Bangalore: The constituencies in Bangalore urban area failed to give a clear verdict in favour of any party with the Congress winning 13, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 12 and the Janata Dal (Secular) bagging just three. The Bangalore urban district recorded 52.83 per cent voting on Sunday, the state election authorities said while the state average was around 70 per cent of the over 40 million voters. The Karnataka...
02:57 PM, May 08, 2013
BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the party's defeat in Karnataka was partly because of BS Yeddyurappa's KJP, that ate into their share of votes. ...
12:34 PM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: Former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa dealt a body blow to the ruling BJP as it appeared set to slump to the third position behind the JDS, as the Congress was struggling towards majority in the Karnataka Assembly, latest trends showed. With trends available for all 223 seats which went to polls on May five, Congress was leading in 111 and has won 7 seats, followed by the JDS leading...
11:20 AM, May 08, 2013
Congress is inching to victory in Karnataka Assembly elections. Mallikarjuna Kharge is one of the prime contenders for the CM post. ...
11:14 AM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: With initial trends available for 221 constituencies of the total 223 which went to polls on May five, the Congress was leading in 105 segments, and has won 7 seats and the ruling BJP is leading in 35. JDS of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda was ahead in 42 constituencies and Karnataka Janatha Paksha of former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa in 14 segments. Initial trends suggested that the...
11:10 AM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: Counting of votes for the recently held Assembly Elections in Karnataka began this morning amid projections about the Congress' comeback to power after an eight-year-long hiatus. The single phase poll was held on May 5 for 223 of the 224 constituencies with the poll in Periyapatna put off following the death of a BJP candidate. Counting was taken up on Wednesday morning under tight security at 36 centres and...
10:50 AM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: The ruling BJP in Karnataka appeared set to lose its first-ever government in the south as trends showed the party faced the prospect of finishing in the third position with Congress moving ahead with 83 seats. Trends available for 207 seats showed that the JDS of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda is faring better than expected leading in 40 segments while the BJP was ahead only in 37...
10:27 AM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: The constituencies in Bangalore urban area failed to give a clear verdict in favour of any party with the Congress winning 13, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 12 and the Janata Dal (Secular) bagging just three. The Bangalore urban district recorded 52.83 per cent voting on Sunday, the state election authorities said while the state average was around 70 per cent of the over 40 million voters. The Karnataka...
08:52 AM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: Kingfisher Airlines employees, who haven't received their salaries for months, adopted a unique form of protest. They booed Royal Challengers Bangalore's Virat Kohli at the Delhi airport on Tuesday. Virat is the captain of the team owned by Vijay Mallya who also owns Kingfisher airlines. Kingfisher Airlines, once India's second-largest airline, is behind on salary payments and has grounded its fleet. Over 80 pilots and 270 Kingfisher engineers...
11:40 PM, May 07, 2013
Bangalore: The results for the Karnataka Assembly elections, which recorded the second highest voter turnout in 35 years with a polling percentage of 71.29 in the May 5 voting, will be known on Wednesday. The results will decide the fate of 2,940 candidates in 223 Assembly segments. Out of these, Bangalore slightly improved its record with a higher turnout at the booths but still remained the lowest in the state....
11:29 PM, May 07, 2013
Bangalore: Wednesday, May 8, will be the D-day in the big battle for Karnataka. The countdown has begun for the counting day, and with the high voter turnout (57 per cent in Bangalore and 70 per cent and above in the rest of Karnataka) being an indication of a strong anti-incumbency wave, a tussle on who will be Chief Minister has already begun in the Congress, even as other parties...
09:48 PM, May 07, 2013
After putting 190 on the board and reducing Kings XI Punjab to 64 for 4 halfway through their chase on Monday, Virat Kohli and Royal Challengers Bangalore almost had another win the bag and a foot in the play-offs door - until David Miller proved to be the giant killer. The South African played his best and undoubtedly one of the most scintillating innings in the IPL history to strike...
10:37 AM, May 07, 2013
Mohali: Kings XI Punjab required another match-saving innings from David Miller to spare their blushes as the left-hander from South Africa smashed an unbeaten 101 off just 38 balls to help his side chase down a massive 191-run target and deny Royal Challengers Bangalore a chance to ensure a playoff berth. Miller, who made an 80 not out against Pune Warriors to take his side home a few matches back,...
11:32 PM, May 06, 2013
It would be a battle of unequals when a desperate Kings XI Punjab take on the formidable Royal Challengers Bangalore at PCA Stadium, Mohali on Monday. ...
09:41 PM, May 06, 2013
Bangalore: Five more persons have been arrested in a joint operation by the city and Tamil Nadu police in connection with the April 17 blast near BJP office here that left 16 persons injured. With this, the number of suspects arrested in the case has risen to 11, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Pranab Mohanty told reporters. "The five suspects, Rehmathulla, Asgar Ali, Hakeem, Tenkasi Suleman and Suleman alias Man...
09:15 PM, May 06, 2013
Live updates from game 51 of IPL 6 between Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore played at the PCA Stadium in Mohali. The door is closing down slowly and gradually for Kings XI Punjab as they seek their fifth win of the season against a top-favourite Royal Challengers Bangalore. Punjab are still quite a distant away from the top four and a win is a necessary tonic to make...
07:15 PM, May 06, 2013
Bangalore: Voters in Bangalore slightly improved their record on Sunday with a higher turnout at the booths to cast their ballots in the Assembly election but still remained the lowest in the state. Bangalore urban district recorded 52.83 per cent voting, the state election authorities said while the state average was around 70 per cent of the over 40 million voters. In the last assembly polls in 2008, the turnout...
09:29 AM, May 06, 2013
The fast bowler also said that he won't return to international cricket until he is one hundred per cent fit. ...
09:24 AM, May 06, 2013
