Karnataka

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

The citizens of Mangaluru voiced their needs in a mock election activity ‘Vote for Better Tomorrow’ conducted by APD Foundation in collaboration with Antony Waste Handling Cell Pvt Ltd. The event was organized at the City Centre mall and near Milagres Bus Stop at Balmatta Road on Thursday, 10th May, 2018 and 238 people participated in the activity choosing what the city needs. Participants were

Bantwal, Nov 11: A local Congress leader and his wife were attacked by a group of miscreants belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party at their house at Mithamajalu in Sajipamooda in Bantwal taluk last night. The victims are K Sanjeeva Poojary and his wife Vasanthi. Sanjeeva Poojary is a member Bantwal taluk panchayat and president of Brahmasri Narayana Guru Jnana Mandira, Sajipamooda. He is a

Vijayapura, Nov 11: In a major embarrassment for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, one of its veteran activists has said that the hardline Hindutva outfit has lost its credibility by involving in all sorts of financial and moral corruption. Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, N. Hanume Gowda, who has been with the RSS for the last three decades, said that several leaders of the sangh have

New Delhi, May 11: The Congress on Friday petitioned the Election Commission demanding that BJP candidate B Sriramulu be disqualified from contesting the Karnataka assembly elections over a video allegedly showing him trying to a bribe a former chief justice of India's relative. A delegation of senior Congress leaders, including Kapil Sibal, Mukul Wasnik and Randeep Surjewala, met Election

Pegged at Rs 32 lakh, an innocent owl was on the verge of being a sacrificial object on-behest of a political aspirant, if not for the timely intervention by the Kollegal Regional Forest officer (RFO). In the last two-months, around Chamarajanagara district, the forest officials have booked seven cases of poaching and arrested at-least four-people in this connection. In their statement, the

Bengaluru, May 11: JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy, who was on the last leg of his campaigning in Bengaluru on Thursday, was seen making an emotional appeal to voters to RR Nagar. He told them his very survival depended on their votes. “If you want to see your Kumaraswamy continuing to live, then elect JD(S) to power. I am ready to work for you. If you keep me alive, then I will save you

Bengaluru, May 11: Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for their “communal politics”, Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Thursday appealed to the people of Karnataka to cast votes wisely. “If you want the rule of law to prevail, then vote prudently. But, if you want a jungle raj, then vote for the BJP,” he said. Mevani was addressing