Free benne dose, movie tickets, amusement park discounts await Bengaluru voters

Free benne dose, movie tickets, amusement park discounts await Bengaluru voters

A file photo of a waiter serving dose in a restaurant in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Bengaluru has long been plagued by a low voter turnout, despite the city’s residents being actively involved in civic activism. In the 2013 and 2018 assembly polls, voter turnout was only 62% and 57%, respectively. In … Read more

Dominant caste narratives drown out other voices in poll arena

Dominant caste narratives drown out other voices in poll arena

KPCC president and Kanakapura constituency candidate D.K. Shivakumar, with his supporters during a roadshow before filing the nomination papers for the upcoming assembly polls, in Kanakapura, on April 17, 2023.  KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar appealed for a chance for a Vokkaliga Chief Minister. | Photo Credit: The Hindu As the Karnataka Assembly election campaign draws … Read more

BJP CEC meets to finalise Karnataka poll candidates

BJP CEC meets to finalise Karnataka poll candidates

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP national president J.P. Nadda during BJP’s Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting, ahead of the Karnataka Assembly elections, in New Delhi on April 9, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The BJP Central Election Committee (CEC) held an over three-hour meeting on April 9 to finalise the party’s candidates for the … Read more