Poll Updates

Vijayapura, May 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused the Congress of pursuing the policy of "divide and rule", and asserted the party would be uprooted from Karnataka in the Assembly elections. Modi lashed out at the Siddaramaiah government saying there is not a single minister who is not facing allegations of financial wrongdoing. "Congress believes in the policy of divide and rule

Hassan, May 8: On the face of it, many people in Hassan district take pride in the fact that one of India's prime ministers HD Deve Gowda of Janata Dal Secular (JD(S)) was from this place, but there is also unhappiness over lack of development, growing unemployment and farmers' distress. Their main grievance is that the district has not been developed enough like Shivamogga and Bengaluru despite

Kalaburgi, May 8: The May 12 Karnataka Assembly election results would teach a lesson to the BJP to mend its ways and send a larger message that people will not accept what the NDA-led party is doing on the advice of RSS, senior Congress leader M Mallikarjuna Kharge has claimed. While the Congress' campaign theme revolves around development, it's also an "ideological fight" against the RSS-BJP

Bengaluru, May 8: Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of “playing the politics of lies”, former Union minister and senior advocate Ram Jethmalani urged the Indians in general and Kannadigas in particular to reject the saffron party and put an end to the falsehoods of the Union government. Speaking at the ‘Meet the Press’ programme at the Press Club of Bangalore, Jethmalani said: “Modi had come to

New Delhi, May 7: The Election Commission-appointed surveillance teams have so far seized suspect cash, jewellery and other inducements worth over Rs 125 crore in poll-bound Karnataka, according to official data. Over Rs 75.94 crore in cash, over five lakh litres of liquor worth Rs 23.98 crore, gold valued at Rs 43.25 crore and other items such as pressure cookers, sarees, sewing machines, gutkha

Bengaluru, May 7: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has sent a legal notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP national president Amit Shah and State president Yeddyurappa over their defamatory comments and baseless corruption allegations. In the notice, Siddaramaiah's lawyer cited instances of political advertisements published by the BJP and speeches delivered by PM Modi during election

Bengaluru, May 7: Dr Manmohan Singh, the former prime minister of India, on Monday broke his silence and took incumbent PM Narendra Modi for shamelessly resorting to personal attacks and stooping so low in criticising opposition leaders during election rallies. Addressing a press conference here, the acclaimed economist said: "No Prime Minister in our country has used the Office of the Prime

Chamrajnagar, May 7: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah alleged that minorities in the country were feeling terrorised under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Karnataka Chief Minister further dubbed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as a communal party and accused it of jeopardising the religious harmony in the nation. "The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a communal party that

Bengaluru, May 7: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that he let Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi escape from the country. "He (PM) calls himself a 'chowkidar'. He let Nirav Modi and Mallaya escape, what kind of 'chowkidar' is he? He keeps saying 'achhe din' but where are 'achhe din'? He thinks that just because he is saying it in Hindi we won't

Kolar, May 7: Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi, who is campaigning for his party in Karnataka for May 12 polls on Monday target Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP’s chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa over alleged corruption, lies and false promises. Addressing a party rally at Malur, here Rahul challenged Modi to disclose how many days Yeddyurappa was in jail and how much money he looted.