Mysuru (K'taka), May 13 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the party will come to power on its own by winning over 120 seats in the 224-member Karnataka Legislative Assembly and claimed the visits of BJP brass led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no impact on the voters of the state. The former...
Benglauru, May 12 (PTI) Congress state president D K Shivakumar on Friday junked the exit poll results in which the party, though it gains the highest number of seats, has to contend with a hung Assembly. He insisted that the party will win at least 141 seats and form a majority government. There was a wave...
New Delhi, May 11: The Election Commission (EC) rejected the Congress's claim on Thursday that the electronic voting machines used in the May 10 Karnataka Assembly polls were previously deployed in South Africa and asked the party to "publicly expose" the sources that spread such false information. In a letter addressed to Congress leader Randeep Singh...
Rampur/Jalandhar, May 10 (PTI) Bypolls held in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Odisha and Meghalaya witnessed brisk voting on Wednesday, with the northeastern state registering a polling percentage of more than 90. The bypolls were conducted for two Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, one each in Meghalaya and Odisha and the Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency in Punjab. Till 5...
Bidadi (K'taka), May 10: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy said that his party is expected to take a "hit" in up to 25 Assembly segments, where it had chances of winning, due to financial crunch, in the Karnataka elections held on Wednesday. Despite financial constraints, his party will be ahead of Congress and BJP in terms...
New Delhi, May 9: The Congress on Tuesday blamed the "double engine government" of the BJP at the Centre as well as in Manipur for allegedly failing to prevent the ethnic violence in the state which led to the loss of many lives. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said the party is deeply concerned over the...
Ahmedabad, May 9: The opposition Congress in Gujarat on Tuesday demanded registration of an FIR by the state police against Manikanta Rathod, a BJP candidate in the May 10 Karnataka Assembly polls, claiming he had threatened to kill party president Mallikarjun Kharge and his family. The Congress had on May 6 shared an audio purportedly of...
Bengaluru, May 9: After a high voltage campaign, it is now time for the mega battle of ballots in Karnataka, with the state all set to elect its representatives to the 224-member Legislative Assembly on Wednesday. With the stakes being high in this election, the major political parties in contention - the BJP, Congress and JD(S)...
New Delhi, May 9: Stakes are high for the BJP and higher still for the Congress as people vote to elect a new government in Karnataka on Wednesday following an intense and often bitter campaign that saw the 'entry' of Lord Hanuman in the last leg of the electoral battle fought as much on...
Bengaluru, May 6: Amid the ongoing controversy over banning Bajrang Dal, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Saturday said in a tweet that a legal notice has been issued to AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge seeking Rs 100 crore for "defaming" Bajrang Dal and "hurting the sentiments" of the Hindus globally. The legal notice was sent by...
