Poll Updates

New Delhi, May 9: Nearly 1.5 lakh security personnel, including more than 50,000 from the central paramilitary forces, will be deployed during the Assembly elections in Karnataka on May 12 to ensure free and fair polls, officials said today. The Union Home Ministry has earmarked around 520 companies drawn from various paramilitary forces like the CRPF, BSF and ITBP to keep strict vigil and ensure

New Delhi, May 9: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said there was "no contest" between his party's government in Karnataka and the previous BJP regime in the southern state as regards corruption, adding that the saffron party's rule "wins hands down". Gandhi took to Twitter to draw a comparison between the Congress government in Karnataka and the previous BJP regime (2008-13) in the state

Mangaluru, May 9: City-based rationalist and activist Narendra Nayak has written an open letter to Vedavyas Kamath, the BJP candidate of Mangaluru City South constituency for May 12 Karnataka assembly polls, seeking the latter’s reply for five questions. Here is the full text of the open letter: To Vedavyas Kamath, BJP’s MLA candidate Mangalore City South This open letter is being addressed to you

Yadgir, May 9: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Textiles Smriti Irani took a dig at AICC president Rahul Gandhi for his statement that he would become Prime Minister if his party won the 2019 elections and said: “Rahul [Gandhi]’s doubtful statement itself shows how confident he is of winning the elections.” She was addressing a BJP rally at the Vidya Mangala Bhavan in Yadgir and

Bengaluru, May 9: It was time for Karnataka to say goodbye to the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday at an election rally. Launching a broadside against the state’s ruling party ahead of elections on May 12, the prime minister labelled the Congress a “deal party”. Congress culture, communalism, casteism, crime, corruption and contract system were the six Cs destroying

Bengaluru, May 9: After the seizure of nearly 10,000 fake voters IDs from a private apartment at Jalahalli ward in Rajarajeshwarinagar constituency in Bengaluru, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal(S) have demanded postponement of election in the segment. Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar, at a specially convened press meet around 11.30 pm on Tuesday, said 9,746 voter IDs were found

Vijayapura, May 9: In her first election rally in two years, former AICC chief Sonia Gandhi charged the NDA government with derailing all the good work done by the previous two UPA regimes even as she launched a personal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Choosing Vijayapura to end her “election convention” hibernation, Sonia said, “During the last four years, the only task that the Modi

Chikkamagaluru, May 9: Coastaldigest.com last month had carried a report on political parties wooing voters by arranging them religious excursions ahead of polls. Yesterday officials in Chikkamagaluru district found out such a case and sent the “political pilgrims” back home. M K Srirangaiah, the Deputy Commissioner of Chikkamagaluru told media persons that a political party had arranged free

At the Mangaluru City Constituency, three-time Congress MLA U T Khader will be contesting once again for the Karnataka Assembly polls (May 12, 2018). This time, the Bharatiya Janatha Party has mobilized all its resources to this so called communally sensitive constituency to ensure the victory of its candidate Santosh Kumar Rai Boliyar, who was a Zilla Panchayat member. For two decades victory has

Udupi/Karwar, May 8: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday campaigned for May 12 Karnataka assembly polls in Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts. Addressing a BJP rally at Maravanthe in Udupi district, Yogi accused the chief minister Siddaramaiah led Congress government of destroying Karnataka. Reacting to the comment of Siddaramaiah over his frequent visit to Karnataka at a time