Mangaluru : The Karnataka Legislative Council from the South West Graduates and Teachers’ constituencies has commenced at 7 am on June 8, Friday. The three major parties Congress, JD(S) and the BJP have fielded candidates in all six seats. The polling recorded in Dakshina Kannada at 1 pm from Graduates -43%, Teachers-36%’. Capt. Ganesh Karnik, […]

Udupi: Udupi’s very popular Superintendent of Police Annamalai who is also known as Singam, has been transferred to Chikkamagaluru with immediate effect. 2006 batch IPS officer K T Balakrishna will take charge as new SP of Udupi. Presently, Balakrishna is serving as SP in Gadag district. Healso served as SP of Uttara Kannada district, principal […]

Udupi : Jayaprakash Hegde has said that the final leg of preparation by the rival parties for the MLC elections was intense, owing to money power. The former minister, who was defeated in the elections on Wednesday, spoke to mediapersons here on Thursday. He said that the ministers, legislators and other elected representatives went about […]

Mangaluru : The counting of votes cast in the election to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada Udupi Local Bodies’ Constituency and results will be telecast live in the local television channels on December 30, according to A B Ibrahim, Deputy Commissioner. The election will be conducted on December 27 from 8 am to 4 […]

Bangalore: State BJP President KS Eshwarappa has said that the party has taken the issue of cross voting by some MLAs during MLC elections very seriously and would initiate stern action against the errant MLAs. Speaking to reporters, he said “12 MLAs have been found to have resorted to cross voting.” He further added that […]

Udupi: The Udupi district unit of the BJP celebrated Vijayotsav following the party’s  victory in five out of the six constituencies in the MLC elections for teachers and graduates constituencies held recently. District BJP President K Udaykumar Shetty and party leader Gujjadi Prabhaker Nayak who spoke at a function held at the party office at […]

Bangalore: The Congress High Command seems to have taken seriously the recent cross voting by some MLAs during the elections to MLC seats, has ordered  action against the MLAs concerned. In this backdrop, the State Congress has formed a committee led by senior leader VR Sudarshan to  make a concerted effort  to trace the MLAs […]

Bangalore: The MLC elections held on June 11, Monday turned out to be very embarrassing and a major setback for the Congress after its official candidate Iqbal Ahmed Saradagi lost. While the BJP too was no better when the JD(S) backed independent candidate Byarathi Suresh won, thus making it clear that the BJP, Congress as […]

Mangalore : A total polling per centage of  53.31 and 57.47 was registered in Dakshina Kannada district, in the elections to the South West Graduates and Teachers Constituencies respectively, held on June 10, Sunday. In all 6,322 voters  cast their votes in the graduates’ constituency and 2,817 in the teachers’ constituency. Chief Minister DV Sadananda […]

Mangalore : SP Dinesh, Congress candidate for the MLC elections, has accused the BJP candidate DH Shankermurthy of misusing government funds during campaigning. Speaking to reporters here on June4, Monday, he said Shankermurthy has not achieved anything significant during his tenure of MLC and promised that he would construct a graduates’ bhavan (Padavidharara Bhavan) if […]