Poll Updates

Dharwad, Apr 28: Janata Dal (Secular) faced a major setback as its official candidate for the Hubballi-Dharwad West Assembly constituency Altaf Kittur withdrew his nomination papers here on Friday. Further, Mr. Kittur, who is also the municipal councillor, has announced that he is quitting the party while condemning the style of functioning of the party leaders. It may be recalled that there was

Mangaluru: As many as 58 candidates remained in the fray for the May 12 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections in the eight constituencies of the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada. District Returning Officer and Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil told reporters that eight candidates withdrew their candidature on Friday, the last date for the withdrawal of nomination papers, while many

Udupi, Apr 28: As many as 34 candidates are in the fray in five constituencies of Udupi after five candidates withdrew their nomination papers on Friday and three other nomination papers were rejected. The candidates who have withdrawn their candidature are Rakesh Mallya and Vikas Hedge in Kundapur, Ramesh Marakala and Shiroor Mutt seer Sri Lakshmivara Theertha Swamy in Udupi and Mohammed Sharief

Karnataka Home Minister" Ramalinga Reddy has claimed that phone calls of Congress leaders were being tapped to get details of their strategies for the May 12 assembly polls and blamed BJP president Amit Shah for it. " Reddy claimed it has been on for the past three months. " ... for the past fortnight, the tapping is happening for"almost 18 hours a day. There are teams from Gujarat, Jaipur"and

The Income Tax Department has seized Rs 20 crore cash from various parts of the country, including more than Rs 10 crore in election-bound Karnataka, over the last few days as part of its crackdown on currency hoarders, officials said today. The ITD said unaccounted cash of Rs 4.01 crore and unaccounted 6.5 kg jewellery were seized during searches conducted against three contractors in Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Apr 28: The Bharatiya Janata Party high command this time did not hesitate to field some of its tainted leaders including mining barons for the upcoming May 12 Karnataka assembly polls. However, if sources are to be believed, the BJP supremo Amit Shah has reportedly advised the party’s state leaders to use Reddy brothers and their associates who had ruled the roost during BJP rule in

New Delhi, Apr 27: Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi after the Congress president in a tweet on his party's manifesto for Karnataka claimed that Information Technology contribution in the state is USD 300 billion, the BJP today said either he is "mathematically challenged or lying" as the money quoted by him is close to 10 times of the state's budget. "Dear Rahul, read your tweet on Congress manifesto

Bengaluru, Apr 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address rallies at six different locations in Karnataka next week. State BJP spokesperson Vamanacharya said that on May 1, Modi will address a rally at Chamarajanagara at noon, Udupi at 3 pm and Belagavi at 5 pm. On May 3, Modi will address rallies at Kalaburagi around noon, 3 pm at Ballari and 5 pm in Bengaluru. This is the first phase of Modi

Bengaluru, Apr 27: The police registered a case against Nowhera Shaik, the founder of All India Mahila Empowerment Party after she was caught with Rs 3.94 lakh unaccounted for cash at HAL airport in Bengaluru recently. Shaik, who is also the chief executive officer of Heera Group, a consortium of twenty companies with its headquarters at Hyderabad, had arrived at the HAL airport last sunday from

Mangaluru, Apr 27: Vasudeva Boloor, a fishermen’s leader and Dakshina Kannada district president of Ahinda Janachaluvali, has called upon the people to vote for those who fulfil promises and stay away from communal politics. Addressing reporters here on Thursday, he said: “The contribution of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for Ahinda and poor is significant and hence, the voters should re-elect the