Udupi : Karkala raced forward in Udupi district assembly voting turn out by polling 55.24% by 2pm. Byndoor constituency recorded second highest polling 53.33% followed by Kundapur 50.61% and Kaup 47.21%. So, over all polling  percentage stood at 51.43% in Udupi district. The polling so far has been peaceful through out the five segments of […]

Mangalore : The voter turn out is thin in the early hours of voting in most of the booths in South Canara district, but later picked up in several booths. The election commission has extended voting timings by 1 hour till 6 pm. Yogish Bhat and Krishna Palemar cast their vote in jail road booth […]

Mangalore :  The Civic poll voting for the 60 wards under Mangalore City Corporation limits commenced on March 7 at 7 am. A total of 677 candidates including 243 candidates contesting for the Mangalore City Corporation elections, are in the battle in the elections to be held even for the local bodies of Ullal, Bantwal, […]

Mangalore : Voting for the urban local body polls commenced on a peaceful note  for the 60 wards in the Mangalore City Corporation as well as for electing representatives for the six local administrative bodies in the district on March 7. The voting which began at 7 am will be held till 5 pm. In […]

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 […]

Mangalore: It is a small by-poll, lasting for one year’s term, with March 18 as the date of voting. It has no national significance to boot. Yet CM Sadananda Gowda would pack national issues in the by-poll agenda of Udupi-Chikkamagalur Lok Sabha seat, when BJP MPs are reported to have done nothing in 4 year […]

Udupi: The district administrations of Udupi and Chikkamagalur (Chikkam, for you) are in mutual communications, ahead of issuing a by-poll notification for the March 18 event of voting, to pick an MP for 15 months or less. The Countdown has begun with main candidates being named in BJP and Congress. The JD-s has little influence […]

Bellary: The Bellary rural by poll which has secured state attention in view of a triangular contest in which the Independent (ex-BJP) candidate has broken all rules to make merry as a mining landlord, has registered a 13% high polling to reach 72% which is a new record. It was a peaceful voting in the […]

Koppal : Around 60 percent of the over 185,000 eligible voters cast their ballots Monday in the bypoll for the Karnataka assembly from this north Karnataka town. “Around 60 percent voting took place. Except for protests at some places by people who did not find their name in the electoral list even though they had […]

Kolkata: West Bengal ruled by CPI (Marxist)-led Left Front, elected by ballot and guided by 2 CMs for the last 34 years (24 under Jyothi Basu), is facing elections again today with about 6 crores of voters. The Phase 1st polls end at 5pm. It is one of the toughest challenges before democracy, and the […]