Naseer Ahmed

Ahead of Karnataka's bypolls, a Congress victory could fuel factionalism. Siddaramaiah's supporters, leading campaigns, may seek organizational changes and back Satish Jarkiholi for state president. Meanwhile, DK Shivakumar's camp anticipates credit for any wins, potentially renewing calls for leadership shifts. First-time MLAs also demand a cabinet rejig.

asad and outgoing MLC Naseer Ahmed for the June 29 Karnataka legislative council polls.

While the focus of the budget presented last week was on shoring up revenues to fund the five guarantee schemes, chief minister Siddaramaiah also proposed to borrow a little over Rs 8,000 crore more and cut capital expenditure.

Two police personnel were injured when a group of persons, reported to be moving suspiciously, attacked cops with stones in the border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir.

Nine candidates have filed their nominations for the June 29 elections to seven seats of the Karnataka legislative council on Thursday, the last date to do so.

A night of music

A day after Russell Market reopened for business, traders are looking forward to the good old days.

The process of allocating responsibilities for various districts to the ministers has been delayed due to reported wranglings within the governing Congress party over control of strategic districts such as Bengaluru Urban. A final notification is expected in a couple of days.

BANGALORE: In a daring robbery, four armed men who came in an Ambassador car intercepted another car near Kamaraj Road and Veerapillai Street junction on Friday night.

A case has been lodged against Hyderabad mayor Gadwala Vijayalaxmi for violating noise regulations during a Bathukamma event. The mayor and event organisers played loud music beyond the 10 pm limit in NBT Nagar, prompting a suo-motu police investigation following a complaint from an on-duty constable.

Efforts by the Congress leadership over the past fortnight to quell brewing dissidence within the party appears to have yielded only partial results. Although the government is barely three months old, many of them have demanded an “evaluation of the performance of ministers”. They want “poor performers” to be replaced with fresh faces.

Former chief minister and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu said that his party will stand with the Muslim community on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) issue. Naidu said that the party will not take any decision that will act against the interests of Muslims.

Court also slaps fine of Rs 1lakh each on them

BANGALORE: All the 60-odd Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office-bearers on Friday were allocated responsibilities by state party unit President Allum Veerabhadrappa.