Bangalore : More than 500 companies of paramilitary forces — 50,000 personnel — will be required for the May five Assembly polls in Karnataka, in addition to those drawn from the state police. “We require more paramilitary forces as it is a single phase poll”, Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer Anil Kumar Jha told a press […]

Chitradurga : Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday said he will not return to BJP and accused its leaders of trying to create confusion among the people ahead of assembly polls. “I will not go back to BJP. Statements by BJP leaders that I will return to the party are a conspiracy against me,” […]

Bangalore : The Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) President B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday said he was working towards putting together an ‘united front’ of like-minded parties and organisations that would emerge as an alternative to the BJP, the Congress and the JD(S) in the forthcoming Assembly polls. Speaking at a convention of KJP candidates who contested in the recent Urban […]

Bangalore : A day after its rout in Karnataka municipal polls, the ruling BJP  blamed the debacle on infighting and vowed corrective measures to ensure the party wins the assembly polls due in two months. Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders met here Tuesday to discuss the reasons for the dismal show in the polls […]

Bangalore : After playing spoilsport to the ruling BJP in the recently concluded polls to Urban Local Bodies in Karnataka, KJP President B S Yeddyurappa today set his eyes on storming the Assembly in upcoming elections. “My first target was to finish the BJP in ULB elections because they had ditched me. People have taught […]

Mangalore : The ruling BJP in the state, is facing the  urban local body elections which are considered the semi finals to the impending assembly polls, by placing before the voters the  development and pro-people programmes initiated by the government during the past five years. The BJP which rose to power in MCC for the […]

Bangalore: Disgruntled BJP leader and former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Saturday came down heavily on some of his partymen who have been trying to create confusion on the issue of his exit from the party. “Let them wait with patience till December. There is no question of me staying in this (BJP) party. […]

Mangalore: Outgoing ZP Chief KT Shailaja Bhat has made it clear that she would continue as a ZP member and had no plans to contest assembly elections. Speaking to reporters at the ZP office,  she said  various developmental works worth Rs 465 crores have been undertaken through various departments during her tenure. Expressing her gratitude […]

Bangalore :   Sonia Gandhi’s two-day visit to Karnataka will start on Friday, during which she will participate in the 105th birthday celebrations of Tumkur Siddaganga Mutt Seer Shivakumara Swamiji and visit a village in Chitradurga district for an on-thespot assessment of the prevailing drought. Sonia will arrive here on Friday night and stay at the […]

Bangalore : As a first sign of political realignments in the state, five legislators, who were elected in the 2008 Assembly polls as Independents — and all former ministers — including Narendraswamy and Venkataramanappa, are likely to join the Congress once elections are sure to be held to the Assembly. According to highly-placed sources in […]