug 8 (ANI): The newly elected Karnataka Chief Minister, DV Sadananda Gowda, on Monday inducted 21 new ministers into his cabinet.
Bangalore, Aug 4 (ANI): DV Sadananda Gowda was on Thursday sworn-in as the chief minister of Karnataka.
The Udupi-Chikmagalur MP D V Sadananda Gowda is set to take oath of new Chief Minister of Karnataka on Thursday evening....
Bangalore, Aug 4 (ANI): The newly elected Karnataka Chief Minister, DV Sadananda Gowda, on Thursday denied rumours of split within the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Bangalore, Aug 4 (ANI): DV Sadananda Gowda will be sworn-in as the new Karnataka Chief Minister here today.
Bangalore, Aug 3 (ANI): Lok Sabha MP Sadananda Gowda was on Wednesday elected as the new chief minister of Karnataka.he Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs voted by secret ballot and Gowda, considered to be close to former chief minister B.S Yeddyurappa, won by seven votes.
The scam-tainted BS Yeddyurappa on Sunday finally resigned from his post of Karnataka Chief Minister after showing his power on the road....
Coimbatore, June 27 (ANI): With 60 participants from across the country, the first round of the National Rally Championship 2009 began in Coimbatore on Saturday.
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday captured India's IT hub, winning all the three Lok Sabha constituencies, including the newly-constituted Bangalore Central.
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday retained its stronghold in Karnataka by winning 19 of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, one more than what it had secured in the 2004 general elections.
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party president D.V. Sadananda Gowda won from Udupi-Chikmagalur constituency defeating K. Jayaprakash Hegde of Congess by 26,685 votes.
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) Counting of votes cast for the Lok Sabha elections began Saturday morning amid tight security in Karnataka, poll officials said.
Bangalore, April 30 (IANS) No ballot was cast in five polling stations in Karnataka Thursday as the electorate refused to vote to protest non-implementation of development works and rehabilitation package, an Election Commission official said.
Bangalore, April 30 (IANS) Over 60 percent of an estimated 15.5 million voters cast their ballots Thursday in 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka when 10-hour polling ended 5 p.m. peacefully, officials said.
Bangalore, April 30 (IANS) About 45 percent of an estimated 15.5 million voters had cast their ballots by 3 p.m. Thursday in 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka, officials said.
Bangalore, April 30 (IANS) Around 20 percent of estimated 15.5 million eligible voters had cast their ballots in the first four hours of polling in 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka, officials said here Thursday.
Bangalore, April 30 (IANS) Polling got underway Thursday in 18,452 booths in 11 parliamentary constituencies in the central, coastal and southern parts of Karnataka in the final phase of Lok Sabha polls in the state.
Bangalore, April 29 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), ruling Karnataka for the first time, faces a tough challenge in retaining its dominance over the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies going to the polls in the second round of the state's parliamentary polls Thursday.
Bangalore, April 29 (IANS) A former prime minister, an ageing star, an ex-chief minister, a former central minister nicknamed 'loan-mela mantri' and the current chief minister's son are some of the faces adding colour to the final phase of Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka.
Bangalore, April 28 (IANS) Campaigning for the 11 Karnataka Lok Sabha seats going to polls April 30 ended Tuesday on an ugly note with a slipper thrown at Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa at a public meeting.
Bangalore, April 6 (IANS) Karnataka has a healthy 10:9.7 male-female ratio when it comes to its over 40 million voters. But political parties have fielded only four women for the state's 28 Lok Sabha seats.
Bangalore, March 31 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday chose Margaret Alva to fight the Lok Sabha poll from Uttara Kannada constituency in Karnataka, five months after sacking her as general secretary for claiming that party tickets were sold during last year's assembly elections in the southern state.
Chennai, March 31 (IANS) Bangalore's India Mines Group (IMG) and Pro-Sports Promotion have been awarded the contract as promoters of the 2009 Indian National Rally Championship (INRC).
Bangalore, March 18 (IANS) An Indian Police Service (IPS) officer in Karnataka is under the scanner for alleged corruption, the state ombudsman said Wednesday.
Bangalore, Nov 19 (IANS) Three Maoists were killed in an encounter with a Karnataka police team early Wednesday in the thick forests in Chikmagalur district, about 350 km from here, chief minister B. S. Yeddyurappa said.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (ANI): The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has suggested a ban on organizations which are responsible for breakdown of communal harmony in its report submitted to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh a few days back. The Commission, in its report on attacks on churches of Karnataka, said, "The state must keep a close watch on the activities of all such organisations that have contributed to the breakdown of communal harmony there."
A day after advocating stringent law to curb terror attacks, Chairman of Administrative Reform Commission and Congress spokesperson, M Veerappa Moily
Mangalore, Sept 16 (ANI): The situation in troubled areas of Mangalore continues to remain tense today after attacks on churches and prayer halls by suspected Bajrang Dal activists.
Bangalore, Sept 15 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday urged Christian missionaries not to indulge in forcible conversion, as it is unacceptable in a democracy.
Mangalore/Bangalore, Sept 15 (ANI): Karnataka police dispersed clashing groups of people as situation continued to remain tense for the second day on Monday over the attack on churches in Mangalore.
New Delhi, July 23 (ANI): In yesterday's trust vote won by the UPA Government by a margin of 19 votes, as many as 21 Members of Parliament (MPs) belonging to different political parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress cross-voted. Ten members remained absent or abstained from voting.
New Delhi, July 23 (ANI): In yesterday's trust vote won by the UPA Government by a margin of 19 votes, as many as 21 Members of Parliament (MPs) belonging to different political parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress cross-voted. Ten members remained absent or abstained from voting.
