Patels mission: Take on BJP, woo minorities Mirajuddin Patel, who assumed charge as the JD (S) State unit President on Monday, was apparently knew fully well of his new assignment: To take on the BJP and to win back the confidence of minority community...
Film festival on freedom struggle To celebrate the 60th year of Indian Independence and commemorate the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, the Films Division and Karnataka Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi have jointly organised a four-day film festival on Mahatma Gandhi for schoolchildren and public.
Reject Bescom plea to hike tariff, appeal consumers Representatives of various organisations have appealed to the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) to reject Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom)s plea for hike in energy cost by Rs 0.90 per unit for all categories of consumers...
'Dont rely on fickle dying declarations' While setting aside the judgement of the Karnataka High Court, the apex court has held that subordinate courts should not rely on contradictory and inconsistent dying declarations of a victim at the time of convicting a person of murder charges.
JD (S) leaders Iqbal Ansari, M P Prakash, H D Deve Gowda, D Manjunath and Aravinda Dalavai at the installation ceremony of the new president of the state unit of the party Mirajuddin Patel (second from left), in Bangalore on Monday. DH photo
The Chief Election Commission wants to limit the number of political parties in the country. Will it be a wise move?
Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send in their opinions. Most responses favour restricting the number of political parties, as it is believed to check horse-trading and divisiveness of the nation based on region, religion and caste. Few others assert that the move will be impractical, as coalition and regional parties are now calling the shots.
