The youth wing of the Congress staged a protest outside the Parliament House on Wednesday against the Centre and Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R Vala’s decision to invite BS Yeddyurappa for government formation. Yeddyurappa took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka at 9 am at the Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru on Thursday. Youth Congress workers …
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May 17, 2018After 2008 state elections, when BJP was three seats short of majority to form government, former minister Gali Janardhana Reddy had worked out a method to secure the required support. The entire exercise came to be known as Operation Kamala. Read on
May 16, 2018If the BJP wins the post-poll match, it will have 21st state in its kitty, ruling over 69% of India's population. And Congress will be reduced to just two states and a union territory – Punjab, Mizoram and Puducherry
May 15, 2018Here is a look at key seats which have been in focus due to the contestants, the region's geography or its history.
May 15, 2018BS Yeddyurappa meets Governor, seeks seven days to prove majority. Former CM Siddaramaiah of the Congress says their support to JD(S) unconditional.
May 15, 2018Will he become the first Chief Minister of Karnataka in almost three decades to get a second consecutive term? Will he block the ‘NaMo wave’? Two questions which will be answered on 15 May.
May 14, 2018Quoting the oath of office administered to the PM, the letter said Modi failed to maintain the dignity and decorum “in discharge of public or private functions/actions”.
May 14, 2018In a major twist to the high-intensity battle for the new government in Karnataka, incumbent Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that he would welcome a Dalit as the CM of the state if the Congress took such a decision.
May 13, 2018BS Yeddyurappa, the chief ministerial candidate for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka, addressed reporters on Sunday morning during which he strongly expressed confidence in his party’s victory in the state.
May 13, 2018A day after exit polls predicted a hung assembly in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah took to Twitter expressing confidence in forming the government a second time in a state which has never returned the same government to power since 1989.
May 13, 2018Karnataka, which is witnessing a three-cornered contest among the ruling Congress, the BJP and the JD(S), has never witnessed the same government coming to power a second time since 1989.
May 12, 2018BJP's CM candidate BS Yeddyurappa asserted that his party will win on a clear majority and form the government in Karnataka.
May 12, 2018About 11 per cent polling was recorded in the first two hours of voting in Karnataka, which is witnessing a three-cornered contest among the ruling Congress, the BJP and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda's JD(S).
May 12, 2018Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day tour of Nepal, took to Twitter on 12 May to urge the electorate of Karnataka to participate in the festival of democracy by coming out in large numbers and vote.
May 12, 2018Polling in Bengaluru's Raja Rajeshwari Nagar segment has been postponed to 28 May in the voter ID cards case and countermanded in the city's Jayanagar seat following the death of BJP contestant BN Vijaya Kumar on 4 May.
May 12, 2018Security in the nation’s tech hub Bengaluru has been stepped up ahead of the Karnataka Assembly polls on Saturday, Police Commissioner T. Suneel Kumar said on Friday. “A total of 10,500 policemen, 4,500 armed police and 2,500 home guards are being deployed ahead of the elections on Saturday,” Kumar told reporters here. Polling will be …
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May 11, 2018After a rancorous campaign over three months, Karnataka will vote to elect a new Assembly in a three-cornered contest tomorrow. The ruling Congress and the BJP are the main contenders for power, while former prime minister H D Deve Gowda’s JD(S) is likely to play the kingmaker, according to most surveys and opinion polls. There …
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May 11, 2018