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...
12:02 AM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: Sale of liquor across Karnataka is banned for 24 hours from 6 pm on Tuesday and taking out of processions barred in Bangalore from 6 am to midnight on Wednesday in view of Assembly poll vote count in the state. Counting of votes polled on Sunday will take place in 36 centres across the state, according to election authorities. While an official release said liquor sale will not be...
10:00 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. Although Karnataka Assembly has 224 seats, election in Periyapatna in Mysore district had been put off to May 28 following the death of...
04:01 PM, May 07, 2013
Raipur: Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Monday flagged off Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh's state-wide 'Vikas Yatra' which will cover over 6,000 km and conclude on June 20. Advani flagged off the campaign this afternoon from Dantewada district in Bastar region after offering prayers at the famous Danteshwari temple, official sources said in Raipur. The CM's mass contact programme comes just six months ahead of the Assembly elections. Speaking...
01:25 AM, May 07, 2013
Most pre-poll and post-poll surveys have predicted a comfortable victory for the Congress, while saying the BJP would lose much ground. CNN-IBN's consulting editor TM Veeraraghav joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the possible tie-ups and if there are indications that the Congress can form the government single-handedly. Q. In Karnataka democracy is being raped by these legislatures. Most of the contestants have done musical chairs by siting in...
06:52 PM, May 06, 2013
CNN-IBN's HR Venkatesh joined IBNLive readers on the possible role of language in the Karnataka elections. Q. Kannada is in threat in Bangalore. Do you think we need a party like MNS to protect our language and rights? Asked by: Sujith A. Hi Sujith, While I as a Kannadiga feel keenly about the erosion of the language in the public sphere, I don't think we need a party like the...
06:39 PM, May 06, 2013
Nawaz Sharif, tipped to be the next Prime Minister of Pakistan after the May 11 elections, has assured India of a thorough probe into the role of the ISI in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Speaking to CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar in a Devil's Advocate special from Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif also said the findings of the Kargil probe will be shared with India if he came to power. Following is an excerpt...
03:46 PM, May 06, 2013
Mateela: For decades, not a single woman in this dusty Pakistani village surrounded by wheat fields and orange trees has voted. And they aren't likely to in next week's parliamentary election either. The village's men have spoken. "It's the will of my husband," said one woman, Fatma Shamshed. "This is the decision of all the families." Mateela is one of 564 out of the 64,000 polling districts across Pakistan where...
03:38 PM, May 06, 2013
Karachi: At least four people were killed and seven others injured in a string of attacks by militants targeting liberal political parties ahead of the May 11 polls. A convoy of an independent candidate came under attack in Sibi, killing 4 people. Seven people were injured when militants attacked the offices of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and National Party in other parts of the Balochistan province. Police said that despite...
03:26 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
New Delhi: At least 42 cases of paid news were detected and over Rs 21 crore in cash and liquor worth Rs 7.79 crore seized during Karnataka Assembly elections, the Election Commission said in New Delhi on Sunday. The Commission reviewed 76 suspected cases of paid news during the campaigning for the Karnataka elections and 61 notices were issued, a senior EC official said. "Out of this, the Commission decided...
08:45 AM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: Keeping an eye on the Assembly elections later in 2013, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh will begin his 2,700 km long 'Vikas Yatra' on Monday. Senior BJP leader LK Advani will flag off the campaign from Dantewada district in Bastar. The blueprint for the six-phased yatra was drafted and approved at a key meeting at state BJP headquarters in Raipur on May 1. It was attended by senior...
07:37 AM, 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: An estimated 69 per cent of the about 4.36 crore electorate voted in the largely peaceful Assembly polls in Karnataka on Sunday amid projections that the beleaguered ruling BJP was on a sticky wicket against a resurgent Congress. The 7 am to 6 pm vote kicked off on a brisk pace initially but appeared to lose steam as the mercury soared before picking up momentum again in the last...
08:11 PM, May 05, 2013
London: Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan says his party would sweep the May 11 General Elections in Pakistan as more young people, fed up with the status quo, are likely to cast their ballot this time. "This is a revolution. Look at them people. They are fed up with the status quo. This is an across-the-board desire for change and a fear the country won't survive unless we do. It's middle classes,...
07:43 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
Bangalore: Officials of Income Tax department have seized Rs 1.7 crore cash from two premises of a city-based astrologer popular with politicians in Karnataka. Sources in the I-T department said the tax department had conducted the raids on Saturday after it received an input about the presence of Rs 40 lakh cash at the astrologer's two premises in Bangalore's RT Nagar and Ashiyana extension. "No electoral malpractice was however found...
02:11 PM, May 05, 2013
As BS Yeddyurappa-led Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) makes its maiden entry in the Karnataka Assembly elections, the party chief says he is confident his party will get absolute majority in the polls. "We will form the government. We will be the single largest party in the polls," he said. ...
01:55 PM, May 05, 2013
As voting gets underway in Karnataka, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar urged people that they should not vote for the 'corrupt' Congress party. ...
11:52 AM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: The Income Tax department has detected alleged tax evasion to the tune of Rs 7 crore in the business transactions of Purti group of companies related to former BJP President Nitin Gadkari. Probing the alleged dubious transactions of the Purti Power and Sugar Limited (PPSL) since 2012, the department has completed assessments pertaining to the last two financial years and has found evasion to the tune of more...
10:27 AM, May 05, 2013
