New Delhi : The disqualified Karnataka MLAs moved the Supreme Court on Friday, seeking further postponement of the Assembly bypolls which are scheduled to take place on December 5. A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana on October 25 had reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions filed by the 17 MLAs, challenging […]

Mangaluru : A general holiday has been declared for state government offices, schools, colleges and government-run concerns on November 12, the day of Mangaluru City Corporation elections to enable people to cast their votes. Apart from the civic elections in the city, bypolls are being held at Panjikallu in Bantwal taluk, Bajathur and Mardala in […]

Bengaluru : The BJP government in Karnataka, surviving with a “wafer-thin majority”, will fall after the December 5 bypolls to 15 Assembly segments, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily said here on Thursday. In an interview to PTI, Moily said, “The people of Karnataka are fed up with the misrule, maladministration and inefficiency of (Chief […]

Bengaluru : Downplaying dissent within the party and purported friction between its central and state leaderships, Chief Minister Yediyurappa on Wednesday said the Centre had given him a free hand in administration. There have been speculations about BJP’s central leadership looking for an alternative to Yediyurappa in Karnataka, and the possibility of him being sidelined […]

Bengaluru : The bypolls to 15 Karnataka seats, which the Election Commission had decided to defer, will now be held on December 5, according to a new notification issued on Friday. The counting will take place on December 9. Citing proceedings in the Supreme Court on Thursday regarding the pleas filed by 17 disqualified MLAs […]

Ramanagara: Elections turned out to be a one-sided affair at the Ramanagara assembly constituency, where BJP candidate L Chandrashekar extended his support to the coalition candidate and Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s wife Anitha Kumaraswamy at the last moment. With no serious competition left for Anitha, her victory is almost assured as voting was brisk […]

Hubballi: MP Shobha Karandlaje claimed that BJP’s state president, B S Yeddyurappa, would become the next Chief Minister of the state after the bypolls which will be held next month. Address the media at Jamkhandi, claimed many Congress legislators would resign from the party to join the BJP after the bypoll results were declared on […]

Udupi : District In-charge Minister Pramod Madhwaraj said the victory of Congress in Nanjanagudu and Gundlupete bypolls clearly shows the public’s support for pro-poor and people-friendly governance of Siddaramaiah-led government in the state. Speaking to reporters during the victory celebrations, the minister said the victory of Geetha Mahadeva Prasad and Kalale Keshavmurthy with a huge […]

Bengaluru : By-elections to three Assembly constituencies in Karnataka will be held on February 13 and counting of votes is slated for February 16. According to the calendar of events announced by the Election Commission of India on Tuesday, Hebbal, Devadurga and Bidar assembly segments will go to the polls. These seats fell vacant following […]

Bangalore : The Congress, still basking in the glory of the two Lok Sabha byelection victories on Saturday, had another reason to rejoice on Monday: the party won two of the three Legislative Council seats for bypolls were held. Congress won the Council seats from the local authorities’ constituencies of Dharwad (Nagaraj Chabbi) and Mysore-Chamarajanagar […]