The price of losing Lingayat support: BJP's heavy toll in Karnataka

May 14, 2023, at 03:05 am

Bengaluru: BJP’s Karnataka defeat had been anticipated by the political observers and perhaps also the loss of seats compared to the 2018 assembly polls as a direct and immediate effect of the resentment of the Lingayats, the single largest community accounting for the state’s 17 percent population.

As voting ends, majority of exit polls predict hung assembly for Karnataka with slight edge for Congress

May 11, 2023, at 01:18 am

Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka is heading for a hung assembly, according to four exit polls with the majority predicting a slight edge for the Congress as voting concluded in the southern state.

'Standing with supporters of terrorism': Modi calls out Congress for opposing 'The Kerala Story'

May 06, 2023, at 01:52 am

Bellari (Karnataka): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called out Congress for opposing the controversial film 'The Kerala Story,' a movie based on terrorist conspiracy, as he accused the grand old party of not taking a tough stand against terrorism in order to appease its vote bank.

Karnataka election: Congress releases poll manifesto, promises to ban Bajrang Dal, radical Islamist outfit PFI

May 03, 2023, at 01:33 am

Bengaluru/IBNS/UNI: The Congress poll manifesto, which was released on Tuesday ahead of the Karnataka elections, promises to ban Bajrang Dal and the radical Islamist outfit Popular Front of India, arguing that these organisations promote enmity or hatred, among the majority or minority communities.

EC asks Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer to keep vigil after FIR against Karnataka minister V Somanna for bribery, intimidation

Apr 30, 2023, at 05:54 am

Bengaluru: The Election Commission (EC) has directed Manoj Kumar Meena, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka, to monitor and prevent corrupt practices leading up to the state's Assembly elections on May 10.

In setback for Congress, ally Sharad Pawar's NCP to contest upcoming Karnataka election

Apr 15, 2023, at 02:09 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Just a day after Sharad Pawar's meeting with Congress leaders to cement "opposition unity", his Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has announced that it may contest next month's Karnataka election.

BJP conspiring to win Karnataka election: Congress on voter ID card raids

May 09, 2018, at 07:48 pm

New Delhi, May 9 (IBNS): Reacting to the voter ID card raids in Bengaluru on Tuesday night, the Congress has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)  is conspiring  to wrest power in poll-bound Karnataka.

Congress spreading lies with the help of foreign agencies to divide society : Narendra Modi

Apr 26, 2018, at 07:11 pm

New Delhi, Apr 26 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday charged the Congress with  spreading "rampant" lies by hiring foreign agencies and dividing society on caste line.

Karnataka election date leak row : EC says strict action will be taken

Mar 27, 2018, at 07:33 pm

New Delhi, Mar 27 (IBNS) : Even before the Election Commission announced the Karnataka election schedule, a tweet by BJP leader Amit Malviya making public the exact poll date kicked up a huge controversy on Tuesday, prompting the Chief Election Commissioner to pledge "strict action" against the leak, reports said.

Karnataka election to be held on May 12, counting on May 15

Mar 27, 2018, at 05:43 pm

New Delhi, Mar 27 (IBNS): The Election Commission on Tuesday announced that the Karnataka election will be held in a single phase on May 12.