Poll Updates

Newsroom, May 6: Former prime minister and Janata Dal (Secular) supromo has said that he never considered the words of the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the latter has a habit of exaggerating things. “Exaggerating things is Modi’s nature,” said the octogenarian leader when asked about the PM’s generosity in praising him. Addressing a rally in Udupi a few days ago, the PM had

Udupi, May 6: Former Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP K Jayaprakash Hegde, yesterday released the manifesto of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for Udupi Assembly constituency here. K Raghupati Bhat, former MLA and BJP candidate for Udupi Assembly Constituency, giving details about of the manifesto said that the party would give importance to creating Greater Udupi. Greater Udupi is the proposed extension

Mysuru, May 6: Sandalwood star Darshan faced, who campaigned for Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Chamundeshwari Assembly segment on Saturday faced the wrath of the JD(S) workers. When Darshan visited Naganahalli village, the JD(S) workers waved their party flag at him and shouted slogans against him. They also raised slogans for G T Deve Gowda, the party candidate from the segment. In order to

Bengaluru, May 6: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday termed the May 12 Assembly elections the last opportunity to end the politics of hatred even as he slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for spreading ‘unpleasant propaganda’ about Bengaluru. “Calling Bengaluru with names like garbage city and sin city is an insult to people. The city and its people must be above petty politics

Mangaluru, May 5: Like local leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held the Congress government responsible for the murders of “innocent BJP activists” in Karnataka. However, did not clarify whether the Congress responsible for murders of the BJP activists directly committed by the Sangh Parivar activists. Addressing a massive crowd at Nerhru Maidan in the

Bengaluru, May 5: Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his "Punjab, Puducherry, Parivar- Congress" jibe against his party, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today called BJP a "prison, price rise and pakoda" party. "Dear Modiji, Heard you spun a new abbreviation 'PPP' today. Sir, we have always championed the 3 Ps of democracy --- 'Of the People, By the People, For the People',"

New Delhi, May 5: The Election Commission-appointed surveillance teams have seized suspect cash, jewellery and other inducements worth over Rs 120 crore in the poll-bound Karnataka, a senior official said on Saturday. Cash amounting to over Rs 67.27 crore, over five lakh litres of liquor worth Rs 23.36 crore, gold valued at 43.17 crore and other items such as pressure cookers, sarees, sewing

Belagavi, May 5: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Karnataka chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa on Saturday advised people to tie hands and legs of the non-voters and make them vote in favour of Mahantesh Doddagoudar, BJP candidate from Kittur. Addressing a public gathering Belagavi, also former Karnataka chief minister Yeddyurappa said, "Don't rest now. If you think that somebody isn't voting

Tumakuru, May 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) pretend to fight each other but are actually in "tacit alliance". Addressing his first of the four rallies of the day here, Prime Minister Modi said the H.D. Deve Gowda-led party is working towards saving the Congress in Karnataka. "People of Karnataka need to know the tacit alliance between

Newsroom, May 5: The government of Pakistan yesterday remembered undivided India’s first freedom fighter Tipu Sultan on his 218th death anniversary. Though the move highlights the fact that Pakistan was also a part of India, the political observers suspect that the Bharatiya Janata Party may use it for its political gains in poll-bound south Indian state of Karnataka. "Revisiting an important &