Poll Updates

Hubballi, Apr 12: Janandolanagala Maha Maitri, a congregation of like-minded progressive organisations, has decided to support Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Santosh Nargund against the former Chief Minister and BJP candidate Jagadish Shettar in the Hubballi-Dharwad Central Assembly constituency. Speaking to presspersons here on Wednesday, Samaj Parivartana Samudaya founder-president S.R

Udupi, Apr 12: The Static Surveillance Team of Election Commission has seized Rs 1.63 lakh unaccounted cash in cash at two places in Udupi district. A press release issued here on Wednesday said that the team seized Rs. 58,000 in cash at the check-post at Anjaar, while it seized Rs. 1,05,790 in cash at the check-post at Hosangadi. At both places, those carrying the cash could not produce

Bengaluru, Apr 12: Stating that the victory of Congress is inevitable for the growth of Karnataka and India, chief minister Siddaramaiah has exhorted all secular, non-communal and honest people to come together to defeat the communal forces at the national level under the leadership of the Congress. In an interview Mr Siddaramaiah said that the Congress must win 2018 Karnataka polls to change the

Bengaluru, Apr 12: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC president G Parameshwara and JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy are now set to join the list of politicians, who have contested polls from more than one seat. This time, Kumaraswamy was the first to announce his candidature from two seats - Ramanagaram, which he currently represents, and Channapatna, which is considered to be the JD(S)'

New Delhi, Apr 12: Only children of three senior Congress leaders, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son Dr Yathindra from Varuna, Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy's daughter Sowmya Reddy from Jayanagar and former Union Minister K H Muniyappa's daughter Roopa Shashidhar from KGF, are likely to get party the ticket to contest the May 12 Assembly polls. Though over a dozen senior leaders have sought the

Mangaluru, Apr 11: The Congress is likely to face a mild dissidence following the announcement of candidates for the eight constituencies in Dakshina Kannada for the May 12 Karnataka assembly polls as there are multiple contenders in six constituencies. Seven of the eight constituencies in the coastal district are now represented by the Congress legislators. Only Sullia is represented by the BJP

Holding firmly on to a slice of history, the granddaughter-in-law of undivided Karnataka's first chief minister. K C Reddy, has been camping in the national capital, hoping to fight an election for an Assembly seat in the state. For the last two days, Vasantha Kavitha Shrikar K C Reddy has been waiting anxiously outside the Congress party's electoral war room at 15 Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, where

Bengaluru, Apr 11: The senior leaders of BJP are reportedly considering to field a member of former chief minister S M Krishna’s family in the Karnataka assembly polls, in an effort to retain him in the saffron party. Rumours are doing rounds that Krishna has threatened quit BJP and return to Congress for "neglecting" him. Krishna, a Vokkaliga, who was chief minister from 1999 to 2004, quit the

New Delhi Apr 11: A purported list of 131 Congress candidates for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections sent leaders into a tizzy on Tuesday even as party's top brass continued its deliberations on finalising the contestants here. As Congress Screening Committee headed by Madhusudhan Mistry was busy finalising the candidates for the forthcoming elections, a list of 131 names, including that of

New Delhi Apr 11: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is trying hard to convince Congress leadership to allow him to contest from Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency in Mysuru district despite the high command's reluctance. Siddaramaiah, who wants to filed his doctor-son Yathindra from Varuna segment in Mysuru district, feels his contesting from the neighbouring Chamundeshwari seat will help in