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Mangalore, May 5: As polling across the state came to a close on Sunday, the day ended without any major incidents or disruptions in the coastal district of Udupi. The atmosphere was largely peaceful throughout the five constituencies of the district. According to sources, the district recorded a voter turnout of 76.96 percent as the voting ended at 6 p.m. Udupi district, which has five assembly

Bangalore, May 5: Ruling BJP's senior leader and lawmaker M. Venkaiah Naidu had a taste of the people's power Sunday when he was snubbed by voters when he tried to muscle his way into a polling booth with party workers and supporters, jumping the queue. A Rajya Sabha member from the state, Naidu is a voter in the Malleshwaram assembly constituency, a middle class locality in the northwest of the

Kolar, May 5: In a shocking incident, a group of miscreants including a person holding sword in hand threatened voters at a polling station in Kolar. The incident occurred at around 10 a.m. in the premises of Junior College in Kolar. It is said that Congress workers and supporters of Independent candidate and minister Varthur Prakash clashed in Kolar. A video footage aired by television channels

Mangalore, May 5: For the first time, webcasting has been introduced in over 1,100 polling stations across the state. While the chief election officer recommended webcasting of polls from voting centres in five booths in each constituency in the state, Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada Harsh Gupta has gone in for webcasting from over 20 polling stations in each of the eight Assembly

Bangalore, May 5: An estimated 70.23 percent of the 4.35 crore-strong electorate voted in the Assembly elections in Karnataka on Sunday amid projections that beleaguered ruling BJP was on a sticky wicket against a resurgent Congress. Meanwhile, the Bangalore city saw a hightest turn out of 52.83 in the state's polling history. The 7 AM-to-6 PM polling began on a brisk note but appeared to lose

Bangalore, May 5: A local court has ordered issue of notices to Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, former chief?ministers B?S?Yeddyurappa and D?V Sadanada Gowda, BJP?national president Rajnath Singh and State president Pralhad Joshi. The vacation City Civil and Sessions Judge Shivashankar Amarannanavar ordered issue of notices, while hearing a suit filed by T?J?Abraham and 12 others. The

Mangalore, May 4: The Income Tax officials along with police raid self claimed tantrik Chandrashekar Swami's RT Nagar residence in Bangalore on Saturday evening. Swami hailed from Mulki, Mangalore taluk in Dakshina Kannada district. The officials have seized Rs 1.1 crore in cash, 15 kg gold and 55 kg of silver during the raid that began at 4.30 pm and went on till late night. Sources in the BBMP

Mangalore, May 4: Come May 5, the people of Karnataka will be lining up at the booths to exercise their franchise in favour of their favourite candidate in each Assembly constituency. This time, the key focus is on ensuring maximum participation. The state as well as the district administration is keen on encouraging and registering maximum number of voters, so as to ensure a participative

Mangalore/Udupi, May 4: Elections always brought with it a sense of hustle-bustle and even a smallest of village would come alive with activities. However, now a days campaigning happens with restrictions in place and the undivided Dakshina Kannada has accepted all of these restrictions wonderfully. One may see that the level of awareness among people about the parties, candidates and voting

Mangalore, May 4: Police have seized a sports utility vehicle which was carrying several bundles of poll related pamphlets in violation of the code of conduct. The violation came to light on the eve of May 5 Assembly election, when Mangalore inspector G T Nayak along with others inspecting vehicles near Bejai. They found a Tavera, bearing registration number KA 19 C 5279, carrying pamphlets