Kumaraswamy loses cool as power workers block convoy over wages

Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday lost his cool when employees of the Yermarus Thermal Power Station (YTPS) in Raichur district blocked his convoy to submit a list of their......

Gowda says there will be mid-term polls in Karnataka

In a sign of growing tensions in the ruling alliance in Karnataka, former Prime Minister and Janata Dal-Secular supremo H D Deve Gowda on Friday said there was no doubt that there would be mid-term......

Jagan sworn in as Andhra CM; Naidu skips ceremony

Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was on Thursday sworn in as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and on his first day in office, he ordered enhancement of old age pension for the poor -- one of his party's......

There were elections here 1,000 years ago!

Some 1,100 years ago, Uthiramerur had an election system similar to what India has today.T E Narasimhan reports. IMAGE: The Sundara Varadaraja Perumal temple. All Photographs: Kind courtesy......