Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023| Eye on Bengaluru: Why India’s tech hub just cannot manage rain
Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: The major cause of flooding in Bengaluru is unchecked construction over valleys, insensitive development in marshes/wetlands and destruction of lakes. These factors have been worsened by the ineffective enforcement of environmental laws.
Karnataka Election 2023: Freebies worth Rs 12 crore seized
The seizures include cash (Rs 22.75 crore), liquor (Rs 24.45 crore) and freebies (Rs 12 crore), the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka, said in a press release.
Cash, liquor, gold. It is raining freebies in poll-bound Karnataka
Karnataka election updates: Cumulatively, cash of Rs 27.38 crore, liquor worth Rs 26.38 crore, drugs worth Rs 88 lakh, 25.24 kg gold worth Rs 9.87 crore and freebies worth Rs 12.49 crore have been seized.
Karnataka Elections: Five reasons why the state has been every incumbent CM’s Waterloo since 1985
Karnataka Elections 2023: CM Bommai is up against a strong historical trend as an incumbent government has never got re-elected since 1985. Congress, meanwhile, hopes to squeeze through without having to depend upon the JD(S) to form the government. But what’s the voter thinking?
Karnataka elections: Muted response to BJP ending Muslim reservation speaks volumes of the community’s decline
Karnataka elections 2023: With marginal representation and no leader of stature from within the community, Karnataka’s Muslims recognise that “secular” parties need their votes, not voices. Fringe groups like SDPI and AIMIM are, meanwhile, attempting to make a dent by capitalising on Congress’s timidity
Congress announces second list of candidates for Karnataka assembly elections
Out of the 42 seats, the party has marked Melukote constituency for Sarvodaya Karnataka Party.
Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Kannada actor Kichcha Sudeep backs CM Bommai as BJP gets 'star power' for campaigning
Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: The actor, however, said he is not entering politics and neither is he contesting the polls.
Karnataka polls: Election Commission seizes Rs 60.9 crore worth illegal gratification
The rampant distribution of freebies has become a major headache for the Election Commission of India, which is struggling to keep the election process fair and transparent.
Karnataka Elections: BJP to release first list of candidates on April 8
The Central Parliamentary Board meeting of the party is expected be held in Delhi on May 7 in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in which candidates will be finalised for Karnataka, said sources.
Karnataka elections: Farm distress, debt were emotive issues in 2018 election. What will it be now?
Karnataka election updates: While core areas like education and healthcare are getting the short shrift as usual, agriculture loan waiver, one of the main planks of all political parties during every election, is surprisingly missing this time
Karnataka Elections: In building a rainbow coalition, whose math will finally add up?
Karnataka election updates: BJP and Congress are attempting to stitch together Karnataka’s elaborate tapestry of castes and communities into a winning electoral combination. The politics of appeasement, consolidation and polarisation is on in full swing
Karnataka Elections 2023: Rahul Gandhi's disqualification a campaign issue, says Congress leader Veerappa Moily
Karnataka polls: Moily said the issue would create a sympathy wave in part for the Congress becoming one of the factors that will be responsible for the fall of the BJP.
Karnataka Elections 2023: BJP Parliamentary Board likely to meet on April 8 to decide candidates, says CM Bommai
Karnataka polls: The Parliamentary Board is the BJP's highest decision-making body.
Eye on Bengaluru ahead of Karnataka polls: Pothole capital and land of forever dug-up roads
Ahead of Karnataka’s May 10 polls, Moneycontrol in its series on Bengaluru shines a light on the pressing issues that plague the country’s tech and startup hub
Karnataka Elections 2023: Freebies worth Rs 9.59 crore seized since Model Code of Conduct came into effect in state
Karnataka polls: According to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, cumulatively the flying squads, Static Surveillance Teams (SSTs) and police authorities have seized cash worth Rs 7.87crore, liquor worth Rs 5.80 lakh, drugs worth Rs 21.77 lakh and freebies worth Rs 9.59 crore
Congress will win Karnataka Assembly elections, says MP Manish Tewari
Karnataka polls: Elections to the Legislative Assembly in Karnataka will be held in a single phase on May 10, setting the stage for yet another showdown between the ruling BJP and the Congress ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Karnataka Elections 2023: Increased vigil at inter-state border points in coastal Karnataka
Karnataka polls: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner M R Ravi Kumar on Sunday said on April 2 that 10 check posts have been set up at the inter-state border points with Kerala.
Anti-toll gate panel asks voters to defeat BJP in Karnataka assembly poll
In a statement, the committee convenor Muneer Katipalla strongly criticised the union governments decision to increase highway toll charges by 25 percent with effect from April 1.
ECI directs paid holiday on polling day for Karnataka assembly elections
While announcing the polling data for Karnataka polls on March 29, Chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that the polling date is on Wednesday (May 10) to increase the participation of voters.
Karnataka Elections 2023: Why you should take the recent opinion polls with a pinch of salt
Karnataka elections: A host of opinion polls released on the day Karnataka Election dates were announced projected a hung assembly. Opinion polls fail to take into account the local factors and have, historically, been way off the mark
Karnataka elections: Can Yediyurappa achieve for son Vijayendra what Deve Gowda could for Kumaraswamy?
Karnataka election updates: BS Yediyurappa is the undisputed leader of the Lingayat community and has declared that he won’t contest again and wants Vijayendra to be fielded from Shikaripura in Shivamogga, from where he has won eight times.
Ruling parties tinker with reservation ahead of elections
Quota rejigs have been tried by political parties often to woo a section of voters based on caste. But the courts have squashed the benefits, a key reason why Bommai government wants the Centre to place its proposed changes in the ninth schedule
Karnataka Elections 2023: The gateway to the South that BJP cannot afford to lose
Karnataka news updates: In a stark departure from its norm, the BJP central leadership has grudgingly thrust BS Yediyurappa back into the limelight. In contrast, Congress’s default strategy has been to trust its big guns in the state to deliver
Karnataka Elections 2023: Assembly polls to be held on May 10
The election will be held for the 224-member House and a close contest is expected between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and opposition Congress.
