Kundapur : Buddamma is 103, but that has not deterred from exercising her franchise. Hailing from Ultur in Tekkatte, Buddamma arrived at the polling booth at the Government Primary School at Ultoor along with her daughter Lakshmi and then exercised her franchise with great enthusiasm. She arrived at the booth by an autorickshaw. Buddamma who […]

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 […]

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 […]

Mangalore : Deputy Commissioner Harsha Gupta said that  only those voters whose names have been included in voters’ list can exercise their franchise in the May 5 Assembly polls. The DC who communicated with election officers of the district  through a wireless network system from his office, said  those who possess EPIC but do not […]

Bangalore : The State BJP on Monday launched its election campaign for the May 5 Assembly polls sans its Delhi leaders as the chartered plane in which they were coming to Bangalore developed a technical snag. But there was no dearth of spirited speeches by the State leaders to either attack the UPA government on corruption […]

Bangalore : Now, appointed as the BJP’s vice president, former chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda has every reason to smile. After stepping down as the chief minister, Gowda was aiming for the State party president’s post. The post, however, was given to Pralhad Joshi, MP for Dharwad.Gowda’s appointment ahead of the May 5 Assembly […]

Udupi :  Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat had a tough time convincing his supporters who gathered outside his house on March 30, Saturday in order to pressurize him to contest the Assembly polls The supporters including councilors and panchayat members were shouting slogans and asking their leader to contest the elections either from the BJP or […]

Bangalore : Karnataka’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is at its wit’s end as it prepares for the May 5 assembly polls. The party does not seem to have a clue on how to shake off the KJP (Karnataka Janata Party) syndrome that threatens to shatter its hope of retaining power in the polls. The […]

Mangalore  : Newly elected Congress Corporators were honoured on behalf of the Mangalore City Block Congress on March 24, Sunday. K Ashraf, former mayor and  city block Congress President, who spoke on the occasion, congratulated the newly elected corporators and said the party workers need to put up a united show for victory in assembly […]

Mangalore: Deputy Commissioner N Prakash has said that the election code of conduct is in force in DK district for the ensuing assembly elections and that the code will be effective till May 11. Speaking to reporters, he said the last date for filing nominations will be on April 17. The nominations will be scrutinized […]