Karnataka

Kalaburagi, May 2: Former union minister and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Gulam Nabi Azad has said that the results of the Karnataka Assembly elections will be an indicator of the outcome of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The Congress leader, who while canvassing for Gulbarga Dakshin constituency Congress candidate Allama Prabhu Patil here on Tuesday, urged the Muslims to vote en masse

Bengaluru, May 2: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday hit back at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “2+1 formula” jibe at him and said the BJP leader’s formula to win the May 12 Assembly elections in the state is “2 Reddys + 1 Yeddy”. Responding to Modi’s attack at an election rally earlier in the day at Santhemarahalli in Chamarajanagar district, on him contesting from two

Karwar, May 2: BJP’s rabble-rouser and union minister Anant Kumar Hegde has sparked yet another controversy by accusing Congress of striking a deal with terrorists by holding meetings with them and suppressing patriots. Addressing a BJP meeting at Shejwada in the taluk, in which a number of Congress leaders joined the party, he said the Congress must be defeated to protect dharma. “People in the

Udupi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the Congress government in Karnataka of initiating the culture of “ease of doing murder”, as he launched the second leg campaign in the state for the Assembly elections. Modi claimed over two dozen BJP workers were killed under the Congress government in Karnataka in political violence. “What was their crime? It was that they were opposed to

Udupi, May 1: In remarks that raised eyebrows in political circles, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lashed out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for “insulting” JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda, saying it showed his “arrogance”. Showering praise on the former prime minister at an election rally in Udupi in poll-bound Karnataka, Modi said Deve Gowda was one of the most respected and tallest

Santemaranahalli, May 1: The Prime Minister slams the ruling Congress for indulging in "family politics" by allowing a party's leaders kith and kin to contest in the Assembly polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched his campaign blitzkrieg in Karnataka, unleashing a blistering attack on Rahul Gandhi and daring him “to speak in any language” for 15 minutes about the achievements of

Shivamogga, May 1: As the Karnataka poll battle hots up, people of the state are busy talking about their favourite party candidates even as many raised doubts over the apparent "sidelining" of BJP's chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa this election. Standing in the sweltering summer heat, 45-year-old Shantappa is waiting for a bus to Shikaripura. The unrelenting weather, however, could

Shivamogga, May 1: Senior Karnataka BJP leader K S Eshwarappa on Tuesday said the party would form the next government securing an absolute majority by banking on "Hindutva and Modi wave". Eshwarappa, who is likely to face a neck-and-neck race in Shivamogga in the May 12 Assembly polls, said he has never asked for any particular post in the party but only wished to see the party come back to power

A news-maker for all seasons, the legislator of Mangaluru City North, B A Mohiuddin Bava is contesting for the third time at the upcoming polls. Though Bava had lost to the then-BJP stalwart Krishna J Palemar in 2008 by a margin of 14,426 votes, the former became a giant killer in 2013 and defeated the latter by a margin of 5,373 votes. The incumbent Congress MLA speaking to coastaldigest.com says

Newsroom, May 1: The bomber who blew himself up outside the US Consulate in Jeddah, a coastal city of Saudi Arabia two years ago was a non-resident Indian, confirmed the authorities of the Kingdom on the basis of DNA tests. The accused who killed himself in bid to cause harm to others has been identified as Fayaz Kagzi, an Indian national and alleged operative of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, a senior