Mangalore : 2013 May 5th election become a record of sort in the history of Karnataka assembly elections held since 1957. It recorded highest voters turn out of 72.3% beating 1978 election record of 71.9%. The district vise polling percentage stands like this Dakshina Kannada -73.92%                     Bidar    -55.98% Udupi                           -76.76%           […]

Mangalore : Less than average voting reported across all the segments of DK district except Kundapur and Mangalore North constituency. Even though people arrived to the polling booths in leisurely manner in the early hours of voting, brisk voting reported after 10pm. Again in the afternoon few people were seen in the polling booths waiting […]

Udupi : Karkala raced forward in Udupi district assembly voting turn out by polling 55.24% by 2pm. Byndoor constituency recorded second highest polling 53.33% followed by Kundapur 50.61% and Kaup 47.21%. So, over all polling  percentage stood at 51.43% in Udupi district. The polling so far has been peaceful through out the five segments of […]

Bangalore : Polling began this morning for the Assembly polls in Karnataka in which the Congress has pulled out all the stops to return to power in a complex battle after more than an eight year long gap. 38 percent voting was recorded till 1pm. 20 percent voting was recorded till 11am. Nine percent voting […]

Mangalore: Some sort of tension prevailed at a polling booth at Bendur on May 5, Sunday  when the staff at the polling booth pulled  the ID card of a nursing students from Kerala and said she cannot cast her vote here. As many as 25 nursing students from Athena Hospital had stood in a queue […]

Mangalore : The voter turn out is thin in the early hours of voting in most of the booths in South Canara district, but later picked up in several booths. The election commission has extended voting timings by 1 hour till 6 pm. Yogish Bhat and Krishna Palemar cast their vote in jail road booth […]

Udupi  : The polling is going on in slow pace through out the district and since it is Sunday, people are taking their own time for casting their vote and avoid standing in the que. The election commission has extended polling time from 7am to 6pm. 8.5 Lakh voters will cast their votes in around […]

Kundapur  : As many as six persons  were seriously injured when the autorickshaw they were travelling was hit by a private bus from behind near Idoor-Kunjladi on Kollur Kundapur State Highway on May 4, Saturday. The private bus belonged to Hanuman Transport Company. The injured  have been identified as Satish Shetty,  the autorickshaw driver, Malathi […]

Bangalore : Polling began on Sunday morning for the Assembly polls in Karnataka in which the Congress has pulled out all the stops to return to power in a complex battle after more than an eight-year-long gap. As many as 1.35 lakh police personnel – 60,000 from the state, 20,000 home guards and rest from […]

Karkala : Karkala assembly constituency has got the distinction of having cheif minister of Karnataka has its candidate who is none other than Veerappa Moily who at present is a petroleum minister at central cabinet. He won the election 6 time in Karkala from Congress party. Candidate  from Praja socialist Party won the election in […]