Poll Updates

New Delhi, May 10: Fever pitch campaigning in Karnataka for assembly elections to be held on Saturday (May 12) came to an end on Thursday evening. The campaigning by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) was electric in content and delivery, ranging from mud-slinging of rival opponents to religion. The run-up to the elections saw top ministers and leaders from

Bengaluru, May 10: There is no place for Dalits and backward classes in the heart of the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, asserting his government is trying to realise B R Ambedkar's dream of a powerful and prosperous India. Launching a blistering attack on the Congress over the way it has treated Dalits, Modi said the party showed no respect for Ambedkar. The Congress, he

Bengaluru, May 10: Asaduddin Owaisi, the president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), has courted a controversy by wearing a saffron turban when he addressed a Janata Dal (Secular) rally in poll-bound Karnataka. Owaisi, who is facing allegations of helping BJP candidates in several states by fielding his party’s candidates to divide Muslim votes, had decided to field around 50 MIM

Bengaluru, May 10: Why does Prime Minister Narendra Modi often resorts to personal attack against Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi? When media persons in Bengaluru posed this question to Rahul Gandhi, he gave a simple and straight forward answer: “Modi has anger inside him and he personally attacks me and my mother, because he sees a threat from me." On the last day of

Bengaluru, May 10: Reaching out to Dalits and other backward communities in poll-bound Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his government was trying to fulfil Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s dream of a powerful and prosperous nation. Hitting out at the ruling Congress in Karnataka, he said the party failed to confer Bharat Ratna on Ambedkar when it was in power. Addressing the SC, ST, BC

Bengaluru, Nov 10: The Supreme Court of India today refused to intervene in a plea by Rashtriya Hindu Sena chief Pramod Muthalik, who alleged that the Congress party in its election manifesto in Karnataka is seeking votes in the name of religion. The allegation is rubbished as baseless by the Congress party. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y

Bengaluru, May 10: The midnight drama continued into Wednesday with the BJP and the Congress trading charges and demanding high-level enquiries against each other with regard to the confiscation of voters’ IDs in RR Nagar. Both the BJP and the JD(S) have demanded that the Election Commission of India (ECI) countermand elections in RR Nagar. The BJP went a step further and demanded that Congress

Bengaluru, May 10: A day after the raid and seizure of 9,746 original voter ID cards from a flat in Jalahalli under Rajarajeshwari Nagar Assembly constituency, the police on Wednesday collected a few cards to trace its holders. The police suspect these cards were taken from the holders as collateral security in exchange of goodies/cash distributed by political parties. However, inquiries and

Mangaluru/Udupi, May 9: Ghulam Nabi Azad, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha today campaigned for the Congress candidates in coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi for May 12 Karnataka assembly polls. Speaking to media persons in Mangaluru, the former union minister hailed the achievements of chief minister Siddaramaiah led Congress government and urged the people to save the state

Mangauru, May 9: The Congress leaders and supporters in poll-bound Karnataka are facing the wrath of Income Tax department. Last night two business establishments having close association with a prominent Congress leader in Dakshina Kannada district were raided by the I-T sleuths. The raid comes two days after I-T sleuths raided the Krishna Heritage, a resorted owned by the Hosapete Congress MLA