Karnataka elections

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018: Transgender, LGBT activist Akkai Padmashali votes for first time

Akkai Padmashali, runs 'Ondede', an organisation that works on building awareness about sexuality, sexual diversity and the right to choose one's sexual orientation.

May 12, 2018

Karnataka elections: Mangaluru woman becomes a role model, casts her vote before wedding

Karnataka Elections 2018: Viyola Maria Fernandez, the bride from Pachanady, Mangaluru, cast her vote before her wedding. Her wedding is scheduled to be held in a church in Belthagady taluk.

May 12, 2018

Karnataka Elections 2018: Top 10 constituencies to witness high profile political fights

Karnataka elections 2018 is turning out to be a three-way-battle between Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress and Janata Dal (Secular). Besides Siddaramaih and Sriramulu, we are expecting several high-voltage fights including HD Kumaraswamy and CP Yogeeshwara in Channapatna. Read to know the top 10 constituencies, which are slated witness high profile political fights.

May 11, 2018

Sriramulu vs Siddaramiah in Badami: Who has the edge?

Karnataka assembly elections: BJP's Sriramulu and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah will lock horns in the Badami constituency. The development rhetoric has taken a back seat and caste matrix will be the deciding factor, according to the political pundits.

May 10, 2018

Investors think Modi may return to power in 2019, sans absolute majority: Report

Apart from Karnataka, there are other four states — Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan — going to polls before 2019 general elections. However, Karnataka assumes importance as Congress is in power in the state.

May 10, 2018

RaGa speaks about Sonia's Italian roots, 'she is more Indian than many'

Rahul Gandhi also lashed out at Modi and said that when a prime minister of a country points fingers at someone's nationality and takes jibes at people who have done so much for the country, "it shows the quality of the prime minister".

May 10, 2018

Karnataka elections 2018: Surveys show Kumaraswamy's JD(S) will be kingmaker

HD Kumaraswamy-led JD(S) will play a major role in forming the next government in Karnataka, while the Congress will emerge as the single largest party, say the latest surveys.

May 9, 2018

S Thippeswamy slams Sudeep, Yash for campaigning for Sriramulu, calls them 'kids'

S Thippeswamy, who is contesting as an independent candidate from Molakalmuru constituency, has come down heavily on Sudeep and Yash for campaigning for Sriramulu.

May 8, 2018

Kiccha Sudeep parties with Salman Khan's brothers

Kiccha Sudeep, who is busy campaigning for his friends in forthcoming Karnataka assembly elections, has partied with Salman Khan's siblings, Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan.

May 7, 2018

Puneeth Rajkumar meets Narendra Modi, presents Dr Raj's biography [Photos]

Puneeth Rajkumar welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the HAL airport on Thursday in Bengaluru. The Power Star presented his father, late Dr Rajkumar's biography, to the BJP leader.

May 4, 2018

Siddaramaiah questions Modi as PM embarks on election rally in poll-bound Karnataka

Prime minister Narendra Modi will be in Karnataka on May 1, 3, 5, 7 and 8. He is set to address 15 rallies in 5 days beginning with Santhemarahalli in Chamarajanagara district, and Udupi and Chikkodi in Belagavi on Tuesday. This comes less than 2 weeks before Karnataka goes to polls May 12.

May 1, 2018

BJP slams 'Shahzada' Rahul Gandhi for cutting short Vande Mataram [Video]

Bharatiya Janata Party IT cell tweeted out the video with some hard-hitting caption. The video shows Rahul Gandhi pointing to his watch, following which Congress leader KC Venugopal tells the organizers "just sing one line and finish it".

Apr 27, 2018

Siddaramaiah takes potshots at Yogi, asks what can he do in Karnataka

Siddaramaiah took a dig at Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, who is all set to arrive in Karnataka on May 3 to campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Karnataka chief minister also stated that BJP was defeated in Yogi's own constituency "so, why should he come here and do anything?"

Apr 27, 2018

Modi rules out possibility of hung assembly in Karnataka

Accusing the Congress of fighting the elections by propagating falsehoods, prime minister Narendra Modi said the central government has left no stone unturned for the development of Karnataka.

Apr 26, 2018

Siddaramaiah taps into techies' sentiments, questions work permits to expatriate spouses

Speaking of the Donald Trump administration's plans to restrict spouses of H-1B visa workers from getting a job in the United States, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah took to Twitter and asked why spouses of US expatriates were allowed to work in India.

Apr 26, 2018

Karnataka elections: Siddaramaiah trains guns on 'north Indian imports' Modi and Yogi

In the run-up to the Karnataka assembly elections, Siddaramaiah upped the ante as he called PM Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath as 'north Indian imports'. The official Twitter handle of the state BJP wing wasted no time to retaliate as it tweeted "Imports? How much lower can you stoop Mr. CM?"

Apr 25, 2018

Pawan Kalyan to give 'Power' boost to JDS in Karnataka

Pawan Kalyan has reportedly agreed to campaign for the JDS candidates in the upcoming Karnataka elections. The actor had campaigned for the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) during the last Lok Sabha elections.

Apr 25, 2018

Karnataka elections: SM Krishna can still help BJP unseat Congress

The electoral utility of SM Krishna for BJP cannot be over-emphasized. The Vokkaliga stalwart fills out the caste puzzle handsomely for the party.

Apr 4, 2018

Karnataka assembly elections 2018: Upendra, Ramya, other Sandalwood star campaigners and contestants

Umashri, CP Yogeshwar, Ambareesh, Jaggesh, Ramya, Upendra and Roopa Iyer will be Sandalwood's star campaigners and contestants in Karnataka assembly elections 2018.

Mar 28, 2018

Battle for Karnataka on Twitter: Amit Shah mocks Siddaramaiah for expensive watch

While Congress intends to retain power in the state this May, BJP is leaving no stone unturned to sweep the state to come to power.

Mar 28, 2018