PM wants Gowdas decimated: Sources
New Delhi: The hold that the Gowdas have over Karnataka, despite not being in power, is a threat for the BJP. The party is now doing all it can to ensure that the 38 MLAs of the JDS do not...
No stopping for BJP’s victory chariot: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah today said that there will be no stopping for party's victory chariot after the party became the single largest party in the Karnataka elections. "Yeh vijay ka rath rukne wala nahi hai,...
Watch: कर्नाटक चुनाव परिणाम पर बीजेपी कार्यकर्ताओ ने मनाया जश्न
नागपुर: कर्नाटक चुनाव में सबसे बड़ी पार्टी बनकर उभरने के बाद देश भर में बीजेपी कार्यकर्ताओं ने जश्न मनाया। राज्य में सरकार किसकी बनेगी ये स्थिति अब भी स्पस्ट भले न हो लेकिन दक्षिण भारत में लंबे समय बाद वापसी...
Bharatmata, Narendra Modi chants resound at BJP HQ
Bengaluru: BJP workers across Karnataka today began celebrations as trends showed the saffron party was set to form a government in the state. Counting of votes for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections began this morning at 38 centres in...
Why a BJP win is important for investors
New Delhi: Global investors have priced in a "Modi win in 2019", and the government may consider various stimulus options to support the rural economy in the run-up to Lok Sabha elections next year, says a UBS report. "Our discussions with...
Karnataka polls verdict 2018: Big blow for Rahul Gandhi, PM Modi’s jibe of ‘three Ps’ now holds true for Congress
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi doesn't seem to be in a good spot right now with the Karnataka results pointing at a BJP majority in Karnataka. Thrust with the responsibility of steering the Congress back to its glory days, the Karnataka...
As BJP surges, ‘bring Priyanka’ voices grow in Congress camp
File Pic New Delhi: A rather deserted Congress headquarters in the national capital bore a tepid look as BJP surged towards forming the government in the 22nd state of the country. Elections in Karnataka were bitterly fought and Congress president...
Voting ends in Karnataka, 70% turnout, says EC
New Delhi: Voting ended at 6pm on Saturday for the Karnataka Assembly election 2018. A voter turnout of 70 percent was recorded, said the Election Commission, a news agency reported. Minor glitches were reported from some polling booths. Re-polling has...
Amit Shah’s convoy stoned by ex-ally TDP workers in Karnataka
Bengaluru: Tension prevailed at Alipiri in Tirupati today when TDP workers staged a demonstration against BJP president Amit Shah as he was proceeding to Renigunta airport from Tirumala hills and in the melee a stone was allegedly hurled at one...
Will be doing more pressers unlike PM: Rahul
Bengaluru: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today that he enjoyed meeting the press in Bengaluru and would be holding more press conferences. @RahulGandhi enjoyed meeting the regional & national press today in Bengaluru. We had a packed house! I'm sorry not...
BJP wins on corruption in Karnataka: Rahul
Bengaluru: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said there was "no contest" between his party's government in Karnataka and the previous BJP regime in the southern state as regards corruption, adding that the saffron party's rule "wins hands down". Gandhi took to...
PM good orator, but speeches can’t end hunger: Sonia
Bijapur: Almost two years after abandoning her poll campaign midway in Varanasi, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi hit the campaign trail in Karnataka today addressing a public rally in Bijapur. "Congress has worked for the development of Karnataka and you must know...
‘2 Reddys+1 Yeddy’: K’taka CM hits back at PM for his ‘2+1 formula’ jibe
Bengaluru: Hitting back at the Prime Minister Narednra Modi for his "2+1 formula" jibe at him, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said Modi's formula to win the assembly election in the state is "2 Reddys + 1 Yeddy". Responding to Modi's attack...
Not Roads, Water; Polls About Hindu-Muslim: BJP Lawmaker
Bengaluru: A BJP lawmaker in Karnataka has provoked outrage with his comment that the May 12 state election is "not about roads and drinking water but about Hindu-Muslim incidents". A video of the comments by legislator Sanjay Patil is in...
‘PM Modi will destroy nation’, Amit Shah’s translator goofs up at Karnataka rally
New Delhi: It seems the Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign in the election-bound Karnataka is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. The party's president Amit Shah was caught in a fix today, thanks to a translator who twisted the BJP chief's...
Founder of fake news website PostCard News arrested
The co-founder of online portal "Postcard News", Mahesh Vikram Hegde, was arrested in Karnataka on charges of spreading fake and communally sensitive news. The editor has been charged under cybercrime laws. Hegde's arrest is based on his tweet on March 19,...
कर्नाटक राज्याच्या संवैधानिक धर्तीवर लिंगायत समाजाला आरक्षण द्या – धनंजय मुंडे
File Pic मुंबई: कर्नाटक राज्याच्या संवैधानिक धर्तीवर राज्यातील लिंगायत समाजाला आरक्षण देण्याची मागणी विरोधी पक्षनेते धनंजय मुंडे यांनी सभागृहात केली. नियम २८९ अन्वये विरोधी पक्षनेते धनंजय मुंडे यांनी सभागृहात ही मागणी केली. कर्नाटक राज्य सरकारने लिंगायत समाजाला धर्माचा दर्जा देत असताना...
Video: Rahul Gandhi gets off the stage, poses for a selfie on student’s demand
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi got off the stage and posed for a selfie with a student at Maharani’s Arts College for Women in Mysuru in Karnataka on Saturday. Rahul was interacting with students when the girl student asked...
Congress wins 3 Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka; TRS bags all 3 in Telangana
New Delhi: The ruling Congress in Karnataka has bagged three Rajya Sabha seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party one in the biennial election. Congress' Dr L Hanumanthaiah, Dr Syed Naseer Hussain and G C Chandrasekhar, as also BJP's Rajeev Chandrashekar, were...
After northeast, goal is Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Bengal: Modi, Shah
New Delhi: Riding on the BJP’s poll victory in the northeast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party President Amit Shah on Saturday set the party on the goal of securing power in Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha and West Bengal, saying the...
Karnataka may go to the polls on May 15
Bengaluru: The Election Commission is likely to announce the date in New Delhi in mid April. Our sources tell us that by early April, the three election commissioners will be in Bengaluru and two other cities in Karnataka to to assess...