Bangalore : BJP on Friday inducted BSR Congress Chief B Sriramulu back into its fold after its top brass decided to allow his entry, but not his party’s merger following public opposition by its leader Sushma Swaraj. Sriramulu, who left BJP in November 2011 and formed his own outfit, was once a close aide of […]

Mandya: Actor and Housing Minister M H Ambareesh’s hospitalisation has started worrying Congress leaders and party workers in Mandya with election dates approaching fast. Ambareesh had played a key role in wresting the Mandya Lok Sabha seat from JD(S) in the byelections by ensuring the victory of actor Ramya in the Vokkaliga heartland. This had […]

Mangalore: More than 29,000 new voters will have a say in deciding the fate of the candidates for the Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha seat. Compared to the voters list of 2013 when the elections were held for Karnataka Assembly, the list has increased by nearly two per cent as on January 1, 2014. And the […]

Mangalore: A large number of Congress workers found that they do not have a say in primary — the new experiment of internal elections — to choose the party’s candidate for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha seat. They include prominent party activists such as party’s State-level spokesperson and former vice president of Dakshina Kannada District Congress […]

Udupi: The Campaigning at Udupi and Chikkamagalur districts for the by-polls to a Lok Sabha seat on May 18, ends tonight, when the voting is hardly 60 hours away now. The 3 parties and ten other candidates have made a battleground out of that area for no specific reason other than prestige, as the winner […]

Udupi: The Udupi –Chikkamagalur Lok Sabha seat by-polls, consequent upon CM Sadanda’s resignation as MP and becoming MLC in sate, have been fixed by control Election Commission to hold on March 18, and the result would be known as on March 21 next. Three major polities are in the ring to fight it out, with […]