EC announces bypolls, stage set for next electoral battle

The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday rejected a petition which had questioned the election of G.H. Srinivas of the Congress to the State Legislative Assembly from Tarikere constituency in elections held in 2013. B.R. Neelakantappa, one of the ...

Karnataka Muslim Cultural Association (KMCA) has unanimously re-elected Niyaz Ahmed as the President for the year 2014 -2015 in the recently held annual general body meeting held at ICC. The body also elected three members for the advisory panel — ...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today met the newly elected Members of Parliament from Karnataka over breakfast in New Delhi. The Chief Minister discussed the Cauvery water issue at Karnataka Bhavan. Union Ministers D V Sadananda Gowda, Ananth Kumar, M ...

The five new members of the Karnataka Legislative Council, elected recently from teachers, graduate and Assembly constituencies were sworn in the house today. Soon after the session started in the Legislative Council the new members -- three from ...

With Maharashtra heading for an assembly election later this year - it also gave the ruling NDA alliance 42/48 seats in the Lok Sabha - the state got the lion's share of new trains (13/50) that will originate or terminate in the state, closely ...

BANGALORE: Referring to chief minister's earlier statement that the current term would be his last election, KS Puttanaiah (Independent) on Thursday taunted Siddaramaiah to introduce revolutionary measures in the education sector before quitting ...

BANGALORE: After a rout in the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress unit in Karnataka is in disarray with factional feuds and MLAs indulging in hooliganism. There are many gunning for CM Siddaramaiah, but he manages to stay afloat, owing to a weak and ...

The Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Monday elected S. Sampathraman, chairman and managing director of DPK Engineers Pvt. Ltd., as its president for 201415. Mr. Sampathraman has been associated with the federation for over 15 ...

The High Court of Karnataka on Monday gave the green signal to the State government to hold elections to the posts of president and vice-president in zilla panchayats (ZP). Justice L. Narayanaswamy passed the interim order by vacating an earlier stay order ...