Poll Updates

Udupi, May 3: Lok Sabha member Shobha Karandlaje has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled his visit to Sri Krishna temple at the last minute following the information from Special Protection Group over the probable threat on the temple premises. Speaking to media persons here on Wednesday, the MP said that the prime minister was very keen on visiting the temple. It was expected that

Bengaluru, May 3: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was willing to knock on the BJP’s door to become chief minister in 2004, his former mentor and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda said on Wednesday. “Let me be very frank. In 2004, Siddaramaiah was ready to take the help of the BJP to become the chief minister. I did not agree. All our 58 MLAs met at a resort and we decided against it,” Gowda said

Bantwal, May 2: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader Prabhakar Bhat Kallada is confident that Bharatiya Janata Party candidates will defeat Congress in five or six constituencies of Dakshina Kannada districts. The hardline Hindutva leader, who is for the first time formally campaigning for the BJP in the assembly polls, predicted in an interview that the poll results would prove pre-poll surveys

Udupi, May 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Udupi yesterday, touched upon the local issues in his speech and accused the Congress government of Karnataka of failing to create jobs for the youths of coastal Karnataka. Mr Modi, who has miserably failed to fulfil the promise of creating two crore jobs every year in the country, said that the graduates

Udupi, May 2: Bharatiya Janata Party had called chief minister an anti-Hindu for not paying a visit to Sri Krishna Temple during his recent Udupi to Udupi. Ironically, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited the town on May 1 too refused to visit the temple in spite of invitation. Vidyadheesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Palimar Mutt has expressed his disappointment over PM Modi not visiting the

Hassan, May 2: Dejected over government’s apathy to grant a land to bury their dead, as many as 85 Muslim families residing in Ramanathapura village of Arkalgud taluk in Hassan district have resolved to boycott the Assembly elections. The families, with around 350 voters, have been fighting for a burial ground for 10 years. Whenever one of their kin dies, they have to bury the body in neighbouring

Sakleshpur, May 2: Former MLC and BJP leader B.R. Gurudev has reportedly announced his support for the Janata Dal (Secular) in the Assembly elections. Mr. Gurudev, a Lingayat leader, has a support base in Sakleshpur constituency. He is said to have promised his support to the regional party during a meeting with JD(S) leader H.D. Revanna, Sakleshpur MLA H.K. Kumaraswamy, JD(S) State vice-president

Bengaluru, May 2: The Karnataka govt. does not care about the benefits that a farmer can get from the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, says the Prime Minsiter Hitting out at the Siddaramiah government for its “indifference” towards implementing the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked the party’s Kisan Morcha workers in the State to convince farmers on

Kalaburagi, May 2: Former union minister and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Gulam Nabi Azad has said that the results of the Karnataka Assembly elections will be an indicator of the outcome of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The Congress leader, who while canvassing for Gulbarga Dakshin constituency Congress candidate Allama Prabhu Patil here on Tuesday, urged the Muslims to vote en masse

Bengaluru, May 2: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday hit back at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “2+1 formula” jibe at him and said the BJP leader’s formula to win the May 12 Assembly elections in the state is “2 Reddys + 1 Yeddy”. Responding to Modi’s attack at an election rally earlier in the day at Santhemarahalli in Chamarajanagar district, on him contesting from two