New Delhi : Senior leader LK Advani has resigned from all posts in the Bharatiya Janata Party. This comes a day after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was appointed as the BJP’s campaign committee chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Advani has sent a letter to BJP President Rajnath Singh. In his letter, Advani […]
Bangalore: Wearing traditional Maharashtrian headgear, two members took oath in Marathi as maiden session of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly commenced today. Sporting saffron-coloured “pagadi”, Arvind Chandrakant Patil (Khanapur) and Sambhaji Laxman Patil (Belgaum Dakshin), belonging to Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) and elected from Belgaum district bordering Maharashtra, were among the 146 newly elected members […]
Mangalore : D M Aslam, JD(S) district minority unit president expressed his happiness for the victory of Congress party in majority of constituency. Speaking at the press meet held at hotel Woodlands Hall on May 10, Friday, he said that he himself had campaigned for Congress and urged many minorities to cast their votes to […]
Bangalore : Senior Congress leader A K Anthony announced the name of Siddaramaiah as the next Karnataka Chief Minister on Friday. At a meeting convened by the party to elicit the view of the new legislators on Chief Minister’s post, Siddaramaiah moved a resolution requesting that the CLP leadership be left to the Congress President […]
Mangalore : The Congress has defeated BJP stalwarts of the undivided DK district namely Krishna Palemar Yogish Bhat and Lalaji Mendon who hitherto represented Mangalore North, Mangalore South and Kaup constituencies. In Mangalore South Yogish Bhat has conceded defeat to former bureaucrat and first timer JR Lobo. To Lobo goes the credit of defeating four-timer […]
Mangalore : JR Lobo, the Congress candidate from Mangalore South constituency who defeated four time MLA Yogish Bhat of the BJP addressed party workers at the Congress Election Office at Kadri on May 8, Wednesday. Lobo urged party workers to work unitedly and strengthen the party from the booth level. He also urged them to […]
Manglore/Udupi : The Karnataka State Assembly election ended in peaceful manner with estimated 65% of voting. The turnout in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi District is much higher than state average. The final figure available with returning officer in DK district is 72.38%. Bethangady -74.05%, Bantwal-78%, Sullia-72%, Puttur-80%, Mudbidri-73.06%, Mangalore North 67%, Mangalore South – 64%, […]
New Delhi: The Election Commission Saturday announced extension of polling time by an hour up to 6 PM in Sunday’s Karnataka Assembly elections, in view of the weather conditions and excessive heat. While the EC had earlier fixed the polling time from 7 AM to 5 PM, it has now announced that polling will be […]
Mangalore : In a major development, Kadri police have seized bundles of nearly one lakh pamphlets having writings against Mangalore South Congress candidate JR Lobo. The pamphlets were being transported in a Tavera vehicle (KA 19C 5279). It was intercepted near Bejai museum and Satish Prabhu, District BJP General Secretary and the vehicle driver were […]
Belthangady : It is a fight Between seasoned politician Vasantha Bangera who contested eight times from three different political parties and a young Ranjan Gowda from BJP who is the son of Gangadhara gowda a veteran politician. Vasantha Bangera having a record of winning Belthangady constituency three times under different political parties namely Congress, JDS […]
