Shortly after filing his nomination from his electoral den of Shikharipura, in Shimoga district of central Karnataka, the BJP’s chief minister candidate, B S Yeddyurappa, 75, told his supporters that he was entrusting the constituency to them while he campaigns for the BJP across Karnataka. “Ther

Mysuru: Janata Dal (Secular) will form government on its own, taking help from independents and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) opined Supremo H D Devegowda. This will be a reality as more than 10-12 independents are likely to win in the forthcoming polls, he said. Speaking to media at a private hotel

Just days ahead of Karnataka assembly elections, for which the voting is scheduled for May 12 and counting will be done on May 15, the Election Commission has seized around 10,000 original voter ids in Rajarajeshwarinagar in Bengaluru. In a late-night press conference on Tuesday Chief Electoral O

The 184 MLAs who are re-contesting the Karnataka assembly election on May 12 have seen a 64 per cent growth in their assets as compared to the 2013 election, reveals an analysis of their affidavits. The five richest MLAs, who saw a growth of more than Rs 100 crore in their wealth since the last e

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate B.S. Yeddyurappa to an open debate with him. "Prime Minister Modi is deliberately confusing Karnataka voters with his bombastic speeches on non-issues. All hot

BENGALURU: Defending the BJP leadership's decision of giving tickets to mining barons,the Reddy brothers of Ballari and their associates, BJP's chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa today said that winning each assembly constituency was important for the party in the upcoming Karnataka election

BENGALURU: Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday accused the Congress party of practicing "pseudo-secular politics" in poll-bound Karnataka, and went on to juxtapose the Congress party's professing of secularism with their objection to the triple talaq bill. Prasad said the Congress wa

After Congress President Rahul Gandhi, now Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has challenged Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders for an open debate. In the run-up to the Karnataka Assembly elections 2018, political slugfest has erupted and charges are being levelled every day. On Monday, Siddara

United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi will address her first election rally in nearly two years on May 8 at Bijapur in Karnataka, where her party is trying to return to power in a close contest with the Bharatiya Janata Party. Prime Minister Narendr

The Election Commission on Saturday said the enforcement agencies have so far made progressive seizures of cash and other articles worth over ₹152 crore in the poll-bound Karnataka. While ₹67.27 crore in cash has been seized, the agencies have made a total seizure of gold and silver worth more th

Mangaluru: As Karnataka braces itself for the assembly election on May 12, a new revelation has come up which might work against BJP in the upcoming polls. BJP levelled a charge that 23 of their workers have been killed by 'jihadi' forces in the past five years, under the Congress rule. BJP ML

RAICHUR:Actor Prakash Raj has become politically active in poll-bound Karnataka after the death of his friend and activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh. He is currently on campaign trail in the state to galvanise votes against the BJP. The impact of his visits — after his campaign #justasking —  may be

Facing flak from the opposition over his absence from storm-hit Uttar Pradesh, CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday decided to cut short his Karnataka trip and rush back to his state to review the relief and restoration efforts. Confirming the development, Principal Secretary Information Avanish Awasthi sai

Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released their manifesto for the upcoming elections on May 4 a mere week after the Congress party released theirs. Reaching out to farmers, the BJP manifesto for the Karnataka Assembly polls promised allocation of Rs 1.5 lakh crore for irrigation projects

BENGALURU: A 53-year-old man fell off a cliff at Nandi Hills, about 60km from Bengaluru, when he tried to save his wife when she accidentally slipped and tumbled down on Tuesday evening. He survived; his wife’s body was found 350ft below some 21hours after the accident. M Kumar, a catering contra

Udupi: State General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party Shobha Karandlaje on May 2, claimed that threat to Prime Minister Modi's life was the reason for cancellation of his visit to Sri Krishna Matt. Responding to a media query, Shobha said that SPG had advised the PM not to visit the Sri Krishn

Karwar: Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ananthkumar Hegde who had hogged the limelight for his communally tinged comments, surprised everyone as he publicly declared for the first time that he was not anti-Muslim. At a Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) event held at Karwar ta

Bengaluru: The residence of Congress leader Bhimanna Naik, the party’s candidate from Sirsi-Siddapura constituency, was raided by Income Tax officials early on Wednesday, making him the latest party leader to be visited by taxmen. The ruling Congress has accused the BJP-led Centre of using the In