Bangalore : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released a 19-point manifesto ahead of the May 5 Assembly elections, promising rice at Re. 1 for Below Poverty Line (BPL) families if voted to power. The party had promised rice at Rs. 2 before the previous elections in 2008 and made efforts to rush through […]

Bangalore : Election Officers would keep a hawk-eyed vigil on “paid news” in the run-up to the May 5 Karnataka Assembly polls. State Chief Electoral Officer Anil Kumar Jha today issued directions to all District Election Officers (DEO) to set up district-level media certification and monitoring committees (MCMCs) to check “paid news” during the electioneering. […]