Poll code relaxed in Karnataka

Ministers can now tour State, convene meetings The Election Commission has relaxed the enforcement of the model code of conduct in Karnataka where polling for the Lok Sabha elections was held on April 17. This includes allowing Ministers to tour the State and ...

Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Karnataka unit president A. Krishnappa, who contested in the April 17 Lok Sabha election from Tumkur, passed away Wednesday following a heart attack, a party official said. He was 68."Krishnappa was at a badminton court near his home ...

The reported statement of Energy Minister D.K. Shivakumar during an election campaign in Tamil Nadu that Karnataka had dropped the plans to implement the Mekedatu hydel project across the Cauvery in the wake of the objections by Tamil Nadu has triggered a ...

Bangalore, Apr 17 ( UNI) As many as seven people, including two polling personnel, died during election to 28 Lok Sabha seats held today in Karnataka. Police said Mr Bashir Sab died following cardiac arrest while being on polling duty at Harogeri booth in ...

The Election Commission (EC)on Thursday admonished Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for calling BJPs prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi a "mass murderer" during election campaign. Rejecting the explanation offered by ...

Mohamed Yousuff, industrialist, was unanimously elected chairman of the Karnataka State Board of Wakfs here on Saturday. The election was held following the resignation of Riyaz Khan from the post. Mr. Yousuff (68), a resident of Bangalore, assumed charge in ...

Karnataka recorded an overall voting percentage of 67.28 per cent, the third highest in the history of parliamentary elections in the State, in the single-phase polling held for all the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies on Thursday. Bangalore urban, which comprises ...

The ruling Congress in Karnataka today asserted it would win more than 20 Lok Sabha seats from the state but there would be no change of Chief Minister if the poll outcome was not in line with their expectations as it was "not a referendum" on ...

Karnataka witnessed an impressive voter turnout as more than 65 per cent of its 4.62 crore electorate exercised franchise during the single-phase polling for the State's 28 Lok Sabha constituencies on Thursday. The polling is a healthy improvement when ...