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Karnataka Elections 2018

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.

CJI impeachment: Karnataka polls delaying opposition’s counter-strategy

Congress, which said it would move the top court after impeachment motion against CJI Dipak Misra was rejected by the Rajya Sabha chairperson, is yet to take any step forward.

Now, Rahul promises Congress will listen to Karnataka’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ in its manifesto

The grand old party has promised the creation of 15-20 lakh jobs annually for the next 5 years, and empower farmers, women and children.

The ‘2+1’ equation that Modi will use to corner Congress and Siddaramiah in Karnataka

PM Modi will hit the campaign trail in Karnataka on 1 May with a new slogan to attack the Congress government and CM Siddaramaiah.

‘Ex-girlfriends & harassment victim’ of Karnataka MLAs are campaigning to make them ex-MLAs

BJP’s Renukacharya and Ramadas, as well as Congress’s Meti, are facing campaigns from women who claim they’ve been wronged by them personally.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.