Mangalore : Narendra modi , BJP prime ministerial candidate arrival preparation and arrangements plans will discussed with party workers today, said BJP MLC Bhanuprakash at district BJP office on Jan 28 Tuesday. Speaking at the press meet, he said that, Narendra Modi will address Mangalore on February 18 at Nehru Maidan, more than 1 lakh […]

Aizawl : After facing a debacle in four states, Congress today received cheer in Mizoram where it stormed back to power for a second consecutive term capturing 22 of the 40 seats, while leading in four. Of the 25 results declared so far, the main opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) lagged far behind bagging only […]

Bangalore : Late Sandalwood icon Dr Rajkumar had not even thought of entering politics. Though his counterparts in the neighbouring states – MG Ramachandran and NT Ramarao became Chief Ministers, Annavru kept a safe distance from all the political parties in the state. But, the latest buzz is that the Karnataka Janata Dala Secular (JDS) […]

Mangalore : Former Union minister and senior congress leader Janardhan Poojary said that it is a drawback to the BJP party, which nominated Gujarat CM Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate in the forthcoming elections. Addressing the press meet held at District congress office on September 14, Saturday, he said that BJP has finished […]

Bangalore: Storming the JD-S bastion, the ruling Congress in Karnataka on Saturday won the Mandya and Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha seats with impressive margins.  Multi-lingual actress Ramya, making her electoral debut, trounced JD(S) candidate C S Puttaraju in Mandya by a margin of 67,611 votes, officials said. In Bangalore Rural, D K Suresh (Cong) registered […]

Bangalore: Campaigning drew to a close on Monday to the August 21 Lok Sabha by-elections in Mandya and Bangalore Rural that kicked up acrimonious and bitter canvassing by the contending parties — the ruling Congress and JDS. The BJP is backing JDS candidates in the two segments, where bypoll was necessitated following the resignation of […]

Bangalore : The Bharatiya Janata Party Wednesday withdrew its candidates from the Aug 21 bypolls to two Lok Sabha seats from Karnataka, saying it did not want a split in anti-Congress votes. Now it will be a straight contest for the Bangalore Rural and Mandya seats between the ruling Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular. “We […]

Bangalore : Former prime minister and Janata Dal-Secular president H.D. Deve Gowda Monday denied his party had entered into a tie-up to fight the Aug 21 bypolls to two Lok Sabha seats from Karnataka. “Reports of a tie up or understanding with the Bharatiya Janata Party are baseless,” he told reporters here. However, the ruling […]

Belthangady : There has been resentment against the statement of KJP Publicity Committee President Dhananjaya Kumar within the KJP. H Subbaiah Shetty, Party’s state Executive Committee Member who met the party chief BS Yeddyurappa who is undergoing treatment at the Manjunatheshwara Naturopathy Hospital at Dharmasthala, and  later issued a statement condemning Dhananjaya’s statement which said […]

New Delhi : In perhaps the last reshuffle and expansion of the Union Council of Ministers, Mallikarjun Kharge was today made the Railways Minister as eight more were inducted with veterans Sis Ram Ola and Oscar Fernandes making a comeback. After yesterday’s reshuffle in the party, senior woman leader from election-bound Rajasthan Girija Vyas and […]