Bengaluru: KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao said that some vested interests have been conspiring to finish former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi politically for which some people have been tarnishing his image.

Jaipur: International Hindu Parishad president Pravin Togadia Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "betraying" the people of country by making tall promises but failing to fulfil them.

Thiruvananthapuram: With media personnel being attacked at various districts during the 12 hour hartal by saffron outfits against entry of two women in their 40s into Sabarimala temple,the Kerala Union of Working Journalists Thursday decided to boycott BJP and Sabarimala Karma Samithi.

Mangaluru: Former minister B Ramanath Rai said that the day of erasing the board of the Vijaya Bank, the prestigious bank of the district, and its merger with the Bank of Baroda would be the black day for the Dakshina Kannada district.

Kasaragod: Two motor-bike-borne miscreants attacked a BJP leader with lethal weapons and fled the scene here on Thursday afternoon.

Mangaluru: Former minister Ramanath Rai said that the District Congress would take out a padayatra from January 14 to 16 demanding the government to resume the works of national highway from Addahole to BC Road on Bengaluru-Mangaluru road.

Bengaluru: Senior Karnataka minister D K Shivakumar was Thursday grilled for about three hours by the Income Tax department for alleged tax evasion, officials said.

Meerut (UP): Uttar Pradesh BJP leader Vineet Agarwal Sharda has said Lord Hanuman belonged to the Vaishya community, weeks after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath termed the Hindu deity a Dalit.