Poll Updates

Bengaluru, Apr 8: In order to avoid any kind of rebellion by ticket aspirants, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G Parameshwara are jointly finalizing the list of candidates for May 12 assembly polls. The final list will be soon forwarded to New Delhi just for a formal approval. According to reports the Congress had asked Siddaramaiah and Parameshwara

Bengaluru, Apr 8: The head of Basava Dharma Peetha at Kudalasangama, Mathe Mahadevi, has openly gave a call to the Lingayat community to back the Congress and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Karnataka assembly polls as the state government has considered their demand for a separate religion despite widespread opposition. At the Lingayat Matadhipathigala Vedike’s meeting here, she came down on the

Bengaluru, Apr 7: Nurse-turned-actress Jayalakshmi, who had hit the headlines over a decade ago by releasing the photos of her lip-lock with former minister and BJP leader Renukacharya, has formally joined the All India Mahila Empowerment Party (MEP). She was inducted into the MEP by the party’s supremo and gold tycoon Dr Nowhera Shaik at a ceremony at Leela Palace in the city on Friday. Speaking

Bengaluru, Apr 7: The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) on Saturday clarified that a so called Intelligence report that is doing rounds on social media, stating that Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency not safe for Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, was a fake report. The Intelligence DIG has been asked to conduct a probe into the fake report, the CMO stated in a press release. "The Intelligence department

Bengaluru, Apr 7: In the past few days, unaccounted cash and material worth nearly Rs 9 crore has been seized by the police and Election Commission. On Friday, April 6, afternoon Central division police arrested a civil contractor along with his driver for carrying Rs 1.5 crore of unaccounted cash. Police believe that the money was being transported to distribute to voters ahead of the state

Udupi, Apr 7: A case has been registered at the Kundapur police station against Rajiv Kotian, president of the Udupi district unit of the Janata Dal (United), for sending election messages on WhatsApp in alleged violation of poll code. According to the police, as per the complaint registered by Manjunath Hegde, Model Code of Conduct Nodal Officer, he had received complaints that Mr Kotian was

Bengaluru, Apr 7: Accusing the Prime Minister Narendra Modi of cheating Indians by not fulfilling promises, activist-turned-politician Jignesh Mevani has urged the people of Karnataka to disrupt the former’s rallies in Karnataka ahead of assembly polls. The video of Mevani calling upon the people to question Mr Modi and disrupt April 15 rally if he fails to give suitable answers is now going viral

Ramanagaram, Apr 6: In an apparent attempt to lure journalists ahead of Karnataka assembly polls, a leader of Janata Dal (Secular) on Friday promised sites for media persons if the party state president H D Kumaraswamy becomes chief minister. Speaking at a press meet, Rajashekhar, JD(S) taluk unit president, said that plan to allot sites to local journalists was pending for quite a while and the

A video clipping of a fan throwing a garland at Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi during a party rally in poll-bound Karnataka is now going viral on social media. Rahul, who was participating in a roadshow in Tumkur on April 4, probably did not expect that a garland thrown from several meters away would land so perfectly around his neck. But that is exactly what happened. The police are now

Bengaluru, Apr 6: Activist-turned-politician Jignesh Mevani has urged the Dalits of Karnataka not to vote for Bharatiya Janata Party in May 12 Legislative Assembly polls. Mr Mevani, who frequently visits Karnataka, said that Dalit groups should unitedly defeat the saffron party. “I am appealing to every Dalit group that not a single vote should go to BJP. I will do the same in Rajasthan and Madhya