Karnataka, India News

The USC Price School of Public Policy's Judith and John Bedrosian Center on Governance and the Public Enterprise on Tuesday created a new partnership with India's Emergent Institute to launch an exchange program between government leaders in California and the Indian state of Karnataka.

The state government of Chhattisgarh, India has ordered a judicial inquiry into the killing of eight people in Edasmeta on Friday night and has announced a compensation of 500,000 Indian rupees to the next of kin of the victims.

Bangalore, May 14 : IT Company, E-Sutra Tuesday announced the launch of 'Contineo' a pioneering software platform for implementation and administration of academic autonomy.

NEW DELHI: India's Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals plans to begin processing oil from Iraq and Latin America from next year, helping the state-owned refiner to partly offset Iranian supplies choked off by pressure from western sanctions.

Panaji, May 13 : Goa government has warned the striking Karnataka and Maharashtra traders of exploring other markets for importing foodstuff to Goa.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, who is the executive editor of party's mouthpiece Saamana, on Sunday wrote that the BJP's decision to shun hardcore Hindutva ideology was responsible for its defeat in Karnataka elections.

Hubli, May 11 : In a ghastly road accident, three people died on the spot and ten sustained injuries when a KSRTC bus dashed against a parked tipper lorry in the early hours today near Bankapur village of Shiggaon taluka in Haveri district, about 65 km from here.

New Delhi, May 11 : President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday presented National Technological Awards at a function held at Vigyan Bhawan here to mark the National Technology Day 2013.

It wouldn't be too far-fetched to say that one image sealed the BJP's prospects in coastal Karnataka: three girls cowering in sheer fright in front of a bellowing mob.

Subversion of 2008 mandate 'Operation Kamala', getting elected Congress MLAs to resign and contest on a BJP ticket to shore up numbers, insulted the voter 'Resort' politics Every few months, BJP loyalists and dissidents in blackmailing moves were pushing off to plush clubs and resorts with scant concern for public perception Corruption The mining ... (more)

Mysore, May 10- Within days of completion of the elections to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Deputy Commissioner C. Shikha yesterday urged citizens to use water judiciously as the level at the KRS reservoir was fast depleting and thus severely affecting pumping facility at the Hongalli Pumping Station.

Gulbarga, May 8 : Union Labour minister Mallikarjun Kharge, who is a strong aspirant for Chief minsitership after Congress won a handsome victory in Karnataka is a happy man as the party won seven seats out of the nine in the May 5 Assembly election.

Hubli, May 8 : In an expected result of Karnataka Assembly polls in Dharwad district of Mumbai Karnataka, the Congress registering thumping victory with winning four seats out of seven, leaving two to ruling BJP while JD sprang a surprise by winning a seat for the first time in the district.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi with her son Rahul Gandhi is greeted by party's workers for the party's win in the Karnataka assembly elections, at 10 Janpath in New Delhi.

After years of censoring films for everything from political overtones to sexual content, India's Censor Board has announced it will adopt a more tolerant approach, according to the Times of India .

Mysore, May 9- The Bhramara Trust of Y.T. and Madhuri Thathachari, which has instituted Prof.

The BJP lost miserably in all the areas Narendra Modi addressed public meetings in.

Two splinter regional parties that emerged out of the BJP during the course of its first government in south India cost it dearly in the Karnataka elections.

Bangalore, May 8 : Waiting in hibernation for eight years, the Congress, despite severe setbacks to the party-led UPA government at the Centre, bounced back to power in Karnataka with a thumping majority of 121 seats in the 14th Assembly packing the ruling BJP to an ignominious defeat.

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday described the defeat of the BJP in Karnataka as justice to the Marathi-speaking people living along the Maharashtra-Karnataka borders.