Somashekar Reddy opts out of poll race

Bangalore: The fall from grace of the once mighty Reddy brothers may have been complete but the Assembly poll outcome shows that the clout of other mining lords remains undiminished in the "Republic of Bellary." The ruling BJP was electorally erased ...

The huge mandate for the Congress in the state has decimated the political base of the Reddy troika in iron ore-rich Bellary. But the so-called tainted mine lords, iron ore traders and Sriramulu camp are back to rule Bellary. Bellary city, which had ...

Suspense is thick in the air in K R Puram. The competition is largely between the sitting MLA, BJP's Nandiesh Reddy and the Congress Byrathi Basavaraj, corporator of Hoodi ward. Reddy defeated A Krishnappa, the former minister, to win the MLA seat ...

Bangalore: Siddaramaiah, who led the Congress' battle against BJP Government's corruption in Karnataka, will take oath on Monday as the 22nd Chief Minister of the state. 64-year-old Siddaramaiah will be sworn in alone by the state Governor H R ...

Malikayya Venkayya Guttedar (Cong) wins in Afzalpur B.R.Patil (KJP) wins in Aland Shivanna B. (Cong) wins in Anekal Balachandra Jarkiholi (BJP) wins in Arabhavi Manju A (Cong) wins in Arkalgud K.M.Shivalinge Gowda (JDS) wins in Arsikere Laxman ...

K Siddaramaiah is Karnataka's new Chief Minister. The 121 Congress MLAs elected by the people of Karnataka voted via secret ballot to elect him this evening. Mr Siddaramaiah is a backward caste leader with a big support base in the state. He has ...

New Delhi/Bangalore: Karnataka's next Chief Minister will be chosen after each of the Congress' 121 newly elected legislators have been consulted by a central team led by senior party leader AK Antony, beginning noon today. In the race are K ...

Bangalore: HD Kumaraswamy will quit his seat as a Member of Parliament and is headed to the state to lead the Janata Dal (Secular) as Karnataka's main opposition party. (Read: Highlights of the Karnataka election results ) While the Congress gets a ...

Bangalore: As the Congress juggernaut rolled on in Karnataka, 12 Ministers of the Jagadish Shettar Cabinet, including Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa, fell by the wayside, rubbing salt into the wounds of the vanquished BJP. Mr Eshwarappa's loss ...