Congress will consider backing seer who vowed to take on Pralhad JoshiKarnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar has notruled out the possibility of the party backing a prominent seer who announced he would c...
Lingayat Swami takes political plunge, announces contest against Pralhad JoshiFakir Dingaleshwara Swami contests Dharwad Lok Sabha race, opposing Joshi. Congress backs Swami against BJP. Murugha Mutt distances. Joshi ...
Prominent Lingayat seer announces decision to contest against Union Minister Pralhad JoshiFakira Dingaleshwar Swami, a prominent Veerashaiva Lingayat seer, announced his candidacy as an independent from the Dharwad Lok Sabha cons...
Karnataka: Lingayat mutt distances itself from demand for replacement of Prahlad Joshi in DharwadFakir Dingaleshwar Swami, the head of a Lingayat mutt in Shirahatti, held a meeting with a group of community seers at Murugha mutt premise...
Seer vs BJP: Local mutt head may pit himself against union minister Pralhad Joshi in DharwadA Lingayat seer is challenging Union Minister Pralhad Joshi for the Dharwad seat, threatening to run as an independent if the BJP doesn't r...
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress picks siblings of richest MLAs for key Karnataka seatsLok Sabha Elections 2024: Notable figures in the list include D K Suresh, the two-time MP and brother of Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakum...
40 BJP, JD(S) leaders willing to join Congress, says Karnataka Deputy CM ShivakumarDeputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar of Karnataka claimed that over 40 leaders from the BJP and JD(S) who are against their alliance are wi...
Karnataka Elections: BJP fails to win even one seat reserved for STThe BJP, which witnessed defeat in the Karnataka Assembly polls, failed to win even a single seat reserved for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) cat...
Why mutts matter so much in Karnataka's electoral politicsIn Karnataka, elections can be won or lost with just a nod or a shake of head from the chief of a mutt. Though many mutts do not take part ...
'Reverse-gear Sarkar': Amit Shah hits out at Congress, says party will take Karnataka backwardsUnion Home Minister Amit Shah has criticised the Congress in election-bound Karnataka, saying that if voted to power, the opposition party ...
Mutts too pay 30% commission: Lingayat seerThe accusation comes close on the heels of BJP leader K S Eshwarappa resigning from his ministerial position on Saturday after a contractor...
Karnataka elections: Here's how key candidates performedThe Congress government was formed in 2013 after it defeated the BJP, JD(S) and the Karnataka Jantha Paksha.
Live Karnataka election results: Both BJP, Cong-JD(S) stake claim to form governmentThe Congress have sent their senior leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ashok Gehlot to Karnataka in order to avoid a repeat of Goa and Manipur de...
Karnataka elections 2018: Tradition shows he who wins Shirahatti wins stateIn 2004, when Karnataka had a coalition government for the first time, the legislator who won from here was from the Congress.
Congress leaders want Rahul Gandhi to ‘douse Lingayat fire’ against the partyCongress' decision on minority status has not gone down well with large sections of Lingayats. BJP has also been successful in spreading th...
Bengaluru Boy scores a perfect 625 in SSLC, Udupi tops in pass ratioUdupi district topped the state with a pass percentage of 84.23, Bengaluru North slipped to 24th place with 71.44 whereas Bengaluru South f...
This tamarind tree brings luck for candidatesCandidates in Shirahatti and Ron constituencies in North Karnataka are seen making a beeline for a tamarind tree considered by many to be a...