It was an extremely sultry afternoon by Bangalore standards. The Congress office on Queens's road, deserted till the second half of the counting day, was ...
06:58 AM, May 14, 2013
Congress won the Karnataka Assembly elections on Wednesday by a huge margin. ...
11:13 PM, May 08, 2013
As the Congress hopes to dethrone the BJP in Karnataka, co-chairman of Congress's campaign committee DK Shivakumar in Karnataka says he is confident his party will come to power in the state. Shivakumar refutes reports that there is infighting within the party in the state and says they will choose a chief minister who can take everyone forward together. ...
09:20 AM, May 08, 2013
"I think you will have to reduce 20 to 30 seats for the Congress from your projection. Apparently, Congis are getting loose motions after Narendra ...
01:46 PM, May 06, 2013
Karnataka elections are crucial for both the Congress and the BJP ahead of the 2014 elections as these polls will also be a litmus test for the BJP to see if it can win without BS Yeddyurappa. ...
10:59 PM, May 05, 2013
Bangalore: Karnataka has voted and the fate of 2,940 candidates in 223 Assembly constituencies of the state have been sealed in the electronic voting machines which will be opened at 8 AM on May 8. While the finals results will be known only a few hours after the counting begins, the trends indicate that the Congress is likely to make a comeback even though its victory march has hit a...
07:09 PM, May 05, 2013
There are just 8 days to go for the Assembly elections as CNN-IBN's Karnataka Yatra reaches battlefield. ...
10:45 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Bangalore: There are less than nine days to go for the Karnataka elections. CNN-IBN's Karnataka Yatra reaches Bangalore, looking at the water politics in the state. Midway between Mysore and Bangalore is the epicentre of politics over the Cauvery river. Mandya district erupts every time water sharing becomes a dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and farmers Shakaralinga and Hanumappa say the reason they use all their force to protest...
11:49 AM, Apr 26, 2013
Mysore: There are just 10 days to go for the Assembly elections as CNN-IBN's Karnataka Yatra reaches battlefield Mysore. Politics revolves around caste lines in modern day Mysore. Fertile agricultural land being turned into residential plots and apartments is one of the first sights that hit one as they drive into Mysore. Farmers like Samy Gowda have all sold their lands to realtors and they say in the area which...
09:53 AM, Apr 25, 2013
Shimoga: In the Karnataka Yatra, CNN-IBN now stops at Shimoga. Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's home turf was also a Bharatiya Janata Party bastion in 2008. Will his rebellion destroy the BJP here? As one drives into Shimoga of 2013, they see an old traditional town being turned into a new city with wide roads and a boom of new buildings. Since the BJP's 2008 victory, money has poured into...
09:33 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Hubli/Dharwad: The twin cities of Hubli and Dharwad in Karnataka are known for their heritage in Hindustani music and art. But they have also been the epicentre of the Bharatiya Janata Party's growth in north Karnataka. In the 1990s, BJP surged here using local communal disputes, which threw up leaders like the present Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar. A dispute over hoisting the national flag here was used as a vehicle...
10:44 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Belgaum in North Karnataka is a town which is at the heart of a border dispute between Karnataka and Maharshtra and CNN-IBN's Veeraraghav found that the linguistic divide runs deep. ...
10:13 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Ahmedabad: Saurasthra and South Gujarat are the two regions of the state that will vote on on Thursday. Following are the numbers of the past and the key election issues for these regions: Gujarat elections result in 2007: Total 182 seats BJP 117 Congress 59 Others 6 Saurasthra result in 2007: Total 52 seats BJP 38 Congress 13 Others 1 The big questions: - Will Keshubhai Patel and his party...
07:56 AM, Dec 13, 2012
Rajkot: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will address meetings at Sanand in Ahmedabad in central Gujarat and at Jamnagar and Amreli in the Saurashtra region on Tuesday. Observers say it's in the rural confines of Saurashtra that the most powerful political battle is being fought. BJP rebels led by Keshubhai Patel will be looking to make a dent in Chief Minister Narendra Modi's original bastion. Khodal Dham President Naresh Patel...
09:01 AM, Dec 11, 2012
In major embarrassment for the Akhilesh Yadav government, a district magistrate banned women from wearing black clothes. While in Haryana, a college banned girls from wearing jeans. ...
09:55 PM, Dec 10, 2012
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