Shimoga: JD(S) candidate from Shimoga Parliamentary Constituency Geetha Shivarajkumar on Sunday said she was not a novice to politics as she hails from a political family. She told reporters during a brief stop in the city,‘‘Having a strong political legacy in the form of dad Bangarappa, I have adequate knowledge of politics. Even though I’m […]

Mangalore : So it turns out that it wasn’t the best to a career in electoral politics. But I have no complaints. First of all, I wish to thank all the party leaders and workers of the constituency who have showered so much love and affection on me in the last several months. It was […]

New Delhi: The Congress’s catch phrase, “Main Nahin, Hum” (Not I, We), which the party publicised widely on Friday through an advertisement showing its leader Rahul Gandhi standing with a group of nine other persons, ran into first-day first-show trouble with the Opposition BJP claiming that it was a tagline used by its prime ministerial […]

Bangalore : Late Sandalwood icon Dr Rajkumar had not even thought of entering politics. Though his counterparts in the neighbouring states – MG Ramachandran and NT Ramarao became Chief Ministers, Annavru kept a safe distance from all the political parties in the state. But, the latest buzz is that the Karnataka Janata Dala Secular (JDS) […]

Mangalore : Senior Congress leader B Janardhana Poojary said that Congress has not involved in hatred politics and will not do in future too. Addressing the media persons at the press meet held at Press Club on May 25, Saturday he said that the hatred politics can be only done by BJP and organized Church […]

Mangalore: The DK District unit of the Welfare  Party of India has decided to field its candidates  at  most of the wards in the ensuing elections to local administrative bodies. Informing this to reporters here on February 19, Tuesday, Akbar Ali, State President of Welfare Party of India has said that he party would soon […]

Mangalore : It is said that former chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda was being sidelined in his own party to a great extent. Though he was said to be the  likely choice for state BJP presidentship, it is said that the state BJP leaders have intimated the high command on the state politics dynamics and […]

Mangalore : Former mayor and senior BJP leader Shanker Bhat  is reportedly not interested in contesting the MCC elections this time. Shanker Bhat has always been vociferous at the MCC council meetings and was actively taking part in the discussions. Still he has chosen to keep himself away. There are reports which state that Shanker […]

New Delhi : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday invoked the aspirations of young India during his maiden address to college students here in the  capital by asserting that he wants to pursue politics of development instead of vote bank politics which he said has “ruined” the nation.  Modi had two important engagements, and […]

New Delhi: Twelve days after his split with Anna Hazare, activist Arvind Kejriwal is all set to formally enter politics on Tuesday with the announcement of a political party. Kejriwal and his key aide Manish Sisodia will make the announcement at a function scheduled to be held at the Constitution Club in New Delhi today […]