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...
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...
Bengaluru, May 10 (PTI) Violent incidents were reported from at least three places during polling to the Karnataka Assembly elections on Wednesday, police sources said. At Masabinal village in Basavana Bagewadi taluk of Vijayapura district, several angry villagers destroyed some electronic voting machines, VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) machines and damaged the vehicles of polling...
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...
New Delhi, May 9: The Supreme Court on Tuesday took serious exception to political statements being made on the sub-judice matter related to withdrawal of four percent Muslim quota in Karnataka, saying "some sanctity needs to be maintained". A bench of Justices KM Joseph, BV Nagarathna and Ahsanuddin Amanullaj said, "When the matter is pending before...
Bengaluru, May 9 (PTI) The battle-ready BJP with its well-oiled election machine ran its campaign with a blitzkrieg by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Assembly elections in Karnataka that votes on Wednesday. It was clear the double-engine Sarkar' sought to heavily bank on Modi's appeal to bolster its campaign, shore up its prospects and fight...
Bengaluru, May 6: An alleged statement by BJP candidate Manikanta Rathod of "wiping out" AICC President Mallikarjun Kahrge's family in a purported audio shared on social media, has been picked up by the Congress and labeled as an assassination plot. Reacting to it, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said, "The matter will be taken seriously...
