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Chamundeshwari, May 12: Amid the ongoing polling for Karnataka Assembly elections, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday accused Janata Dal (Secular) (JD-S) party of distributing money for votes in Chamundeshwari. Siddaramaiah interacted with reporters when he came to cast his vote in Chamundeshwari. Referring to JDS candidate and incumbent MLA of the constituency G.T. Devegowda, Siddaramaiah

Mysore, May 12: Amidst the polling for Karnataka Assembly, Chief Minister Siddarmaiah on Saturday expressed confidence that Congress would again form the government in the state with a clear majority. "Congress will get clear majority there is no doubt on this, we are very-very confident that Congress will come back to power with clear majority," Siddarmaiah told reporters here, and added that

Mangaluru/Udupi, May 12: For the first time in Karnataka, all-woman polling booths have been established across the State. Called ‘Sakhi’, these pink booths are those fully managed by women officers. The entire staff, including presiding officers and security personnel of these booths are women in shades of pink dress. Pictures of women staff dressed in pink clothing adorn the booth. The police

Mangaluru, May 12: Dozens of Manglaurureans who were returning from Saudi Arabia in an Air India flight had to spend almost an entire day at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai for unknown reasons. According to sources, most of these passengers had gone to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah and were coming back on Friday as they had to cast their vote in Karnataka assembly polls on

Udupi, Nov 12: Only 10 Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) from Karnataka have registered themselves as 'overseas electors' for the May 12 assembly polls. NRIs whose names don't figure in the voters' list have to fill Form 6A to register themselves as voters, but not many have come forward despite the Election Commission's efforts to create awareness among NRIs. Joint chief electoral officer KN Ramesh

Bengaluru, May 12: Polling for the high-stakes Karnataka assembly elections got underway this morning under a thick security blanket. Elections are being held for 222 out of the 224 Assembly constituencies. Police have made elaborate security arrangements for the smooth conduct of polls that will go on till 6 pm. Counting of votes will take place on May 15. The Congress is fighting to retain

Dharwad/Karwar, May 12: Income Tax officials raided the house of Prashanth Kekere, a close aide of Mines and Geology Minister and Congress candidate from Dharwad, Vinay Kulkarni. Kekere, who is Kulkarni’s campaign manager, was picked up by a team of five I-T officials from a lunch home on Thursday noon and taken to various places, before reaching his house in Saptapur. The officials searched his

Bengaluru, May 11: In light of the seizure of 9746 voter IDs from a flat in Bengaluru coming under the Rajarajeswari Nagar constituency, polling in the constituency for Karnataka Assembly has been deferred to May 28. Accordingly, counting of votes for the RR Nagar constituency will take place on May 31, the Election Commission of India notified on Friday. The Commission opined that conduct of free

New Delhi, May 11: Elections in Karnataka will be held on Saturday and the state has seen fever pitch campaigning by top leaders, each attempting to woo voters through their unique campaigning styles. Here are some of the key issues that voters would consider while exercising their franchise tomorrow: • FARMER CRISIS: The BJP claimed during its campaign that more than 3500 farmers committed

Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, recently hit the campaign trail in different parts of Karnataka which will go to polls on May 12. Before boarding a Delhi-bound flight, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir spent an hour at Mangaluru International Airport speaking to Mohammad Asif. He gave zero mark to Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government at