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Karnataka Elections 2018

Eyeing Lingayat votes, Sonia to campaign near Basavanna’s birthplace in Karnataka Tuesday

Local leaders want Sonia to campaign in this election given that she contested the Bellary LS constituency in 1999 and defeated BJP’s Sushma Swaraj.

Manmohan reminds Karnataka of UPA achievements, attacks Modi govt’s ‘whims & fancies’

The former PM and noted economist cited demonetisation, GST and GDP growth to slam Modi govt, while reminding people of the UPA’s achievements.

Sriramulu: The ‘dear friend’ of mining baron Reddy just can’t get enough of Modi’s charisma

If the BJP returns to power in Karnataka, he added, it would entirely be the result of PM Modi’s strategy to reach out to voters in the final stretch of the campaign.

Who to vote for in the Karnataka election? Just go with your mutt

There are no official figures on the number of mutts belonging to different castes, sub-castes and sects in Karnataka, but they are estimated to be in the hundreds.

Karnataka’s Telugu speakers may turn against Modi & BJP because they ‘back-stabbed’ Andhra

Centre’s refusal to accord special status to Andhra Pradesh, which led to Chandrababu Naidu’s exit from the NDA, is a poll issue in ‘Hyderabad Karnataka’.

BJP’s Karnataka manifesto lures farmers with gold for brides, loan waiver and irrigation funds

The manifesto for the Karnataka assembly polls also promised to revive a scheme to protect cows.

In Karnataka’s Mangaluru, ‘Hindutva warriors’ want to swap rowdy vigilantism for votes

Self-styled ‘Hindutva warriors’ have recalibrated their strategy since the BJP suffered a crushing blow in the 2013 polls in coastal stronghold following the 2009 pub assault on women.

How an RSS-linked institute is feeding aspiring netas to BJP’s Karnataka war room

Students of the Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini have been sent to the BJP’s war room in Karnataka to gain first-hand experience of elections.

PM Modi has a 15 minute linguistic challenge for Rahul Gandhi in Karnataka

Prime Minister Narendra Modi challenged the Congress president to talk for 15 minutes about the achievements of the Karnataka government without looking at a paper.

In the heat and dust of election season, Rahul gets a lukewarm response in Karnataka

Many voters, especially the young, said they found Rahul Gandhi immature and inexperienced. But it was more a perception than based on specific reasons.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.