Poll Updates

Mangaluru: Calling upon people to vote for a stable government in the impending Karnataka assembly polls, multi-lingual actor Prakash Raj said that a fractured mandate that will help parties make their own arrangements to govern the State. Interacting with reporters in the city on Saturday, Mr Raj said that people should use their common sense before casting vote. “You should choose a party that

Bengaluru, Apr 29: G Manjunath, Independent MLA from Mulbagal constituency in Karnataka’s Kolar district, has already completed his five year term and the state has geared up for another assembly polls. But, the High Court of Karantaka has now set aside his election in the last polls! Justice A S Bopanna on Wednesday (April 25) passed the crucial order on a petition filed by Munianjanappa, who

Mangaluru, Apr 29: Karnataka’s coastal district of Dakshina Kannada is known as a the district of intelligent people. It has the highest literacy rate. Besides this is the educational hub of south India. Ironically, many of the elected representatives of this district are school dropouts. BJP leader Nalin Kumar Kateel, who represents the district in the parliament, has not studied beyond Class 10

Bengaluru, Apr 28: In a setback for the Sangh Parivar, three video advertisements of the BJP against the ruling Congress in poll-bound Karnataka were banned by the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) from being aired for spreading false information and lies. The committee restrained the media on Friday from airing or sharing the advertisements on the ground that they were violative

Lucknow, Apr 28: Taking a dig at the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, spokesperson of the BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit Rakesh Tripathi has termed the proposed visits of Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati to poll-bound Karnataka as "political tourism". He, however, claimed that BJP workers and people in Karnataka want to have a glimpse of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his

Belagavi, Apr 28: Income Tax officials raided the house and offices of Nasir Bagwan, JD(S) candidate from Khanapur in Belagavi on Saturday. Mr Bagwan, who has declared assets of over Rs. 191 crore, is the richest candidate in the district. The businessman from Khanapur has investments in real estate in Bengaluru, Mysore and Belagavi. According to reports, a 11-member I-T team conducted searches at

Bengaluru, Apr 28: Police have seized 42kg of gold ornaments worth about Rs 12.5 crore from a van at an election checkpost at Balepura near Devanahalli on the outskirts of the city. Bheemashankar S Guled, superintendent of police, Bengaluru Rural district, said the gold was being transported in an SUV by four persons, including a gunman. Officers on duty at the checkpost flagged down the SUV

Bengaluru, Apr 28: Former chief minister and BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa is sure that mining baron B Janardhan Reddy will help the party win 10 to 15 additional seats in Ballari and surrounding areas. Replying to the queries of media persons in Hassan, Yeddyurappa said BJP president Amit Shah had advised party leaders to seek help of anyone, including their opponents, if it is beneficial

New Delhi, Apr 28: The BJP today asked the Election Commission to reject the nomination papers filed by Congress candidate Ashok Kheny from Bidar South constituency in Karnataka, saying he submitted an incomplete affidavit which suffers from "several defects". In a memorandum submitted to the EC by a party delegation, which included Union ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Gen V K Singh (retd), the

Koppal, Apr 28: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah accused Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led state government of "pocketing" the funds pumped into the state by the Centre. "Under the 13th Finance Commission, Karnataka got Rs. 88,583 crore, which was increased to Rs. 2, 19,506 crore under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government. All the money sent by the Modi