Karnataka Drama of Defection: How switchovers can hurt BJP's chancesDefection is an integral part of Karnataka politics. Which is not surprising for a state where the last time a non- Congress government was...
Karnataka Polls: Congress ticket for ex-Lawmakers from BJP, JDSThe suspense over Kolar seat continues. Congress had announced Siddaramaiah's name for the Varuna seat in Mysuru in its first list of 124 c...
Karnataka BJP MLA Gopalakrishna joins Congress ahead of Assembly pollsGopalakrishna, a six-time MLA, was earlier with the Congress and had got elected from Molakalmuru Assembly segment in Chitradurga district ...
BJP keeps ticket aspirants on their toes as ruling party shows no hurry to finalise candidate listTop BJP leaders including national general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh categorically ruled out drawing up the list in a hurry whil...
Karnataka Polls: JDS MLA from Hassan district resigns, seeking future in CongressJDS MLA KM Shivalinge Gowda from Arasikere has resigned from his assembly membership, becoming the second JDS leader from the Karnataka dis...
Karnataka: BJP, JDS lose an MLA each as Congress gears up to welcome themBJP member NY Gopalakrishna (Kudligi) and JD(S) MLA AT Ramaswamy (Arakalgud) quit their assembly membership. Ramaswamy is expected to join ...
Karnataka Polls: BJP, JDS lose one MLA each as Congress gears up to welcome themTwo MLAs, one from BJP and the other from JDS, have resigned as assembly members to prepare for the upcoming assembly elections. The BJP's ...
Former minister Baburao Chinchansur joins Congress two days after quitting BJPChinchansur, who had played a key role in the defeat of Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge from Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency...
Congress feels in-house heat over ticket promise to party hoppersIn one instance, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar had to intervene to quell rebellion in KR Pet in Mandy...
BJP names nine legislative council election candidates for Bihar and KarnatakaChidanand M Gowda, S V Sankanur, Shashil G Namoshi and Puttanna are its candidates for four graduates' and teachers' constituencies in Karn...
Elections for 4 vacant Legislative Council seats in Karnataka to be held on Oct 28The EC had put the elections on hold for an undeclared period due to the coronavirus scare though the tenure of the four incumbents ended o...
Congress loses 2 stalwarts in Ambareesh and CK Jaffer ShariefAll India Congress Committee president Rahul Gandhi called it “a day of tragedy for the Congress party” while mourning the demise of the tw...
Actor politician Ambareesh passes awayAmbareesh had a successful career in politics having been an MLA, a Lok Sabha member and a former minister at the state and central levels.
Noted film-maker KSL Swamy passes awaySwamy, whose 'Jamboo Savari' won the National Award for the Best Children Film in 1989, had worked with iconic filmmaker Puttanna Kanagal.
The British tried to promote democratic values through Bengaluru's Town HallBuilt by Diwan Sir Mirza Ismail, the Town Hall sports a neo-classic style of architecture and bears a resemblance to the Acropolis of Greec...
- Council polls: JDS bags two seats, Congress and BJP 1 each
The BJP leaders had also reminded the Governor that the nomination of V Somanna (BJP) in 2010 was rejected by him on the same grounds.
- Yeddyurappa to release book on Devegowda, family's 'misdeeds'
"If Deve Gowda so wishes, I will send the book to Parliament, and also the President, Prime Minister and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi," Yed...