Poll Updates

Bantwal, Apr 24: All India Congress Committee president Rahul Gandhi will be addressing a public rally in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district on Friday, April 27. Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment, B Ramanath Rai announced this at a press meet here today. Mr Rai, who is contesting from Bantwal legislative constituency for the eighth time is facing tough competition from BJP. He

Badami, Apr 24: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday filed nomination from Badami constituency in Bagalkot district. Siddaramaiah was accompanied by Congress leaders S R Patil, C M Ibrahim and ministers R B Thimmapur, Umashree and sitting MLA B B Chimmanakatti while filing the papers. Siddaramaiah is contesting the upcoming elections from two seats - Badami and Chamundeshwari. On April

Apr 24: The Congress stands a very good chance of winning the Karnataka Assembly polls, and the high-command will take a call on the next chief minister, senior party leader Mallikarjun Kharge said today, indicating incumbent Siddaramaiah may not be the automatic choice. He said the Congress high-command will choose the chief minister in consultation with the newly elected MLAs, if the party is

New Delhi, Apr 24: The upcoming Karnataka Assembly election will result in a close contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, with no party enjoying the absolute majority, according to a Times Now and VotersMood Research opinion poll. Deve Gowda’s JD(S) is likely to emerge as the kingmaker. A win in Karnataka, the first of three key states to vote this year ahead of a 2019

Mandya, Apr 24: Actor-cum-politician M A Ambareesh, who was asked by Congress to contest from Mandya constituency, announced his retirement from electoral politics, on Tuesday, the last day to file nomination papers for May 12 Karnataka assembly polls. I am growing old. I don’t want to contest the elections. Let the party field anybody from Mandya constituency,” the 66-year old leader told

Bengaluru, Apr 24: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA Government at the Centre of misusing the income tax department to scare Congress leaders in poll-bound Karnataka. He was reacting to reports of I-T raids on various contractors across Karnataka on Tuesday. Rumours were doing rounds that PWD minister HC Mahadevappa’s house also was raided

Bengaluru, Apr 24: The Income Tax Department on Tuesday conducted searches on a number of contractors in poll-bound Karnataka in connection with a tax evasion probe, officials said. They said the raids are being conducted against at least 11 contractors in Mysuru and Bengaluru by the investigation wing of the department. These contractors are linked to public works jobs rendered by them on

Mangaluru, Apr 24: The Janata Dal (Secular) has decided to field its Mulky unit president Jeevan Shetty from Mulky-Moodbidri constituency as the party veteran and former minister K Amarnath Shetty has decided not to contest this time. The JD(S) which released its second list of candidates for May 12 Karnataka assembly polls had announced the name of Amarnath Shetty from Mulky-Moodbidri

Kola, Apr 24: Two cars belonging to Omshakti Chalapathy, the BJP candidate for Kolar constituency, were set on fire by unidentified miscreants on Tuesday. Chalapathy had parked both his cars in front of his house in Kataripalya. Police said that cars have been set ablaze at about 3 am. Both cars are completely destroyed. Chalapathy who is the state BJP Yuva Morcha vice-president, had filed his

Chikkamagaluru, Apr 24: At least three workers of Bharatiya Janata Party were killed on the spot and five others suffered injuries when the vehicles in which they were travelling rammed into a tree on the roadside near Hunasaghatta Gate at Tarikere, near here yesterday. The deceased have been identified as Anjanappa (35), Anand (35) and Suresh (45), all residents of Jaladhihalli near Ajjampura