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Kumar Bangarappa and Madhu Bangarappa (right)/ANI on Twitter
In a contest between two sons of former chief minister S Bangarappa in Karnataka's Soraba, the younger son and Congress candidate S Madhu Bangarappa Saturday defeated his elder brother, a BJP nominee, by a margin of 44,262 votes. Madhu Bangarappa got 98,912 votes, while his brother and...
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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha and actor Parineeti Chopra on Saturday got engaged in a private ceremony attended by family members and political leaders. Raghav and Parineeti shared the news on their Instagram pages, posting several photos from the ceremony. Everything I...
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Janata Dal-Secular leader and former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy's son Nilkil on Saturday faced defeat in the party bastion of Ramanagaram, losing the seat to the Congress by 10,715 votes. Anitha Kumaraswamy, the wife of HD Kumaraswamy, is the outgoing MLA of the Ramanagaram...
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The Election Commission ordered recounting of postal ballots in Jayanagar constituency in Bengaluru where Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy is in close contest with Bharatiya Janata Party's C K Ramamurthy.Reddy was leading by 294 votes as she secured 57,591 votes and Ramamurthy 57,297 after...
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The Congress' victory in the Karnataka assembly polls is likely to help the party get its candidates elected in three of the four Rajya Sabha seats from the state falling vacant next year.The tenure of four Rajya Sabha members from the state -- Syed Nasir Hussain, G C Chandrashekhar and L...
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Karnataka Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Basavaraj Bommai tendered his resignation to Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot following BJP's defeat in the state polls.I have tendered my resignation and it has been accepted, Bommai said later. -- ANI
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Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda on Saturday said his party accepts the mandate of the people of Karnataka with humility and it will continue raising their voice by playing the role of a constructive opposition.The Congress returned to power on its own in Karnataka after 10 years,...
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Referring to the dirt of corruption, a Congress MLA in Rajasthan urged Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday to 'leave toilet and join Pilot' in his campaign in the interest of the party.In a letter to Gehlot, Sangod MLA Bharat Singh Kundanpur also asked him to 'stop giving protection to the...
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As many as 14 ministers of the outgoing Basavaraj Bommai-led Bharatiya Janata Party government lost the Karnataka assembly elections, the counting for which was taken up on Saturday.They are: Govinda Karjol (Mudhol), J C Madhuswamy (Chikkanayakanahalli), B C Patil (Hirekerur), Shankar Patil...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday expressed gratitude to the people of Karnataka for allowing the Bharatiya Janata Party to serve them for many years and said the party under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will continue to work for the welfare of the state and its...
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Eight Congress turncoats who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and helped it form the government in 2019, lost in the May 10 Karnataka assembly elections, for which the results were announced on Saturday.As many as 13 Congress and three Janata Dal-Secular MLAs had resigned from the Karnataka...
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Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader in the Northeast and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Saturday said that Congress' win in Karnataka assembly polls will in no way affect the BJP from returning to power for the third successive term at the Centre in 2024.There is nothing new in...
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the Congress won in Karnataka because some votes of the Janata Dal-Secular got transferred to it, and the results would not have any repercussions in Maharashtra or elsewhere.Congress was headed for a comfortable majority in the...
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The Bajrang Dal is not afraid of ban threat in view of Congress's victory in the Karnataka elections, a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) functionary said on Saturday.If they ban Bajrang Dal out of the hatred for Hindus, necessary steps will be taken, VHP general secretary Milind Parande told reporters...
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Former mining baron and ex-minister G Janardhana Reddy who had a few months ago floated his party -- Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha (KRPP) -- won in Gangavathi while his wife, and two brothers who fought on Bharatiya Janata Party ticket lost in the Karnataka assembly elections for which the...
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Former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar, who contested on a Congress ticket after the Bharatiya Janata Party denied him a nomination for the assembly polls, was defeated in the Hubballi-Dharwad (Central) seat by a margin of 34,289 votes.The BJP's Mahesh Tenginakai, a debutant in...
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Veteran actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Saturday extended his greetings to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the grand old party crossed the majority mark in the Karnataka assembly polls.Congress won an absolute majority in Karnataka on Saturday with the party crossing the halfway mark...
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BJP's Mahesh Tenginkai defeated Congress' Jagadish Shettar in Hubli-Dharwad-Central constituency, by a margin of 34,289 votes.
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A beaming Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on the way ahead after the Karnataka win: As I said, this (coming to power in Karnataka) is a huge responsibility. We went to the people with a few guarantees and we have to fulfill them. We have to work for the people. Public will tell us what will happen next,...
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PM Narendra Modi congratulates the Congress on winning Karnataka. Congratulations to the Congress Party for their victory in the Karnataka Assembly polls. My best wishes to them in fulfilling people's aspirations. I thank all those who have supported us in the Karnataka elections. I appreciate...
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AAP national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday congratulated the Congress for its victory in the Karnataka assembly elections, and said the BJP should now realise that its tactics do not work anymore. He, however, sought to downplay AAP's dismal performance in the...
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the Congress won in Karnataka because some votes of the Janata Dal (Secular) got transferred to it, and the results would not have any repercussions in Maharashtra or elsewhere. Congress was headed for a comfortable...
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Congress crosses majority mark of 113 seats in 224-member Assembly, says the Election Commission. In other words, the party has formally won the state with a simple majority. According to the EC the Congress has won 118 seats and is leading in 19 others. The BJP has so far won 53 seats and is...
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This picture of Rahul Gandhi was taken during the Yatra in Mysuru
The BJP has been ousted from power in the Dravidian landscape with the Congress party's victory in Karnataka and like-minded parties should join forces to win the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Saturday. Stalin greeted Congress president...
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Putting up a united front and making corruption a central theme of its campaign coupled with pre-poll 'guarantees' of free power and rice and unemployment dole did the trick for Congress in defeating the BJP, which was weighed down by anti-incumbency. In addition, the Muslim vote,...
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Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday registered his fourth consecutive victory from the Shiggoan constituency in Haveri district, defeating his nearest rival Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan of the Congress by a margin of 35,341 votes. Maintaining his winning streak since 1989, Karnataka Congress chief and...
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While this is the direct impact of the #BharatJodoYatra in Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on the impact of the BJY. Karnataka, the intangible impact was uniting the party, reviving the cadre and shaping the narrative for the Karnataka elections. It was during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, from the...
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Mallikarajun Kharge and Randeep Singh Surjewala have sweets in Bengaluru
Raghuram Rajan, the former RBI governor, makes no bones about which side of the political divide he is on. Rajan had earlier sent out a congratulatory tweet with a picture of Rahul Gandhi. He tweeted again to say, India's biggest party has no presence in whole of south India.(claps emoji)
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Over 2.6 lakh voters who exercised their franchise in the May 10 Karnataka assembly polls used the 'none of the above' or NOTA option, according to Election Commission figures. According to figures available around 3.30 pm, 2,59,278 (0.7 per cent) out of the nearly 3.84 crore people...
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This is also the Congress party's best-ever performance since 1999 when the party came to power by winning 132 seats and formed the government with S M Krishna as the chief minister. The main race for top post is between Siddaramaiah, who served as Chief Minister from 2013 to 2018, and...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said the party's victory in Karnataka is an outcome of collective work of party leaders and workers and that the party would work towards consensus to choose its chief ministerial candidate. Talking to reporters as the trends showed an...
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Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar collects his certificate and shows a victory sign after winning from Kanakpura constituency. KPCC president D K Shivakumar, who is the other contender for the chief minister's post, was equally effusive in his praise of the Gandhi family. I can't...
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EVMs say it for Congress
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor: Proud of my colleagues of @INCKarnataka for their outstanding work on the ground, responsiveness to local issues & commitment to resist the politics of polarisation. Now it's time for celebration but not for complacency. We have the results we worked for; now we...
15:38
BC Nagesh
Health Minister K Sudhakar loses to Pradeep Eshwar (Congress) in Chikkaballapura by 10,642 votes. Karnataka Education Minister BC Nagesh trailing from Tiptur assembly constituency by a margin of 17,652 votes.
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West Bengal CM tweets her congratulations. My salutations to the people of Karnataka for their decisive mandate in favour of change!! Brute authoritarian and majoritarian politics is vanquished!! When people want plurality and democratic forces to win, no central design to dominate can repress...
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Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday termed BJP's loss in Karnataka elections as the defeat of PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. Bajrang Bali's mace has fallen on the BJP, Raut told reporters. The Congress, in its election manifesto for...
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Election tally so far: As per ECI data, Congress at 135 as it leads in 79 seats and wins 56 seats. BJP leading in 38 seats, wins 27 seats.
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The elephant in the room is who will be the next Karnataka CM. If this tweet by the Congress is anything to go by, no answers yet, on whether the party will choose Siddaramaiah or the state president DK Shivakumar.The video, posted just ahead of Rahul Gandhi's address after the party heads to a...
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A renewed energy seems to have been infused into the 75-year old Congress leader Siddaramaiah's gait as he walked to address a packed press conference in Mysore on Saturday. This (election result in Karnataka) will be a stepping stone for Congress' victory in 2024, Siddaramaiah said, losing...
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Supreme Court lawyer, Prashant Bhushan: The Karnataka election was not just a show strength for BJP Vs Congress but also for Modi Vs Rahul. Modi's popularity is highly overrated & Rahul's highly underrated. After Karnataka, we are likely to see the exit of the BJP from other States as well.
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Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan tweets, Thank you Kannadigas for defeating Hubris, Hatred and corruption. And embracing Brotherhood, Kannada Pride and Progress! #KarnatakaLandslide.It may be recalled that Rajan walked alongside Rahul Gandhi and Sachin Pilot during the party's outreach...
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We stood by the people of Karnataka. Poor people defeated crony capitalists in Karnataka. We didn't fight this battle using hatred. We fought this election on the platform of love and brotherhood not hate. I thank all the party workers and everyone who helped us win. Karnataka mein nafrat ki...
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Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday said with the mandate for the party in the Karnataka Assembly elections he hopes for Rahul Gandhi to become the prime minister of the country.The Congress leader hoped that Rahul Gandhi, who was the prime ministerial candidate of the Congress in the 2014...
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Congress is on a roll. The party, justifiably ecstatic as it's set to win in Karnataka, tweets, Jay Bajrangbali... tod di bhrashtachar ki nali (strong arm emoji). The party has won 20 seats and is leading in 115. The gif shows the map of Karnataka with the BJP symbol in it. Next to the map...
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DK Shivakumar with his brother DK Suresh
Our heartfelt gratitude to the people of Karnataka, for placing your trust in the Congress party, for sticking to real issues, and for defeating hatred with love. We promise to fulfill all our promises, tweets @INC the Congress party Twitter handle.Hailing the Bharat Jodo Yatra's role for its...
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The Congress has promised to ban Bajrang Dal
TMC MP Mahua Moitra tweets, Thank you Karnataka . For choosing LPG over Bajrangbaliji.Prime Minister Narendra Modi chanted Jai Bajrang Bali during several public meetings in Karnataka in what is seen as a counter to the Congress, which has promised to ban right-wing outfit Bajrang Dal in its...
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Chhattisgarh CM and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel says, First we won Himachal Pradesh and then we won Karnataka...They used to speak of 'Congress mukt-Bharat' but now South India is 'BJP-mukt'.As per ECI data, Congress vote share increases to 43 per cent as the party wins 4 seats, leads in 129...
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In case you've missed this, the BJP has conceded defeat in Karnataka. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai conceded defeat and said that the BJP will come back victorious in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Congress surged ahead as it lead in 126 seats at noon while the BJP was ahead in 60...
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On the road to victory
Congress tweets its victory: Hum jeet gaye. Karnataka.AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday termed Congress' good show in the Karnataka Assembly polls as a victory of Janata Janardhana, saying people have voted furiously against BJP's bad administration in the state. He...
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DK Shivakumar gets emotional and breaks down several times while addressing party workers as the Congress headed for a spectacular victory. I thank party cadres, my leaders... they have worked hard. People have expressed faith in us. The leaders have supported us. It is a collective leadership...
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The BJP has not been able to make the mark, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Saturday as the Congress was striding towards victory in the state assembly elections. According to the latest trends available on the Election Commission website, the Congress is leading in...
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Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge on the party's fantastic show in Karnataka polls: This is the victory of Janata Janardhan. Basavraj Bommai: We will take these results in our stride and try to reorganise party for Lok Sabha elections next year. We have not been able to make the mark in...
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Karnataka state Congress President D K Shivakumar shares this picture with his team. Point to note: Shivakumar sits on the margins of the picture allowing his team to bask in the jubilations. Shivakumar tweeted, My Team #KarnatakaElectionResults2023 (strong arm emoji).The first win is out, and...
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Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar concedes defeat for the BJP. We respect and accept the verdict. We will contribute to our state and our people as a constructive Opposition.
12:19
Rahul Gandhi travelled in a BMTC bus
LEADS: CONG: 124, BJP: 69, JDS: 24A resurgent Congress appeared headed for a simple majority in Karnataka, and on course to wrest power from the BJP in a morale-boosting victory ahead of next year's Lok Sabha elections. As per the latest trends, the Mallikarjun Kharge-led party was...
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The Congress was striding forward with leads in 118 seats while the BJP was ahead in 74 in Karnataka as votes were counted on Saturday for an election widely seen as a litmus test for both parties ahead of the 2024 parliamentary polls. With a much-needed victory tantalisingly close in...
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AAP candidate Sushil Rinku is inching towards victory in the Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll with a margin of more than 48,000 votes over his nearest rival and Congress nominee Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary, according to the latest trends. Out of 8.87 lakh votes polled, counting of more than 7.10 lakh...
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Siddaramaih says the visits of PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J P Nadda have had no impact on the voters of Karnataka. Congress party will win by getting over 120 seats, it is still the initial stage, more rounds of counting have to be completed....
11:41
As the early trends in Karnataka showed the Congress party crossing the halfway mark in Karnataka, Sachin Pilot on Saturday said that the issue of corruption raised by the party against the ruling BJP turned out decisive in the victory.The former Deputy Chief Minister made these remarks during...
11:38
BJP leader and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai (Shiggaon) and Congress State unit President D K Shivakumar (Kanakapura) were leading in their respective seats. Former CM Jagadish Shettar, who quit the BJP after being denied to contest in the May 10...
11:33
Congress party workers celebrate at the residence of Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakaumar in Bengaluru as the Congress party surges ahead and crosses the halfway mark in Karnataka.Congress leader and former MP CM Kamal Nath says, It is certain that Congress will form the government in...
11:19
We will come to power on our own strength. Congress will win with over 120 seats, says senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah.Congress is leading in Karnataka assembly polls in early trends of results on Saturday and has crossed the halfway mark. The party appeared to stretch its margin over the BJP...
11:11
We will form the government with a heavy majority. There is no doubt about it. Negative, divisive campaign of the PM did not work, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera as the Congress inches ahead in Karnataka.Modi was unsparing in his attack on the Congress, the main Opposition in Karnataka. A new...
11:05
TMC national spokesperson Saket Gokhale tweets a message to Congress candidates in Karnataka: Appeal to all MLAs who get elected today in Karnataka: If it's a hung assembly, don't sell out to BJP. Having been jailed by ED, let me tell you that even prison is more bearable than joining a party of...
11:03
Congress leader and former CM Siddaramaiah maintains lead in Varuna by 2,710 votes against BJP minister V Somanna. The opposition party marched ahead establishing a lead in 117 constituencies, while the BJP was leading in 72 segments.
10:46
The Kumaraswamy family
Former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy of JD(S) trails in Ramanagara seat by 9,609 votes against Cong's H A Iqbal Hussain. Opposition Congress on Saturday seemed to be on course to breach rival BJP's lone southern citadel Karnataka, racing past the magic 113...
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Congress candidate from Sarvagnanagar, KJ George says, I thank the voters and Congress workers, as he leads from the assembly constituency.
10:29
Ladoos being distributed at AICC HQ in New Delhi amid celebrations after the Congress crossed the halfway majority mark in the Karnataka polls.CONG: 114, BJP: 77, JDS: 28
10:22
Dynastic politics?
Former CM B S Yediyurappa's son B Y Vijayendra of BJP is leading in Shikaripura by 8,715 votes against Goni Malatesh of Congress.
10:20
As early trends for Karnataka assembly elections results showed Congress leading, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former union minister DV Sadanand Gowda on Saturday said that there will be a tough fight as the grand old party has joined hands with the JD(S). The counting has just...
10:18
Economist Kaushik Basu on the mood of the nation? He tweets, What Karnataka thinks today, India thinks tomorrow.
10:16
Nikhil Kumaraswamy with his grandfather HD Deve Gowda
Nikhil Kumaraswamy -- JD(S) -- is leading in Ramanagara by 3,011 votes against H A Iqbal Hussain of the Congress.Senior BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal leads in Bijapur (Vijayapura) city against Congress' Abdul Hameed Khajasab Musharif by 7,136 votes.
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JD(S) leader and former CM, HD Kumaraswamy, is leading in Channapatna by 93 votes against BJP's C P Yogeshwara.Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai (BJP) is leading in Shiggaon against Congress' Pathan Yasir Ahmed Khan by 6,236 votes.
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was seen at a temple in Shimla this morning, as votes are being counted in Karnataka.
09:49
With the Congress leading in the early trends in the counting of votes for Karnataka Assembly polls, the party has asked all its MLAs to reach Bengaluru today, sources said on Saturday.Special arrangements have also been made in the remote areas of the State to take them to Bengaluru and...
09:37
Congress asks all its MLAs to reach Bengaluru today as the counting of votes in Assembly elections continue; Congress leading in 25 seats-- Congress leader Jagadish Shettar trailing from the Hubli-Dharwad-Central seat while state minister CN Ashwath Narayan leading from Maleshwaram.-- Karnataka...
09:24
Rahul Gandhi met gig workers in Bengaluru last week
Karnataka leads: BJP: 80, CONG: 119, JDS: 23Congress crosses halfway mark in leads in Karnataka. With most exit polls predicting a tight contest between the Congress and BJP, leaders of the two parties seem jittery over the outcome, while the JD(S) appears to be expecting a hung...
09:20
Counting chickens before they are hatched? Congress leader and son of former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Yathindra Siddaramiah on Saturday expressed confidence that Congress his father will get an absolute majority and will come to power on its own. He also said for the interest of...
09:12
Incumbent Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai has said he is confident of a BJP victory. We are confident that we will win and cross the magic number. We have got the ground report from all the booths and the constituencies, he said. BJP spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam on initial trends: As of...
08:58
Congress candidate Karamjit Kaur
So, in the Jalandhar bypoll, AAP candidate Sushil Rinku is leading from the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat, counting of votes for which is underway, initial trends showed. Counting of votes for the seat, a bypoll for which was held on May 10, began at 8 am. Rinku is ahead of his nearest...
08:56
Rahul Gandhi has walked the talk in Karnataka several times
The Congress party which is leading in the Karnataka polls in 105 seats posts a video of Rahul Gandhi walking with the message:I'm invincible I'm so confident Yeah, I'm unstoppable today.A victory today could mark a revival of its political fortunes, bolstering its position and...
08:41
The new chief minister, if from the Congress, will have little or no time for political administration, to ensure that he does not lose the voter's goodwill even before the Lok Sabha polls.He can count only on one thing. That the BJP may not want to upset him too early lest an early failure...
08:39
BJP: 61, CONG: 75, JDS: 17, OTH: 3 Psephologist Yogendra Yadav says ahead of counting, One more indication of anything between comfortable to big majority for Cong in Karnataka. CSDS post poll survey (small but rigorously random sample) also shows 7% points lead for Cong, close to 8% in...
08:33
Keeping in lines with the two decade old trend, Karnataka witnessed yet another three-cornered electoral contest this time as well, with a direct fight between the BJP, Congress and JD(S) in most of the constituencies. The Aam Aadmi Party(AAP), which is in power in Delhi and Punjab, has also...
08:31
EVMs being unsealed
JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy today said that he has not been contacted as yet for the formation of the government in case of a cliffhanger, adding that he is hoping for a good show. Counting for the Assembly polls began at 8 am that will decide the fate of 2,615 candidates across...
08:28
With most exit polls predicting a tight contest between the Congress and BJP, leaders of the two parties seem jittery over the outcome, while the JD(S) appears to be expecting a hung verdict, which would enable it to play a role in government formation. Most pollsters have given an...
08:27
Kaun banega mukhyamantri
The postal votes are being counted now. As per the early trends, the BJP is ahead in 33 seats and the Congress in 34 seats each. The JD-S, which will assume a key role in case of a hung assembly, is leading on 5 seats.
08:22
A day before counting of votes polled in the Karnataka Assembly elections, both the ruling BJP and the Congress on Friday went into huddles and held strategy sessions on ways to keep the flock together. They also considered reaching out to independent candidates who are likely to win, as...
08:09
The last word from Yathindra Siddaramaiah, Congress leader and son of former CM Siddaramaiah: Congress will get an absolute majority and form the government in Karnataka. We are confident that we will make government on our own.
08:06
Karnataka had a record 73.19% voter turnout
Counting of votes begins in all 224 Karnataka Assembly constituencies; 2,615 candidates in the fray.
07:29
As Karnataka gears up for D-Day, with most exit poll projections predicting a hung assembly while putting the Congress in the lead, the outcome will boil down to how the battle for some key constituencies play out. After a high-decibel campaign during which all three key players in the fray...
01:06
Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi (second from left)
Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi on Friday visited Machna village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district and thanked the villagers for providing timely assistance to the crew after the hard-landing of a chopper of the security forces on May 4. The Army helicopter...
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Imran Khan/File image
After a protracted standoff with authorities, Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan left the premises of the Islamabad high court on Friday night despite being granted bail in a number of cases. Three different benches of the Islamabad high court granted relief to the 70-year-old...
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