Karnataka Assembly Elections

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

I’ll be PM if Congress is biggest party in 2019: Rahul Gandhi

BJP ridicules his remarks, says let Congress win state elections first.

09 May 2018 1:36 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi

PM Modi and Sonia Gandhi spar over graft, unkept promises

The Karnataka Assembly elections are slated for May 12 and results will be out on May 15.

09 May 2018 1:33 AM

PM Narendra Modi urged the people to vote for the BJP saying that the state needs a receptive government. (Photo: Twitter/@BJP4India)

For Cong, ribbon-cutting is work while 'we work until last mile': PM Modi

During a rally in Bengaluru, PM Modi further accused the Congress party of bringing bad name to the city.

08 May 2018 9:26 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally in Karnataka's Koppal. (Photo: AP | File)

For Congress, not people but family mean everything: Narendra Modi

Modi also said, 'Those who are born with a golden spoon, never understand the difficulties of poor.'

08 May 2018 4:02 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally in Karnataka's Vijayapura. (Photo: File)

Cong planning to blame EVMs for their defeat in K'taka, says Modi

PM said, 'It is Congress that did not allow law on Triple Talaq to be passed. How can they even talk about women empowerment.'

08 May 2018 2:22 PM

Congress president Rahul Gandhi said the opposition unity would not allow the BJP to remain in power. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Rahul Gandhi ready to be PM if Congress wins 2019 LS elections

Rahul Gandhi said he is pretty 'confident' that Narendra Modi would not be the next Prime Minister of the country.

08 May 2018 1:26 PM

Karnataka Assembly elections: Siddaramaiah said he chose Chamundeshwari for 2018 as it was here he started his political career and wanted to contest his last election from the same constituency. (Photo: File)

2018 will be my last assembly elections, says Siddaramaiah; said same in 2013

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said he is contesting 2018 assembly elections as the party high command directed him to do so.

08 May 2018 9:58 AM

Congress president Rahul Gandh takes a bullock cart ride during his roadshow at Malur in Karnataka’s Kolar district. (Photo: PTI )

Pre-poll survey shows Congress is ‘inching ahead’ in Karnataka

Projects 92-102 seats for Cong, 79-89 for BJP & 34-42 for JD-S.

08 May 2018 1:46 AM

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said the understanding between the BJP and his party for the upcoming Legislative Council polls in Maharashtra didn't mean the Sena would forge an alliance with it in the Lok Sabha and assembly elections in 2019. (Photo: PTI | File)

Cong will emerge as number one party in K’taka polls: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut

Though an ally, the Shiv Sena has been continuously criticising the BJP and its governments in states and at the centre.

07 May 2018 10:18 AM

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (Photo: File)

It’s Modi vs Siddaramaiah in Karnataka

Ordinary people don’t believe any more in the World Bank and the IMF data, which talk up the Indian economy.

07 May 2018 1:33 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Charge of the saffron brigade

The big question, as the Karnataka polls loom large, is whether BJP can bring down its biggest rival to just ‘Punjab, Puducherry & Parivar Congress’.

06 May 2018 4:50 AM

H. D. Deve Gowda and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah

Gowda-Siddaramaiah: A glorious equation gone awry

True enough, candidates of the JD (S) and JD (U) were trounced by the Congress with Siddaramaiah being among those defeated.

06 May 2018 4:47 AM

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (Photo: PTI/File)

BJP’s populist counter

The manifesto’s appeasement of the Hindu community, freebies for the SC-ST-OBCs, includes a ban on cow slaughter.

06 May 2018 12:28 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India is now moving forward from women development to women-led development. (Photo: Twitter/@BJP4India)

'Women first' mantra of govt, party: PM Modi addresses party workers via Namo app

Addressing Karnataka BJP Mahila Morcha Karyakartas, PM Modi asked them to win May 12 assembly polls by concentrating on booths.

04 May 2018 12:28 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a rally in Bengaluru. (Photo: AP)

PM Modi slams JD-S for joining hands with extremists

Modi appealed to voters not to “commit the mistake” of voting for the JD(S) in May 12 elections.

04 May 2018 6:08 AM

Clear choices in K’taka: Will Modi magic work?

The likelihood of the trend continuing is possibly the first challenge for the Congress as it has to prevent the emergence of Mr Modi as “the issue”.

04 May 2018 4:41 AM

Sugarcane farmers who haven’t been paid the full sum will get Rs 5.50 per quintal (of cane crushed) directly in their bank accounts from the Centre, which wants to prevent a crisis developing in sugar-producing states. (Representational image)

Karnataka Assembly polls’ effect: Sugar farmers set to get arrears

he decision is likely to bring some relief to sugarcane farmers in poll-bound Karnataka, where Assembly polls are due on May 12.

03 May 2018 6:25 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said,'We have increased Minimum Support Price (MSP) for notified crops to at least 1.5 times that of the production cost.' (Photo: Twitter/@BJP4India)

A govt sensitive towards farmers is the need of the hour, says PM Modi

Addressing BJP workers via Namo app, PM Modi said, agriculture and farmer welfare has always been the party's legacy.

02 May 2018 10:07 AM

This resulted in a seizure of unaccounted cash of Rs 6.76 crore from four such contractors in the Mysore area.(Photo: File/Representational)

3-fold jump in cash, jewellery seizure

The investigation wing has been doing intensive surveillance and monitoring activities in the state.

01 May 2018 6:17 AM

75-year-old Yeddyurappa, who has won seven times from Shikaripura, said he would triumph with a huge margin from his home seat, as the Lingayats would not let him down. (Photo: PTI)

No alliance with JD(S) 'as of now', Yedyurappa says BJP-wave to win K'taka polls

Pollsters have predicted hung Assembly in Karnataka, with neither ruling Congress nor BJP attaining majority.

30 Apr 2018 7:07 PM

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