Assembly Polls

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister prepares for 2,700 km yatra

Raipur: Keeping a hawk-eye on pulling off the BJP's third consecutive victory in the assembly polls later in 2013, Chief Minister Raman Singh will roll out his 2,700 km long Vikas Yatra May 6, 2013. The blueprint for the six-phased yatra was drafted and approved at a key meeting at state BJP headquarters in Raipur on Wednesday. It was attended by senior party leaders, including state president Ram Sewak Paikra...  

Pass Karnataka polls exam first: Cong to new BJP team

Congress on Sunday said the newly constituted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) team will have to pass the Karnataka elections exam first. The BJP announced its new Parliamentary Board and as speculated, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was reinducted into the panel after a gap of six years. Among the other new members, who were appointed in the board, were Pilibhit MP Varun Gandhi and Modi's close aide and former Gujarat...  

BJP targets BSY in initial round of campaigning

With campaigning on for the May five Assembly polls, the ruling BJP in Karnataka is pouring out much of its vitriol on former party strongman BS Yeddyurappa while holding its fire on main rival Congress. ...  

Karnataka polls: Cong to finalise list of candidates today

Congress' central committee headed by Sonia Gandhi will meet on Saturday to finalise the list of candidates for the Karnataka Assembly elections, which is slated on May 5. ...  

CD row: BJP MLA opts out of Karnataka Assembly polls

A CD purportedly showing a ruling BJP legislator in a sexual act has landed him in trouble, prompting him to announce he would not contest the May 5 Assembly polls. ...  

EC stalls subsidised rice scheme in Karnataka

The Election Commission on Thursday directed Karnataka's BJP government not to go ahead with its Rs 2 per kg rice distribution scheme to poor families in view of the model code of conduct (MCC) in force for the state assembly elections May 5. ...  

BSY may return to the BJP after the polls: Dr Sandeep Shastri

Will there be a single party rule in Karnataka? Eminent social scientist and analyst Dr Sandeep Shastri joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...  

K'taka polls: 500 companies of paramilitary forces to be deployed

About 500 companies of paramilitary forces will be deployed for conducting a free and fair election to the Karnataka legislative Assembly on May 5, state election officials said on Thrusday. ...  

Antony panel meets as Cong takes measured steps to K'taka polls

Buoyed by its recent success in civic polls in Karnataka, Congress has begun steps to put its house in order to wrest power from the BJP in the May 5 Assembly elections. ...  

K'taka polls: Yeddyurappa releases first list of candidates

The Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP) headed by former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Friday released its first list of 69 candidates for the May 5 Assembly polls. ...  

BJP kicks off poll campaign, downplays Yeddyurappa factor

The ruling BJP kicked off the campaign for the May five Assembly polls in Karnataka with a rally in Mysore on Friday and sought to downplay the threat posed by breakaway party headed by heavyweight BS Yeddyurappa. ...  

I doubt Yeddyurappa will return to BJP before the polls: Saritha Rai

Saritha Rai, contributing editor and columnist, Indian Express joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the Karnataka Assembly polls 2013. ...  

Assembly polls: Rahul to meet Karnataka Congress leaders

Top Karnataka Congress leaders will meet Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in Delhi on Thursday afternoon. They will finalise the list of contenders for the upcoming state elections. ...  

K'taka: Antony to head panel to monitor Assembly polls

Buoyed by its recent success in civic polls in Karnataka where it is keen to wrest back power, Congress on Wednesday formed a high-powered co-ordination and monitoring committee headed by Defence Minister AK Antony for the May 5 assembly elections in the southern state. The election process in the state starts with the issue of notification on April 10 when candidates can start filing their nominations for its 224-member state...  

Karnataka Assembly polls on May 5, counting on May 8

CEC VS Sampath on Wednesday announced the election dates for Karnataka Assembly and said the election for the 224-member House will take place in a single phase on May 5. The counting of votes will take place on May 8. ...  

Battle bugles: polls and beyond

Deep Blue |  Deepa Balakrishnan

Caught with their chaddis down? The BJP suffered one of its worst election debacles since it came to power five years ago in the ...

Meghalaya CM announces his new council of ministers

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul M Sangma on Tuesday formed his new council of ministers by inducting 11 members from the Congress. Mukul Sangma also scripted new political history in the state by inducting three women legislators as ministers. ...  

Congress to move court against post-poll violence in Tripura

The Congress on Saturday threatened to move court and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against alleged attacks on party workers by CPM activists after the Tripura polls. ...  

Meghalaya: Voting begins amidst bandh

Polling began to elect 60 members to the ninth Meghalaya Assembly from among 345 candidates on Wednesday with an electorate of 15.3 lakh. Banned Khasi organisation, Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council, has called a 36-hour bandh from 6.00 pm on Friday till Saturday in the seven districts of Khasi and Jaintia Hills region. ...  

Left Front will come back to power in Tripura with a huge margin: Jayanta Bhattacharya

PTI's Agartala bureau chief Jayanta Bhattacharya joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the possible outcome of the Tripura polls. ...