Poll Updates

Bengaluru, Apr 15: Asaduddin Owaisi led - All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), which had earlier decided to field candidates in Karnataka State Assembly elections, has now taken a U-turn. The development comes just a few weeks before the last date of nominations. According to sources, senior Muslim leaders from Karnataka, who had feared that MIM may indirectly help BJP by snatching a

Bengaluru, Apr 15: For the first time the number of registered voters in the Karnataka is expected to cross five crore as over eight lakh people have submitted applications ahead of May 12 assembly polls. Chief Electoral Officer Sanjeev Kumar said, “There are 4.96 registered voters and we have received 8 lakh new applications. Considering this, over 5 crore voters are expected to cast their votes

Bengaluru, Apr 15: Surveillance and flying squads deployed to oversee violations of model code of conduct ahead of the May 12 Assembly polls in Karnataka have seized cash and articles meant to entice voters to the tune of Rs.28.43 crores. Disclosing this at a meet the press programme organised by the Bangalore Press Club and the Bangalore Reporters Guild State Chief Election Officer, Sanjiv Kumar

Bengaluru, Apr 15: Senior Congress leader V.R. Sudarshan on Saturday resigned from the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee vice-president’s post following reported denial of ticket to him to contest from Kolar. Sudarshan, a former Legislative Council chairperson, informed KPCC president G Parameshwara of his resignation in a text message, party sources said. He was an aspirant to contest the

Mysuru, Apr 15: JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday began his three-day election campaign in Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency from where Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is likely to contest as the Congress candidate. Kumaraswamy, along with party candidate and sitting MLA G T Devegowda, started the tour of the villages under the constituency after offering puja at Nanneshwari temple

Bengaluru, Apr 14: The threat of rebellion looms large over the ruling Congress even as the party is finalizing candidates for the May 12 Assembly polls. On Saturday, senior leader P Ramesh was teary-eyed while announcing his decision to contest the polls from CV Raman Nagar constituency as a JD(S) candidate. He had been nursing the constituency and was hopeful of getting the ticket. "This is not

Bengaluru, Apr 14: The internal turmoil over fielding candidates in some of constituencies, particularly those represented by rebel JD(S) candidates who joined the party recently, and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s decision to contest from two constituencies, is said to be responsible the delay in the release of first list of candidates by the Congress party. Though the Congress was expected to

Bengaluru, Apr 14: With the Karnataka Assembly poll date nearing, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is likely to make at least three visits to the state, intensifying the party's campaigning as it seeks to retain power there, sources said. Polling will be held in Karnataka on May 12. Sources said Gandhi is expected to fan those areas of the state which he has not visited yet as part of his Jana

Udupi, Apr 14: Former DySP Anupama Shenoy, who floated Bharatiya Janshakthi Congress last year, has confirmed that he would contest the May 12 assembly polls from Udupi’s Kaup Assembly constituency. Addressing media persons, Shenoy said that though she was not totally against incumbent Kaup MLA Vinay Kumar Sorake, she was disappointed by his lukewarm response to most of the burning issues. “I am

Mangaluru, Apr 14: Prathibha Kulai, General Secretary of Karnataka Mahila Congress, has filed a defamation complaint in the Second JMFC Court in Mangaluru against BJP leaders for misusing her name and photograph in their pre-poll political 'Chargesheet' recently released in Bengaluru. Prathibha, who is also a corporator in Mangaluru City Corporation, has named Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad