JD(S) MLC extends support to Congress in Karnataka Assembly elections

JD(S) MLC extends support to Congress in Karnataka Assembly elections

MLC Marithibbe Gowda addressing a press conference in Mysuru. | Photo Credit: M A Sriram Janata Dal (Secular) MLC Marithibbe Gowda has called for supporting the Congress in the Karnataka Assembly elections on the ground that a decisive verdict will help in the formation of a stable government. Mr. Marithibbe Gowda had rebelled against his … Read more

Karnataka Assembly elections 2023 | A fast-changing metropolis stuck in old poll equations

Karnataka Assembly elections 2023 | A fast-changing metropolis stuck in old poll equations

Karnataka’s capital, which is known as the Silicon Valley of India and is the economic growth engine of the State, has mostly been in the news for all the wrong reasons over the past few years. Bengaluru hit global headlines in 2022, when most parts of its Information Technology (IT) corridor were flooded, exposing its … Read more

Ramesh Jarkiholi is the focal point of campaign rallies in various Assembly segments in Belagavi district

Ramesh Jarkiholi is the focal point of campaign rallies in various Assembly segments in Belagavi district

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai taking part in a roadshow in Yamakanamaradi for BJP nominee Basavaraj Hundri on Wednesday. P.K. Badiger | Photo Credit: P.K. Badiger The former Minister and BJP leader Ramesh Jarkiholi has been lauded for his work for the party by senior leaders | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO The former Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi … Read more

3,632 candidates file nominations for May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka

3,632 candidates file nominations for May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka

BJP supporters at a roadshow in support of party candidate for Hebbal constituency Katta Jagadish before filing of his nomination papers in Bengaluru on Thursday. | Photo Credit: PTI A total of 3,632 candidates filed nominations for the May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections, as per data from the Election Commission till Thursday, the last day … Read more

Performance of BJP in Assembly elections will exceed expectations: B.L. Santosh

Performance of BJP in Assembly elections will exceed expectations: B.L. Santosh

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Organising Secretary B.L. Santosh speaking with party workers at BJP election office at Kavoor in Mangaluru on April 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Bharatiya Janata Party National Secretary (Organisation) B. L. Santosh said here on Sunday that the party’s performance in the ensuing Assembly elections in Karnataka … Read more

Assembly proceedings to be telecast in sign language too

Assembly proceedings to be telecast in sign language too

The proceedings of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly will be telecast in sign language also to benefit people who are hearing impaired, Speaker M. Appavu announced on Thursday. He said efforts have been made to record and telecast the proceedings of the Assembly through YouTube in sign language, in compliance with the Rights of Persons with … Read more

Karnataka Assembly elections | Congress releases second llist of 42 candidates

Karnataka Assembly elections | Congress releases second llist of 42 candidates

The Opposition Congress on Thursday released its second list of candidates comprising 42 names for the Karnataka Assembly elections, while the ruling BJP is set to finalise its first list during the party’s parliamentary board meeting on Saturday. Another Opposition party, the JD (S), has deferred the release of its second list by a few … Read more

Kejriwal a coward, his heroism confined within Assembly: Himanta

Kejriwal a coward, his heroism confined within Assembly: Himanta

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. File | Photo Credit: ANI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has slammed his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal over his comments during a rally in Guwahati, calling the AAP chief a “coward” whose “heroism” is confined within the Assembly. Mr. Sarma criticised Mr. Kejriwal for not making any reference … Read more

Andhra Pradesh Assembly adopts Bill reducing term of women’s commission chairperson and members to two years

Andhra Pradesh Assembly adopts Bill reducing term of women’s commission chairperson and members to two years

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly has adopted a Bill to amend the Andhra Pradesh Women’s Commission Act, 1998, with a view to reducing the term of the nominated posts of the chairperson and members of the A.P. Women’s Commission. Moving the Bill on Friday, Minister for Women, Children, Differently Abled and Senior Citizens K.V. Usha … Read more

Maharashtra unit of BJP wants Assembly election with Lok Sabha poll, Delhi deliberates

Maharashtra unit of BJP wants Assembly election with Lok Sabha poll, Delhi deliberates

The BJP’s Maharashtra unit believes the State’s governance record under Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis may take a while to translate into a feel-good factor.   | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Central leadership is mulling a proposal from its Maharashtra unit to advance the Assembly elections in the State from October 2024 … Read more