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Mangaluru, May 15: Congress candidate B A Mohiuddin Bava, who had sprung a surprise in 2013 polls by defeating then BJP stalwart and former minister Krishna J Palemar, in Mangaluru City North has lost the saffron party in 2018. In spite of massive internal conflicts dentist turned politician Dr Bharath Shetty, who contested on BJP ticket for the first time has managed defeat Mr Bava by a margin of

Mangaluru, May 15: U T Khader, who was the Minister for Food and Civil Supplies in outgoing government, has created a new history in Mangaluru (erstwhile Ullal) constituency by registering fourth consecutive victory in 2018 assembly polls. Mr. Khader is son of the former Congress MLA late U.T. Fareed who had been elected from the constituency in 1972, 1978, 1999 and 2004. Mr. Khader entered

Mangaluru, May 15: Four-term MLA and the former Minister K. Abhayachandra Jain, who was “forced” to contest again as a Congress candidate, has tasted first defeat in Moodbidri constituency. Umanath Kotian, who was defeated by Jain by a margin of 4,550 votes in 2013, today defeated the latter by a huge margin.

Bengaluru, May 14: Counting of votes will be taken up on Tuesday for the Karnataka Assembly elections, which pollsters have said would likely go down to the wire, with a neck and neck race between the state's ruling Congress and challenger BJP. Several exit polls have predicted a hung Assembly and said former prime minister H D Deve Gowda's JD(S) would play the role of the kingmaker. In one of the

Mangaluru, May 14: Even though the Election Commission has taken elaborate measures to ensure free and fair polls, a few shortcomings and negligence on part of the babus in just concluded Karnataka assembly polls had created enormous confusions and increased the possibilities of vote rigging, said U T Khader, Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs. The three-time MLA, who contested

New Delhi, May 14: The just-concluded Karnataka state elections were the "most expensive ever" assembly poll in the country in terms of money spent by political parties and their candidates, according to an analysis by a research organisation. The Centre for Media Studies, which describes itself as a not-for-profit, multi-disciplinary development research and facilitative think-tank on its website

Bengaluru, May 14: Two days after the assembly elections, the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Monday announced tariff hike. Usually, the hike is announced in the last week of March every year and the hike comes to effect from April 1. But as the poll code of conduct was in place, the commission had to wait till the elections were over. However, today’s revised tariff will be

Hassan, May 14: Former minister K H Hanume Gowda died at a hospital here last evening after prolonged illness. He was 87. He is survived by three sons and two daughters. He was admitted to a private hospital in Hassan a week ago and breathed his last following failure of multiple organs. Mr. Gowda, a four-time MLA from Hassan, was Minister for Command Area Development Authority for a brief period

Bengaluru, May 14: With polling passing off peacefully, the focus has now shifted to ensuring Tuesday’s counting of votes for the assembly polls also goes off without a hitch. State police and other security personnel are taking no chances and have turned counting centres located in different parts of the state into fortresses. Except for candidates, agents who have authorised passes from

Mangaluru: The Indian Coast Guard Ship Vikram, which was commissioned by Union Minister of Defence for State Dr Subash Bhamre on April 11 at Chennai arrived in Mangaluru on Sunday, May 13. It was the first in class of seven new generation offshore patrol vessels contracted by the Ministry of Defence to Larsen and Toubro Ltd. in March 2015 under the government’s Make in India initiative. The ship's