Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 24: Riding high on its spectacular performance in the Lok Sabha election in Karnataka, the State BJP is expected to out-perform the JD(S) and the Congress in the May 29 elections to over 63 Urban Local bodies in Karnataka. According to party sources, the saffron party is expected to repeat its Lok Sabha election performances in the Urban Local bodies elections, which include 8 City

Aurangabad, May 28: In spite of massive Modi wave, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has wrested the Aurangabad seat in Maharashtra from the Shiv Sena thanks to the Dalit-Muslim unity. AIMIM candidate, journalist-turned-politician Imtiyaz Jaleel Syed trounced the sitting four-time Sena senior leader Chandrakant Khaire in a see-saw drama that ended at around 4 a.m. on Friday. Syed

Bengaluru, May 24: After receiving a severe drubbing in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections, the JD(S)-Congress leaders are holding series of parleys to decide future course of action. Senior Congress leaders, including former chief minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao, and senior Ministers in the coalition government are meeting at the residence of Siddaramaiah and working

Hassan, May 24: Following severe drubbing Janata Dal (S) received in the Lok Sabha elections that led to its national president H D Deve Gowda lose from Tumakuru and the party winning a loan seat, the newly elected Lok Sabha member, Prajwal Revanna today said that he was ready to vacate his Hassan seat in favour of his grandfather. Speaking to newsmen here on Friday, 28-year-old son of H D Revanna

Mandya, May 24: In a gruesome road accident -- four youths from Kerala were killed when a car in which they were traveling hit a stationary truck near Maddur State highway in wee hours on Friday. According to police sources, the deceased hailing from Kerala were identified as Jayadeep (29), Jinny (27), Jnanathirtha (26) and Kiran (30), and were going to Mysuru from Bengaluru. A case has been

Hubballi, May 24: Karnataka Congress Campaign Committee Chairman H K Patil has decided to step down owing moral responsibility for the debacle the party suffered in in the just concluded Lok Sabha election in the State. The Congress could win only one seat out of 21 seats it contested after allocating seven seats to its coalition partner JD(S) 7 seats. But the two parties could manage to win a

Udupi, May 24: The poor performance of the Congress in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka is solely owing to its tie-up with the Janata Dal (Secular), according to M.A. Gafoor, secretary of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). Speaking to presspersons at the media centre, Mr. Gafoor said that the Congress workers had opposed such a tie-up. They had even suggested that both the

Udupi, May 24: JD(S) candidate Pramod Madhwaraj, while conceding defeat in the elections to the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency on Thursday, attributed it to the BJP wave. He tweeted: “When there is a wave in favour of BJP, all of us become helpless. Nevertheless, voters are our bosses and they have given the verdict, which I humbly accept without any bitterness.” BJP’s Shobha Karandlaje

Bengaluru: While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) recorded a thumping majority in Karnataka, a former Prime Minister, a former Chief Minister and two former Union Ministers tasted defeat. Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, who migrated from his home constituency Hassan to Tumakuru; Congress leader in the Lok Sabha M. Mallikarjun Kharge, who had never lost an election since the beginning of his

Udupi, May 23: BJP’s Shobha Karandlaje retained the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru parliamentary seat by defeating JD(S) candidate Pramod Madhwaraj by a massive margin of 3,49,599 votes. Ms. Karandlaje secured 7,18,916 votes, while Mr. Madhwaraj got 3,69,317 votes. Ms. Karandlaje had won the seat by 1,81,643 votes in the 2014 parliamentary elections by defeating then Congress leader K. Jayaprakash Hegde