RSS, BJP carrying hatred politics to defeat me, says SiddaramaiahKarnataka Opposition leader Siddaramaiah stated on Saturday that RSS and BJP are indulged in hatred politics against him and want to defeat...
22 Apr, 2023, 06.53 PM IST
Karnataka elections: BJP eyes to rewrite a 38-year-old history, Congress looks to wrest powerPolitical observers feel anti-incumbency seems to be a key factor in Karnataka polls, as voters have not given any party a successive manda...
29 Mar, 2023, 05.29 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi subtly plays Lingayat card as BJP seeks to arrest their drift to Congress in KarnatakaThe warm relationship between the two leaders is not new. When Yediyurappa formed the first full-fledged BJP government in Karnataka in 200...
28 Feb, 2023, 07.18 PM IST
With Yediyurappa's exit imminent, BJP eyes a replacement with wider appeal in caste balanceWhile it is understood that the party has looked at probables from the Lingayat community, it has also made a note of seasoned politicians ...
25 Jul, 2021, 11.10 AM IST
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi says party leadership has not spoken to him about succeeding Yediyurappa"No one has spoken to me about it (succeeding Yediyurappa).It's only the media, which is discussing it.As no one has spoken to me, there is...
24 Jul, 2021, 03.17 PM IST
Amid talk about CM Yediyurappa's exit, guessing game on successor gains tractionB S Yediyurappa, who is completing two years in office on July 26, had dismissed reports in some quarters that the party's central leadersh...
21 Jul, 2021, 04.48 PM IST
Seers, even Congress leaders, warn BJP of backlash if CM Yediyurappa is replacedSeveral seers and leaders of the dominant community, which is estimated to form about 16 per cent of the states population, have cautioned ...
20 Jul, 2021, 03.20 PM IST
Lingayat consolidation for OBC tag may be a trump card for BS YediyurappaNumerous mutts of Karnataka’s dominant Lingayat-Veerashaiva community have come together to seek inclusion of 100-plus subsects in the othe...
15 Feb, 2021, 10.49 AM IST
BJP plays caste card, woos LingayatsIn a last-ditch effort to win the bypolls in Karnataka, BJP is playing the cast card. Asking voters from the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community...
04 Dec, 2019, 11.44 AM IST
Karnataka election: What worked and what didn't for the three main partiesHere is what worked and what didn't for the three main parties BJP, Congress and JD(S) in Karnataka:
16 May, 2018, 10.43 AM IST
Karnataka election: Congress's Lingayat religious minority card fails, community's vote returns to BJPIf the Congress was banking on the crucial Lingayat vote in the 2018 assembly election following its decision to grant religious minority s...
15 May, 2018, 06.03 PM IST
Karnataka heading for a photo finish: Times Now-VMR surveyIn the 224 member assembly, incumbent Congress is likely to get 91 seats while BJP is just two seats behind with 89 seats, JDS gets 40.
24 Apr, 2018, 08.03 AM IST
How different regions of Karnataka voted in 2013, and the crucial Lingayat voteKarnataka is one of the most diverse states where seven languages are spoken: apart from Kannada, there is Telugu, Tamil, Tulu, Marathi, Ko...
23 Apr, 2018, 07.02 PM IST
- BJP president Nitin Gadkari refuses to yield BS Yeddyurappa over Karnataka leadership
Gadkari has ruled out a change of guard in Karnataka, putting paid to the graft-accused former CM Yeddyurappa's hopes of reclaiming his pos...
25 Feb, 2012, 04.47 AM IST
- BJP fails to zero in on Yeddyurappa successor
Front runners, Jagdish Shettar, KS Eshwarappa and Ananth Kumar, were engaged in marshalling support for their respective bids.
28 Jul, 2011, 05.58 AM IST
- Should the Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa go?
BS Yeddyurappa got BJP its first south Indian state. But he has since been a constant source of embarrassment for the party.
24 Jul, 2011, 06.48 AM IST
- JD(S) sets out to woo minorities
Wooing minorities, Dalits and backward classes through symbolic gestures is the new JD(S) mantra ahead of next month’s transfer of power to...
04 Sep, 2007, 04.05 AM IST