Aaron Pereira

Goa Congress chief Girish Chodankar said there can't be two yardsticks. "If they have allowed BJP to form government in Karnataka then they should allow us to form government too."

Karnataka Election Results 2018: BS Yeddyurappa is chief minister of Karnataka. He took oath at 9 am Thursday morning, hours after the SC, in a midnight to dawn hearing, refused to stay the swearing-in ceremony. You can read through the highlights from the first hour of counting till the swearing-in ceremony, below.

Karnataka Assembly Election 2018 Highlights: Karnataka is the only state the BJP has ever won in the southern part of the country. The outcome of the Assembly polls is likely to have a major bearing on the future course for both parties. 

A decade after his victory in Shikaripura allowed him to head the first BJP government in a southern state, B S Yeddyurappa, counting on his home turf to return him to power, wrapped up a scorching campaign Thursday with a roadshow and prayers at a temple.

What do the voters in the district think when they go to the ballot this time? Can the BJP give the Congress and the JD(S) a tough fight in Shimoga? All that and more in our live blog today. Here are the highlights.

On the Karnataka election trail: In the run up to the Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018, IndianExpress.com on Tuesday takes you to Bhatkal and Davanagere constituencies. Follow the latest udpates here.

Karnataka Elections 2018: In Hubli, which witnessed its worst communal riots in 1994, Hindus and Muslims have decided not to give in to communally provocative statements made by political leaders.

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018 highlights: IndianExpress.com makes its way through Udupi, Dharwad and Hubli districts in the poll-bound state of Karnataka. Track all the latest developments here

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018: Hitting out at what he claimed was communal and divisive politics on the part of the BJP, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the choice was between assured development and communal violence.

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018: Party workers from both the BJP and the Congress say the election in Nipani, Karnataka's No 1 constituency which lies in Belgaum district, is different this time.

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018: IndianExpress.com made its way to Badami — one of the two seats CM Siddaramaiah is contesting in the May 12 polls — and Mangalore, where PM Narendra Modi addressed a rally. Here are the highlights

Karnataka assembly elections 2018: Kankumbi, once filled with lush green fields of paddy and millet, is now caught in muddy waters — quite literally — with an ongoing water dispute between Karnataka and Goa.

Karnataka Elections: IndianExpress.com travels through villages in Bantwal in the South and Belgavi in the North to see how the elections are unfolding in the last week of campaigning. Follow the highlights

Karnataka Elections, Khanapur highlights: Indianexpress.com today travels to Kankumbi village in Khanapur, where construction on the Kalsa canal, now temporarily stopped, has had an impact  on its villagers.

NaMo App vs With Congress App — The BJP and the Congress Party are in a social media spat after a security researcher exposed flaws in their mobile applications.

Shantaram Naik says he has two key conditions the next president should fulfill: He should be a Congress worker for over 10 years and must have great love for the party organisation.

Calling themselves Team Moderators, the AMU students showcased an NLP based browser extension that analyses content on news portals and blogs on the Internet and ranks them on a Polarisation Index.

Babush's joining is significant as him contesting against Manohar Parrikar could well pose a threat to a seat the BJP has been winning since the early 1990s.

Panaji is currently represented by Manohar Parrikar's close aide Siddharth Kuncalienkar, who had, in 2014, contested the bye-election after Parrikar resigned to join the Union cabinet.