70.23% voter turnout in Karnataka Assembly Elections

Last Updated: Sunday, May 5, 2013, 08:29

A 70.23 per cent voter turnout was recorded on Sunday in the high-stake Karnataka Assembly elections amid projections that the ruling BJP was on a slippery ground against a resurgent Congress.

Karnataka manifestos different only in colour

Last Updated: Friday, May 3, 2013, 11:33

Manifestos of mainline parties have little to offer in terms of differentiation.

Cong, BJP turning Karnataka into virtual battleground

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 15:57

The Congress and BJP have turned the Karnataka Assembly elections into a virtual battleground, with campaigning increasingly getting fierce, nasty, personal and bitter.

Karnataka Assembly polls 2013: BJP unlikely to repeat 2008 outcome in Bangalore

Last Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 16:56

Saddled with perceptible anti- incumbency sentiments, the ruling BJP is expected to yield ground in Bangalore urban areas that account for a significant 28 seats in the May five Assembly elections.

BJP`s main base in Karnataka is tons of money: Sharad Yadav

Last Updated: Saturday, April 27, 2013, 17:15

JD(U) Chief Sharad Yadav alleged that money-power plays key part in elections in Karnataka and some other states and did not refrain from attacking its NDA ally BJP in the poll-bound southern state.

Yeddyurappa sitting pretty in bastion Shikaripura

Last Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 12:15

Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa seems to be sitting pretty in his bastion as he seeks a new political destiny.

EC seeks to boost poll turnout in Karnataka by 10 per cent

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 21:20

Election Commission has put in place an aggressive campaign seeking to boost the voter turnout in Karnataka by 10 per cent in the May 5 Assembly polls compared top 2008 elections.

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2013 – A noisy affair

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 17:12

Karnataka polls are proving to be a noisy affair for the average Bangalorean.

Advani accused of taking money from Yeddyurappa

Last Updated: Monday, April 22, 2013, 20:11

BJP leader LK Advani had taken money from erstwhile Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to allow him to remain in office after corruption scandals involving him surfaced, Yeddyurappa`s Karnataka Janata Party alleged on Monday.

KJP leader makes charges against Advani`s family

Last Updated: Monday, April 22, 2013, 18:47

The verbal duel between BJP and the fledgling Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) turned nasty today with a key leader of the BS Yeddyurappa-led outfit making allegations against senior leader LK Advani`s children.

Congress, KJP candidates for Karnataka Assembly polls held

Last Updated: Friday, April 19, 2013, 00:37

Two candidates in the fray for the May 5 Assembly polls in Karnataka were arrested on Thursday on different counts, one of them for allegedly threatening an election officer.

Karnataka Assembly polls 2013: Yeddyurappa offers big sops for women, farmers, minority voters

Last Updated: Monday, April 15, 2013, 00:19

Monthly pension of Rs 500 for all farmers over 65 years and loan at 1% for women, is among the sops on offer in manifesto of ex-Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa`s newly-formed Karnataka Janata Party (KJP).