The price of losing Lingayat support: BJP's heavy toll in Karnataka
Bengaluru: BJP’s Karnataka defeat had been anticipated by the political observers and perhaps also the loss of seats compared to the 2018 assembly polls as a direct and immediate effect of the resentment of the Lingayats, the single largest community accounting for the state’s 17 percent population.
Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka is heading for a hung assembly, according to four exit polls with the majority predicting a slight edge for the Congress as voting concluded in the southern state.
'Standing with supporters of terrorism': Modi calls out Congress for opposing 'The Kerala Story'
Bellari (Karnataka): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called out Congress for opposing the controversial film 'The Kerala Story,' a movie based on terrorist conspiracy, as he accused the grand old party of not taking a tough stand against terrorism in order to appease its vote bank.
Bengaluru/IBNS/UNI: The Congress poll manifesto, which was released on Tuesday ahead of the Karnataka elections, promises to ban Bajrang Dal and the radical Islamist outfit Popular Front of India, arguing that these organisations promote enmity or hatred, among the majority or minority communities.
Bengaluru: The Election Commission (EC) has directed Manoj Kumar Meena, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka, to monitor and prevent corrupt practices leading up to the state's Assembly elections on May 10.
In setback for Congress, ally Sharad Pawar's NCP to contest upcoming Karnataka election
New Delhi/IBNS: Just a day after Sharad Pawar's meeting with Congress leaders to cement "opposition unity", his Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has announced that it may contest next month's Karnataka election.
BJP conspiring to win Karnataka election: Congress on voter ID card raids
New Delhi, May 9 (IBNS): Reacting to the voter ID card raids in Bengaluru on Tuesday night, the Congress has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is conspiring to wrest power in poll-bound Karnataka.
Congress spreading lies with the help of foreign agencies to divide society : Narendra Modi
New Delhi, Apr 26 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday charged the Congress with spreading "rampant" lies by hiring foreign agencies and dividing society on caste line.
Karnataka election date leak row : EC says strict action will be taken
New Delhi, Mar 27 (IBNS) : Even before the Election Commission announced the Karnataka election schedule, a tweet by BJP leader Amit Malviya making public the exact poll date kicked up a huge controversy on Tuesday, prompting the Chief Election Commissioner to pledge "strict action" against the leak, reports said.
Karnataka election to be held on May 12, counting on May 15
New Delhi, Mar 27 (IBNS): The Election Commission on Tuesday announced that the Karnataka election will be held in a single phase on May 12.