Showering encomiums on Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi for good governance, Karnataka BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa today said the ongoing party national executive at Mumbai should deliberate on promoting him as Prime Ministerial candidate, among other issues.
When Rudrappa Naik, a farm labourer from Bellary district, boarded the Bangalore-bound Hampi Express on Monday with wife Hemavati, son Muttanna, 8, daughter Pavani Bai, 10, and a relative, it was in the hope of a better future. It was sugarcane harvesting season in Tamil Nadu and the family, which was in a financial crisis, hoped to find some employment there.
The South Western Railway today announced that three trains had been cancelled and five were running late as a result of the collision between the Hampi express and a goods train at Anantpur district in Andhra Pradesh.
Five persons from the same family from Bellary died in the major train mishap in Andhra Pradesh when Hampi Express collided with a goods train in Penukonda on Tuesday morning.

Angry with the BJP brass for not reinstating him even after he drummed up sufficient support, former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Saturday said he would not attend the party's National Executive meet to be held in Mumbai from May 24.
An eerie silence envelopes the ‘Great Wall of Bellary’ — an arched wall that encircles the maze of bungalows of mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy. Its jailed owner, confiscated choppers and missing government paraphernalia — all mark a crumbling power structure.
A CBI designated court today adjourned to May 25 hearing on the anticipatory bail pleas filed by former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and his family members, against whom the central agency has launched a probe in connection with an alleged illegal mining scam.
Karnataka high court today stayed for three weeks the proceedings against Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala Natarajan in the disproportionate assets case against them in a Bangalore court.
Former Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa, who is in legal trouble because of his alleged links with the mining lobby and the BJP’s refusal to provide him the cover of high office, is reportedly considering the option of joining Sharad Pawar’s NCP.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday expressed anger at the Karnataka police for arresting an alleged Indian Mujahideen operative in Bihar without intimating the authorities concerned.
When this senior forest department official objected to an illegal crocodile show being run on the banks of Kali river in northern Karnataka, he probably did not expect a reaction that would cost him his life.
A senior Karnataka forest department official was allegedly beaten to death on Tuesday after he objected to an illegal crocodile show being run on the banks of river Kali in north Karnataka.
Facing a fresh bout of revolt against his leadership, Karnataka chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Saturday said he was unaware of resignation by some ministers in the state.

Facing a fresh bout of revolt against his leadership, Karnataka chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda said he was unaware of resignation by some ministers in the state.
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