Karnataka Rural Polls

Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Karnataka Excise department has seized liquor worth Rs 98.52 crore from Chamarajanagar constituency in Mysuru Rural district, the Election Commission (EC) said.

Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar today indicated that his brother and Member of Parliament from Bangalore Rural D K Suresh is likely to be fielded as the party's candidate from Ramanagara constituency in the Assembly polls,

JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday said there is a strong undercurrent in favour of his party, especially in the rural areas, in the run-up to assembly polls in Karnataka likely to be held by April-May 2023.

The BJP will launch a four-day ''Jan Swaraj Yatra'' across Karnataka from November 18 with an eye on winning the coming taluk panchayat and district panchayat elections, the party's state spokesperson Ganesh Karnik said here today.

Counting of votes for 5,728 Gram Panchayats in Karnataka that went for polls in two phases, will take place on Wednesday.

The second phase of voting for Karnataka's gram panchayat is being held today. Over 5,700 of a total of 6,004 gram panchayat across all districts of the state will vote over two phases - the first phase was on Tuesday. Counting and results will be on December 30.

Voting has started for 3,019 panchayats in 117 taluks (subdivisions in districts) of Karnataka in the first phase of gram panchayat elections on Tuesday with COVID-19 protocols in place.

BJP leader and former Chief Minister of Karnataka J Shettar on Sunday alleged that the HD Kumaraswamy cabinet, which passed a resolution on Nava Bengaluru scheme, has allocated the project to Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited (KRIDL) without tender.

The ruling Congress party candidates were racing ahead of their rival JDS in Mandya and Bangalore rural Lok Sabha constituencies in the August 21 by-polls as counting of votes was taken up today.

Cash totaling Rs 2.12 crore was seized from two vehicles in Bangalore's southern suburbs while it was allegedly being taken to Bangalore Rural and Mandya parliamentary constituencies where by-elections are due on August 21, police said.

Should the verdict delivered by voters of the Bellary Rural (ST) Assembly Constituency be construed as rejection of the Lokayukta report on illegal mining over which B Sriramulu had resigned from the seat? This was the topic of debate around Vidhana Soudha.

Ruling BJP today suffered a humiliating defeat in Bellary, the stronghold of Reddy brothers, when their protege and former minister B Sreeramulu won the by-election in the Rural Assembly constituency by a huge margin of 46,000 votes.

Resigned to the fate of dark nights and frequent load-shedding during day time, life in Linganahalli in Doddaballapur district has suddenly started shining bright. Now, the villagers are back to their idyllic life as realisation has dawned upon them that it is just a poll effect with the state election commission announcing the poll schedule for ta...

Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Karnataka Excise department has seized liquor worth Rs 98.52 crore from Chamarajanagar constituency in Mysuru Rural district, the Election Commission (EC) said.

Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar today indicated that his brother and Member of Parliament from Bangalore Rural D K Suresh is likely to be fielded as the party's candidate from Ramanagara constituency in the Assembly polls,

JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday said there is a strong undercurrent in favour of his party, especially in the rural areas, in the run-up to assembly polls in Karnataka likely to be held by April-May 2023.

The BJP will launch a four-day ''Jan Swaraj Yatra'' across Karnataka from November 18 with an eye on winning the coming taluk panchayat and district panchayat elections, the party's state spokesperson Ganesh Karnik said here today.

Counting of votes for 5,728 Gram Panchayats in Karnataka that went for polls in two phases, will take place on Wednesday.

The second phase of voting for Karnataka's gram panchayat is being held today. Over 5,700 of a total of 6,004 gram panchayat across all districts of the state will vote over two phases - the first phase was on Tuesday. Counting and results will be on December 30.

Voting has started for 3,019 panchayats in 117 taluks (subdivisions in districts) of Karnataka in the first phase of gram panchayat elections on Tuesday with COVID-19 protocols in place.

BJP leader and former Chief Minister of Karnataka J Shettar on Sunday alleged that the HD Kumaraswamy cabinet, which passed a resolution on Nava Bengaluru scheme, has allocated the project to Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited (KRIDL) without tender.

The ruling Congress party candidates were racing ahead of their rival JDS in Mandya and Bangalore rural Lok Sabha constituencies in the August 21 by-polls as counting of votes was taken up today.

Cash totaling Rs 2.12 crore was seized from two vehicles in Bangalore's southern suburbs while it was allegedly being taken to Bangalore Rural and Mandya parliamentary constituencies where by-elections are due on August 21, police said.

Should the verdict delivered by voters of the Bellary Rural (ST) Assembly Constituency be construed as rejection of the Lokayukta report on illegal mining over which B Sriramulu had resigned from the seat? This was the topic of debate around Vidhana Soudha.

Ruling BJP today suffered a humiliating defeat in Bellary, the stronghold of Reddy brothers, when their protege and former minister B Sreeramulu won the by-election in the Rural Assembly constituency by a huge margin of 46,000 votes.

Resigned to the fate of dark nights and frequent load-shedding during day time, life in Linganahalli in Doddaballapur district has suddenly started shining bright. Now, the villagers are back to their idyllic life as realisation has dawned upon them that it is just a poll effect with the state election commission announcing the poll schedule for ta...