Poll Updates

Udupi, Apr 10: Former police officer Anupama Shenoy has expressed her desire to contest the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections from her native place Kaup in Udupi district. Speaking to media in Bengaluru, she announced the first list of 15 members from her Bharatiya Janashakti Congress who will be contesting the elections. She said the EC has approved her party’s symbol as the ladies finger. "I

Amidst preparation for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections, Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat has appealed to local technology firms and experts to keep a close watch on social media platforms and highlight instances of “fake news,” saying action could be initiated against those involved. The Election Commission has taken such a step for the first time in India, according to Mr Rawat. He

Bantwal, Apr 9: A Congress leader in coastal district of Dakshina Kannada, recently joined Bharatiya Janata Party, and within hours rejoined the Congress party. Sundara Devinagara, secretary of Panemangaluru Block Congress in Bantwal constituency in DK, resigned from the primary members of the party to embrace the saffron party on Saturday. Sundara was formally inducted into BJP at a party

Mangaluru, Apr 9: The police have finally booked RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat three days after he delivered a communally provocative speech and brazenly mocked Model Code of Conduct. The case was registered on Sunday at Konaje police station under Section 153 (A) (promoting enmity between groups on grounds of religion, race, etc.) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 125 (promoting enmity

Udupi, Apr 9: A case has been registered against Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports for violating the Model Code of Conduct. The minister had recently told a section of the media that the State government would give Rs. 25 lakh and a government job to P. Gururaja who won the silver medal in the 56 kg category in weightlifting at the ongoing 21st Commonwealth

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday, April 8, announced the first list of 72 candidates who will contest the high stakes Karnataka assembly polls. The southern state goes to polls on May 12 to elect its representatives and results will be out on May 15. The list of names was made public following a meeting of the BJP's Central Election Committee at the party headquarters in Delhi. The meeting was

Mangaluru, Apr 8: For the first time, the Congress leader from coastal Karnataka have launched direct campaign among non-resident Indians in Saudi Arabia ahead of May 12 Karnataka assembly polls. It is estimated that around two lakh NRIs from coastal Karnataka have been working in various parts of the oil-rich kingdom. Though the proposed proxy voting for NRIs is yet to be implemented in India

Bengaluru, Apr 8: Forget the BJP winning the 2019 polls, even Prime Minister Narendra Modi might lose his Varanasi seat under a united opposition, asserted Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday. Pegging his confidence on opposition unity, Gandhi said far from the BJP winning the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, even Modi might lose from Varanasi if the Congress, the SP and the BSP were united against him

Janata Dal (Secular) Karnataka president H D Kumaraswamy has claimed that Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party have been responsible for the divide between Muslims and Hindus in the state in general and coastal districts in particular. Speaking to media persons on Sunday, April 8 at Vijayapura, the former chief minister dubbed the two national parties as two faces of the same coin. “They are

Bengaluru, Apr 8: ICC president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday promised abolition of contractual employment of safai karamcharis all over India if his party came to power in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Rahul spent nearly 15 minutes interacting with a group of safai karamcharis - pourakarmikas as they are known in Karnataka - during the last day of his Janaarshirvada Yatra in Bengaluru. "If we get to govern