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January 02, 2025 7:25 am
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Nadda pep talk spurs Shinde into stepping up as BJP fears Uddhav edge in perception game
May 28, 2023 9:19 am
BJP chief discussed with CM the 2024 Lok Sabha election preparations amid the saffron party’s fear that Shinde Sena might be the ‘weak link’ in their coalition’s bid to get '40-plus seats’ in Maharashtra
Lawyer who fought Karnataka polls: SC ponders pulling out Nagendra Naik name for HC bench
May 17, 2023 7:51 am
Naik’s nomination, first recommended by the SC Collegium headed by then CJI S A Bobde on October 3, 2019, has been reiterated on March 2, 2021, September 1, 2021 and on January 10 this year.
How Congress chooses its CM – with calm or chaos – will shape its trajectory in Karnataka and nationally
May 17, 2023 3:49 pm
Questions for BJP review: Did it miscalculate the immense diversity of Karnataka where Bajrang Bali may not find an echo? To what extent can party keep putting all its electoral eggs in Modi basket?
At 73.19% highest ever polling in Karnataka. Here is looking at other milestones
May 13, 2023 6:52 am
2018's 72.1% was highest in 40 yrs; Urs years saw the biggest jump in voting, while his exit from Cong marked the sharpest fall and first non-Cong govt in state
Karnataka polls: BJP will secure absolute majority, form government on its own, asserts CM Basavaraj Bommai
May 13, 2023 6:52 am
Union minister and Karnataka Election Management Committee convenor Shobha Karandlaje said the exit polls will turn out to be wrong once the results are out.
Karnataka elections: State sees a record voter turnout of 72.67%; Bengaluru registers 54.53 % polling
May 11, 2023 3:57 pm
The highest polling of 90% was recorded in Melukote and Hoskote. The Kanakapura seat of Congress president D K Shivakumar and Varuna seat of former CM Siddaramaiah saw polling of over 85 % and 84 % respectively.
Karnataka polls: Seizures of cash, liquor, freebies touch Rs 375 crore, up by 4.5 times compared to 2018, says EC
May 10, 2023 4:03 am
The poll body said seizures worth Rs 375 crore have been recorded so far, as opposed to Rs 83.93 crore in 2018.
Ahead of Karnataka polls, BBMP urges students, RWAs to vote in large numbers
April 25, 2023 8:33 pm
The BBMP head also requested the RWAs to utilise social media platforms and other modes of communication to reach out to a larger audience to spread the message about the importance of voting.
Karnataka: Congress announces candidate to take on CM Bommai
April 18, 2023 10:03 pm
The Congress announced its candidate from Shiggaon, Mohammed Yousuf Savanur, who will contest against Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
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