Over 150 BJP members submit resignations angry over Sullia MLA not being made minister
A member of the RSS since 1992, S Angara has continuously won from the Sullia constituency for the Bharatiya Janatha Party since first contesting in 1994.
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Former Union Min Janardhan Poojary rescued from floods in Dakshina Kannada
Officials said that on receiving information about the octogenarian leader’s whereabouts, a team of was sent to lead Poojary and his family to safety.
Karnataka floods: Cops lathicharge flood-hit locals who stalled CM BSY’s convoy
Many have taken to social media to criticise the Chief Minister for continuing to sit inside his car while the police were taking action against protesters.
Thousands turn up to bid adieu as Coffee King VG Siddhartha laid to rest
The crowd was largely dominated by the presence of coffee plantation workers, who had turned-up from Chikkamaglur, Kodagu, Hassan and Dakshina Kannada district.
Coffee Day founder VG Siddhartha’s body recovered 9 km from Nethravathi bridge
VG Siddhartha, who is also the son-in-law of former Union Minister SM Krishna, had gone missing near the Nethravathi river in Mangaluru on Monday night.
As Search for Siddhartha Continues, Fisherman Says He Saw Man Jump
‘Saw a Man Jump Off the Bridge on Monday Night’: Fisherman
Café Coffee Day founder VG Siddhartha missing: Firefighters, divers, boats deployed
Police officials are questioning all the people that Siddhartha spoke to on Monday. They are also looking into call record details of his driver.
3 Bajrang Dal activists arrested for allegedly threatening K’taka Congress leader
The alleged threat was made after BJP candidate Nalin Kumar Kateel won from Dakshina Kannada constituency in the Lok Sabha Elections.
Why did 11 villages in Karnataka’s Belagavi boycott the Lok Sabha polls?
The villagers refrained from voting to register their protest against the Forest Department for hindering development works in their villages.
Belagavi set to script history with 57 candidates in fray, EC to use ballot units
Belagavi is going to polls with 8,256 ballot units, 2,054 polling booths, 17,49,005 voters, and 57 candidates.
Dakshina Kannada elections: 13 MP candidates face off in sensitive constituency
The constituency has been a sensitive one, vulnerable to violence and rowdyism, and parts of it — especially Mangalore city commissionerate limits have been identified as critical.
Nalin Kumar Kateel, Dakshina Kannada: Two-time MP’s popularity on the decline
Kateel was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 2009, upon defeating Congress representative Janardhan Poojary by 40,420 votes.
Denied basic necessities for 20 yrs, Kodagu tribe to boycott polls
The residents of Maadu Hati in Kodagu say they have no proper drinking water or sanitation facilities.
Police arrest man who shared viral ‘encounter Janardhan Poojary’ audio clip last year
Upset with Poojary lending support to the Ram Mandir, Hakeen Puttur had shared an audio clip calling for the leader to be ‘encountered and killed’ in December 2018.