'This plan was never official. It was there secretly. It was by the high command.'
Here's how some of the heavyweights fared in the Karnataka elections.
While Shivakumar is as usual contesting from Kanakapura, Siddaramaiah is returning to his home turf of Varuna in Mysuru district, which is currently represented by his son Dr Yathindra Siddaramaiah.
Here's how the prominent leaders in the fray in Karataka elections have performed.
'When Gabbar Singh says 'Kitne aadmi they,' visitors can deliver the dialogue that follows: 'Do sarkar.'' The Sholay magic might just come alive in this 3D virtual reality village.
Janata Dal-Secular Karnataka unit President and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy and his wife Anita, contesting the May 5 Assembly elections, have together declared assets worth Rs 123 crore.
Self-styled godman Nityananda, arrested on criminal charges including rape, was on Friday remanded in judicial custody till May 12 by a court. The court in Ramanagaram, 40 km from Bangalore, passed the remand order when Nityananda was produced before it after eight days of police custody, said the police. The police said the Karnataka criminal investigation department, probing various criminal charges against Nityananda, has not been able to make much headway.
Self-styled godman Swami Nityanand has gone "missing" after video footage of his alleged sleazy acts were aired on a leading Tamil TV channel in Chennai, which were dismissed by his ashram as "morphed images."
The self-styled godman had appealed against the Karnataka High Court order refusing to stay the trail court's direction that he should take the potency test. The rape case was registered against him in a court in Bangalore.
While in a statement issued earlier, the Railways had said that these trains will be fully non-air conditioned, on Wednesday it said that these will have both AC and non-AC classes and fully reserved coaches.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday dedicated GAIL India Ltd's 1,000 km Dabhol-Bangalore natural gas pipeline to the nation.
Siddharth Tata's Purple Chilli helps vegetable farmers earn an income 365 days a year.