BJP's Gowtham Kumar becomes Bengaluru MayorKumar, who represents Jogupalya ward, secured 129 votes as against Sathyanarayana (Dattatreya Temple ward) who got 112 in a 249-vote electo...
01 Oct, 2019, 02.29 PM IST
- Power shift in state tips BBMP scales towards BJP
Corporators and leaders from all three parties ET spoke to admitted that the BJP has an edge, irrespective of whether the Congress-JD(S) co...
29 Jul, 2019, 05.40 PM IST
BJP may not make a serious effort to win BBMP mayoral electionIn the last Mayoral election, Congress corporator Gangambike Mallikarjun secured three votes more than the required 127 to become the mayor.
13 Jun, 2019, 10.50 AM IST
Gangambike elected as Bengaluru’s new MayorGangambike, the eight woman Mayor of Bengaluru, is the second time corporator from Jaynagar ward.
28 Sep, 2018, 06.55 PM IST
- Bengaluru is all set to get 52nd Mayor
Corporator Gangambike M from Jayanagar ward who is backed by former minister and BTM Layout MLA R Ramalinga Reddy is most likely to be the ...
27 Sep, 2018, 06.41 PM IST
Fresh from victory, congress to face city Mayoral pollThe Congress-JD(S) combine, which rules the BBMP, as well as the Opposition BJP will now begin strategy sessions as they were all busy figh...
04 Sep, 2018, 12.22 PM IST
Bengaluru mayoral polls: Will Ramalinga Reddy's magic work this time?Reddy, who commands a following among party men in the city, played the key role in pushing the BJP out of race after the 2015 city civic p...
20 Aug, 2018, 11.54 AM IST
Citizen groups demand directly-elected mayor for BengaluruA mayor directly elected by people with jurisdiction over BBMP, BMTC, BWSSB, BMRCL and other entities will be able to meet people’s aspirat...
21 May, 2018, 10.31 AM IST
MLC polls may upset Cong-JD(S) pact in BBMPThere has been speculation over the JD(S) withdrawing support to the Congress in the Bengaluru city council, but the Congress has brushed o...
17 May, 2018, 10.40 AM IST
Should Bengaluru get a directly-elected mayor with a five-year term and more powers?Time and again there has been talk about revisiting the mayor's role.The latest was in 2015, when the BBMP Restructuring Committee recommen...
29 Sep, 2017, 10.07 AM IST
Congress-JD(S) Camp set to govern Bengaluru for a third consecutive yearEven as the Congress and JD(S) have brokered a truce and are confident of continuing the alliance for another year, the BJP is crying foul.
27 Sep, 2017, 11.22 AM IST
Bengaluru Mayor, G Padmavathi cracks the whip on municipal officersThe Mayor held a review meeting of the Bengaluru East municipal zone on Tuesday, taking to task zonal commissioner KC Yatish Kumar and othe...
25 Oct, 2016, 05.06 PM IST
Congress-JD(S) edges out BJP from mayor post by 3 votesThe total strength of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Council is 260, including MPs, MLAs and MLCs.
12 Sep, 2015, 11.09 AM IST
Congress gets Bengaluru Mayor post, defeats BJP by three votesCongress nominee B N Manjunath Reddy was elected Mayor of Bengaluru securing 131 votes while his rival B Manjunath Raju of BJP managed to g...
11 Sep, 2015, 06.00 PM IST
Will Ministers Venkaiah Naidu, Sadananada Gowda, Ananth Kumar vote in Bengaluru mayor poll?If they do, will that not run counter to the argument the party's five new corporators have put forth before the High Court?
10 Sep, 2015, 10.16 AM IST
BJP files petition in Karnataka High Court questioning Section 10 of Municipal Act"The state government is trying to provide rights to the nominated members to exercise their franchise in mayoral elections," they said.
01 Sep, 2015, 09.12 PM IST
JDS decides to join hands with Cong for BBMP Mayoral pollDeve Gowda today said his party has decided to join hands with Congress for the Mayoral elections to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BB...
01 Sep, 2015, 05.01 PM IST