Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called the ruling Bharatiya Janata party’s (BJP) manifesto as the “biggest jumla [platitude]” and dismissed it as “just empty jugglery of words”. In an exclusive interview with The Hindu, he questioned the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s failure to address vital issues and deliver …...Read More

April 14, 2024 11:05 pm | Updated 11:05 pm IST - Belagavi B.R. Ambedkar wanted the Constitution to be a dynamic, living document. That is why he introduced the amendment provisions in the Constitution itself, the former Chief Minister and BJP candidate for the Lok Sabha elections from Haveri Basavaraj …...Read More

April 14, 2024 10:51 pm | Updated 10:51 pm IST - Belagavi Kannada organisations have asked the State government to protect the interests of Kannadigas in Goa whose houses, according to them, are being demolished without due process. “The government of Goa is demolishing houses of the poor residents in …...Read More

April 14, 2024 10:50 pm | Updated 10:50 pm IST The Election Commission of India (ECI) has attracted criticism for reducing the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) based audit of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to an exercise in tokenism and for its lack of transparency in the matter. The …...Read More

April 14, 2024 10:40 pm | Updated April 15, 2024 01:38 am IST No one doubted actor Santhanam when he, in one of his films, slipped ‘Cricket na Chepaakam (Cricket means Chepauk) into a monologue on the features of Chennai. In fact, to many in this locality and across the …...Read More

April 14, 2024 10:40 pm | Updated 10:40 pm IST No one doubted actor Santhanam when he, in one of his films, slipped ‘Cricket na Chepaakam (Cricket means Chepauk) into a monologue on the features of Chennai. In fact, to many in this locality and across the city, the first …...Read More

April 14, 2024 10:35 pm | Updated 10:40 pm IST - MYSURU Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the BJP’s election manifesto released in New Delhi on Sunday as a “picture of new India”. Addressing an election rally in Mysuru on Sunday, Mr. Modi said the country had progressed much during …...Read More

April 14, 2024 10:35 pm | Updated 10:35 pm IST - Belagavi Five workers died in a road accident in Honyal village near Bilagi in Bagalkot district on Sunday evening. They were crushed under a stone-laden lorry that overturned when they were walking home after work. They were all members …...Read More

April 14, 2024 10:11 pm | Updated 10:14 pm IST - Belagavi A former MLC Sunanda Linganagouda Patil passed away after a brief illness in Belagavi on Sunday. She was 71. Hailing from Hire Bagewadi village, she had also served as the vice-president of the Belagavi Zilla Panchayat. She is …...Read More

April 14, 2024 10:10 pm | Updated 10:10 pm IST - TIRUPATTUR Five wagons of an empty goods train derailed at Kethandapatty village near Jolarpet Railway Station in Tirupattur on Sunday. Railway officials said that the goods train, with 38 wagons, was heading to Whitefield neighbourhood in Bengaluru. The wheels …...Read More