Bengaluru, Karnataka’s 111-year-old revered seer, Shivakumara Swami of Siddaganga Mutt at Tumakuru, is dead, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy announced on Monday. “His holiness, Swamiji passed away at 11.44 a.m. at the Mutt during his treatment for lung infection,” Kumaraswamy told the media in Tumakuru, about 70km from here. The Swami[Read More…]
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Karnataka: JD-S, Congress to extend alliance to civic bodies
The ruling Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and the Congress in Karnataka would extend their coalition alliance to the urban local bodies (ULBs) across the state to keep the opposition BJP out of power, said a JD-S official on Saturday. “In the event of either party not getting majority on its own in the[Read More…]