Portfolios of the ministers in the JD-S-Congress coalition government in Karnataka were allocated on Friday, two days after the ministry was expanded.
Three persons including a child got injured after the rifle of a Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable went off during change of duty at the Dumdum Metro railway station premises here on Friday afternoon, police said.
MLC Basavaraj Horatti said that he missed the ministerial berth in the coalition government as some bluff swamijis spread the rumour against him that he is dividing the Lingayat religion.
“Though the dissident activity is not our problem, I have met MB Patil and discussed as it is the coalition government”, said Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
A number of electronic voting machines (EVMs) malfunctioned in two places in the recent bypolls due to "excessive exposure to illumination", the Election Commission (EC) said on Friday.
Desperate over the family problems, a gram panchayat member hanged himself after sending a WhatsApp message to his friends at Lakshmi Nagar in Malpe on Thursday night.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi will address a national convention of the party's Other Backward Classes department here on Monday.
MLA Satish Jarkiholi said that he would shortly tender his resignation to the post of AICC secretary.
MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday said Muslims should emerge as political force to get their rights in the country.
MP and state BJP general secretary Shobha Karandlaje was booked at the Vidhana Soudha police station against ‘insulting’ the sentiments of Hindu religion.
