Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Dr. G Parameshwara on Wednesday lauded the BJP’s move to field former IAS Officer against him from Korategere constituency.

Bengaluru: BJP on late Tuesday evening released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Karnataka elections. The saffron party has fielded Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka against KPCC Chief DK Shivakumar from the Kanakpura assembly constituency.

Udupi: Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat on Wednesday broke down before the media reporters and said he was yet to make a decision on contesting the Karnataka polls without BJP ticket after he was replaced by Yashpal Suvarna by the party as its candidate.

Sullia: BJP MLA and senior party leader from Dakshina Kannada district S Angara on Wednesday announced retirement from electoral politics following the party’s decision to not hand him a ticket for upcoming Karnataka polls.

Senior BJP leader Jagadish Shettar, who had also been a Hubli-Dharwad Central constituency ticket aspirant but was not named in the first list of the party, said on Wednesday that he will meet the party high command in New Delhi to discuss the matter.

Singer Maqsood Mahmood Ali popularly known as Lucky Ali posted a Facebook post on 09 April which stated, the word “Brahman” was derived from “Abram”. He said Brahmans are the lineage of Ibrahim Alaihisalam.

A 23-year-old woman from Goa who was duped by two agents and sent to Bahrain on the promise of a good job has been rescued by Mumbai Police with the help of the Indian embassy, an official said.

Former Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi on Wednesday announced his decision to resign from primary membership of the BJP, a day after the ruling party denied him a ticket to contest in the May 10 Assembly elections.