Bangalore : The ruling BJP was Monday routed in the Karnataka urban local bodies poll, raising doubts about its prospects of retaining power in the state in elections due in two months. The Bharatiya Janata Party was a poor third, with the Congress emerging the biggest winner followed by the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), as the […]

Bangalore: Around 45 percent of over 8.5 million voters in Karnataka had cast their ballots by 2 p.m. Thursday in the elections to 208 urban local bodies, an official said here. The polling booths opened at 7 a.m. and balloting has been largely peaceful, a spokesperson of the state election authority said. Counting of votes […]