Congress drops lawyer who represented Choksi; names CM for Badami in final list

The Congress on Sunday dropped its candidate for Madikeri, H S Chandramauli, who represented fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi as his lawyer and allotted a second constituency to Chief Minister......

Ministers, youths in Congress' candidates' list for Karnataka elections

The party has not applied the "one-family, one-ticket" formula for the Karnataka polls which it followed in the Punjab polls held last year. The Congress on Sunday released its first list of 218......

Schools shut, roads blocked in Karnataka over order to release Cauvery water to TN

Agitated farmers and activists belonging to pro-Kannada outfits on Tuesday blocked Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway as protests intensified in the wake of the Supreme Court directive to the state to......

TMC will need some more time to reach outside WB: Mamata

The Trinamool Congress would take some more time to extend its reach outside West Bengal, party chief Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday while claiming it would emerge as the third largest party after......

Demonetisation silenced the looms in this 150-year-old town

IMAGE: Inside a power loom in Bhiwandi. About 70 percent of the 1.2 million power looms here have had to down their shutters post demonetization and if things continue as they are, the rest......

Autorickshaws to go green in Bangalore

As part of Karnataka government's effort to bring down pollution levels, it will be mandatory for autorickshaws to have environment friendly engines and run on LPG, besides sporting the green......

Ramya: From acting to politics

Even as she rules the Kannada film industry, Ramya is taking baby steps towards making a mark in the world of politics. The actress, who contested and won the Youth Congress booth-level elections......