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...
10 Apr, 2024, 03.42 PM IST
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 ...
08 Apr, 2024, 07.05 PM IST
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...
08 Apr, 2024, 03.15 PM IST
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...
29 Mar, 2024, 05.56 PM IST
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...
28 Mar, 2024, 07.57 PM IST
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...
11 Mar, 2024, 01.21 PM IST
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...
12 Oct, 2023, 05.54 PM IST
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...
14 May, 2023, 06.22 PM IST
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 ...
02 May, 2023, 10.17 PM IST
'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 ...
29 Apr, 2023, 11.17 AM IST
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...
19 Apr, 2022, 11.40 AM IST
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.
15 May, 2018, 06.24 PM IST
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...
15 May, 2018, 06.11 PM IST
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.
09 May, 2018, 07.42 AM IST
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...
06 May, 2018, 11.12 PM IST
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...
13 May, 2017, 03.50 PM IST
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...
25 Apr, 2013, 11.02 AM IST