Mangaluru: Barring a reported heated exchange of words between the former Congress councillor in Kallapu in Ullal with a police officer, the election to the City Municipal Councils (CMCs) of Ullal and Puttur and Town Municipal Council of Bantwal passed off peacefully on Friday. The average polling at the three urban local bodies was 68.5%. […]

Mangalore : KJP Secretary Dhananjaya Kumar inaugurating the party’s district office in Mangalore on March 19, Saturday and said that the party would soon have two new entrants. He said senior BJP leaders namely Renukacharya, state excise minister and Murugesh Nirani, Industries minister would be joining the KJP soon. He said the party has performed […]

Bangalore : Excise Minister M P Renukacharya on Thursday said he was humiliated by some influential leaders who call the shots in the State BJP by refusing to give him the responsibility of distributing the party tickets in his Assembly constituency, Honnali, during the recently concluded Urban Local Body (ULB) polls. Addressing reporters, he said […]

Bangalore : State BJP president K S Eshwarappa, after dodging for long to give up the post, resigned on Thursday evening, just a day ahead of senior party leader Arun Jaitley’s arrival in Bangalore to select a new president. Eshwarappa, who is also the deputy chief minister holding two major portfolios, was under pressure from the party […]

Mangalore :  The much awaited elections to the local administrative bodies  will be held on March 7. Apart from Mangalore city Corporation, 4 TMCs, 2 Town Panchayats are also going to the polls to select candidates for a total of 189 seats. There  are a total of 677 candidates in the fray. A total of […]

Mangalore : The JD(S) which has fielded a total of 48 candidates for the MCC elections, had been on a hectic campaigning spree. Leaders sank differences and campaigned for the party hoping to win more seats in this time. Last elections, the JD(S) candidate had won only from the Kudroli ward. But this time, the […]