Union minister Mallikarjun Kharge has met with the state Congress chief Dr Parameshwara, conveying that he is one of the contenders in the race for becoming the chief minister of Karnataka. Earlier, senior Congress leader K Siddaramaiah had also met Parameshwa...
Two people were killed in an election rally in Pakistan, as unidentified gunmen kidnapped Ali Haider, the son of former Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, after an attack in a PPP election rally in Multan. Pakistan Taliban has warned of a major disast...
Farooq Yousaf, from Pakistani Centre for Research and Security Studies says that whatever be Saturday's outcome be, the violence will not end. According to the researcher, as soon as the US military troops leave Afghanistan, the violence will return to Afghani...
Pakistan's political parties held their final election campaign rallies as the country gears up to transition from one democratically elected government to another. This significant step in Pakistan's democracy, however, has been marred with violence across th...
The Congress high command will take a call on who will be the Karnataka Chief Minister. The top three contenders for the post are Siddharamiah, Mallikarjun Kharge and Veerappa Moily.
The general elections of Pakistan will be held tomorrow. Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan, who is currently admitted in a hospital, recovering from a freak accident, is riding on a nation-wide sympathy wave. Yesterday night, he addressed 30,000 s...
After successfully uprooting the BJP from power in Karnataka, the Congress has started discussions as to who will be the chief minister. The newly elected 121 legislators of the party are meeting today to decide their new CM. Four Congress observers, led by de...
Centrestage | As the elections near, Pakistan has fallen into deep turmoil. Abductions, attacks and threats have bloodied the political landscape of the country. Bombings have intensified, people have been asked to stay away from voting and the terrorists have...
The son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Ali Haider Gilani, has been kidnapped from the Punjab province during a campaign rally. Unidentified gunmen killed Ali Haider's personal secretary and a bodyguard as well. Ali Haider was participat...
Top Congress leaders AK Antony and Ambika Soni will visit Bangalore to decide Congress' Chief Ministerial candidates following its landslide victory in the state elections. Earlier, Siddaramaiah was supposed to travel to Delhi for the same.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi now faces a challenge to choose the Chief Minister of Karnataka. There are four possible contenders for the position - Union Minister and Dalit leader Mallikarjun Kharge, union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Veerappa Moily, ...
With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Rajya Sabha tenure expiring on June 14, fresh elections are expected to take place. Along with Manmohan Singh, Asom Gana Parishad's (AGP) Kumar Deepak Das' term is also expiring. The Election Commission has announced bienni...
The people of Karnataka taught the corrupt BJP a deserving lesson, says Congress leader Siddaramaiah. The leader also had a landslide victory in his constituency - Varuna in Mysore district - where he won by a margin of 20,000 votes. Siddaramaiah is a possible...
Congress gets a landslide victory in Karnataka and is all set to form a government without any support. However, there is heavy competition amongst the leaders for the CM's post. It is expected that a high-level meeting will take place later today to decide on...
Following the massive victory in Karnataka state elections, the race for the next Chief Minister has begun. Siddaramaiah is touted as the front runner for the post. Another strong contender for the post is Mallikarjun Kharge. Sonia Gandhi has called Siddaramai...
After a resounding victory in Karnataka state elections, the next big step for Congress is to find a chief minister acceptable to For now, Mallikarjuna Kharge and K Siddaramaiah are the front-runners for the post.
Newshour | Has the Supreme Court's observations on the Coalgate cover-up taken the sheen off Karnataka victory for the Congress? The Supreme Court came down heavily on the law minister, CBI, Attorney General GE Vahanvati, and former Additional Solicitor Genera...
Newshour | Will Congress consider early elections to capitalise on the victory of Karnataka? Was it Rahul Gandhi's win or Narendra Modi's loss in Karnataka? Congress secured a thumping majority with 121 seats in the 224-seat strong Karnataka Assembly. This vic...
Was it Rahul Gandhi's win or Narendra Modi's loss in Karnataka? Who will be the next CM? Watch an analysis of Congress' victory and BJP's loss in Karnataka. Arnab Goswami, along with representatives from the BJP and Congress have a heated debate over the outco...
News Night | BJP has suffered a huge setback in Karnataka as the party managed to come only third in the Assembly elections in the state. Does this victory of Congress in the state sound the death knell of BJP in the South? What exactly has caused the downfall...
BJP has suffered a humiliating defeat in Karnataka as the party has managed to come only third in the state, behind JD(S). Outgoing Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar lists the possible reasons for the failure of his party in the state.
Though there are several contenders for the chief minister’s post in Karnataka, including central ministers Mallikarjun Kharge and M Veerappa Moily, the leading contender is Siddaramaiah, who was Leader of the Opposition in the state. Congress has secured a ...
Representatives from all political parties from Karnataka hold a political debate over the outcome of the Assembly elections and discuss big questions like -- Can Congress end its internal feud by appointing a chief minister who is acceptable to all? Was it Ra...
Although Congress has managed to pull off a commendable victory in Karnataka Assembly elections, Supreme Court observations into the coal block allocation scam has taken away much of the glory from the victory. Will the government demand Law Minister Ashwani K...
BS Yeddyurappa's KJP split BJP votes and made a dent in the saffron party's vote bank, resulting in its massive defeat. BJP could only garner 40 seats. Congress secured a thumping majority with 121 seats in the 224-seat strong Karnataka Assembly. This victory ...
A confident Congress, after the convincing victory in Karnataka, take on BJP at the centre, mocks them and says that BJP would face a similar fate in the Lok Sabha polls in 2014. BJP's loss has also put a question mark on Narendra Modi's effectiveness as a nat...
Addressing the media, BJP spokesperson Venkaiah Naidu speaks on the Karnataka poll results. He says that BJP humbly accepts the verdict of the people. He rues that the split in the party was a major reason for the loss in Karnataka. He adds that the outcome do...
BJP has lost even the chance to play principal opposition party in Karnataka Assembly as the party came only third, behind JD(S). The election results in Karnataka appears to be precursor to what is awaited in the general elections in 2014. BJP's projection of...
Corruption allegations, quitting of BS Yeddyurappa and anti-incumbency have worked against BJP in the Karnataka Assembly polls as the party has managed to finish only third, behind Congress, which has returned to power in the state, and JD(S).
In a press conference, Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury thanks the people of Karnataka for voting in their favour in the state Assembly elections and congratulates her party members who canvassed in the state for the victory. In the backdrop of the coal alloca...
With just days to go before Pakistan goes to polls to elect its next government, violence and fiery rhetoric marks the campaign trail. A mass rally, held in Karachi, was a platform for the candidates to spew vitriol against United States' drone attacks across ...
BJP has been badly defeated in Karnataka. Anti-incumbency, teamed with bad governance and corruption allegations against senior leaders in the party, led to the downfall of the party in the Karnataka Assembly elections. What will be the fate of BJP in the Sout...
Congress returns to power in Karnataka after eight years by winning 117 seats in the state. It is also after 10 years that Congress forms a government on its own without support from other parties. JD(S) won 41 seats making it the largest party in the Oppositi...
The Congress party is happy with the elections results in Karnataka. After 2004 this is the first time that a party will form the government without support from others. The split with Yeddyurappa is being touted as one of the main reasons behind the huge loss...
After a gap of nearly 10 years the Congress party will form their own government without any help from other parties in Karnataka. As expected the Congress leaders fell over themselves in giving the credit to the Gandhi family for the victory in the state. Thi...
According to lawyer Ram Jethmalani BJP lost Karnataka because they expelled Yeddyurappa from the party. He also said that Yeddyurappa was innocent and the High Court crushed the case of corruption against the leader.
Congress has come to power in Karnataka after 10 years. The results clearly indicate that the people of Karnataka want a stable government and do not want coalition rule in the state. Congress will form the government with 116 seats. JD(S) edged its way past B...
BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy along with political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagopalan, M Baba Prasad, Rajeev Chandrashekar, JD(S) general secretary Kunwar...
Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagopalan, M Baba Prasad, Rajeev Chandrashekar, Samajwadi party leader Kamal Farooqui and journalists Vivek, Rupali, N...
Former Chief Minister of Karnataka, DV Sadananda Gowda talks about whether he could have changed BJP's current situation in the state Assembly elections and taken it to a better position, if he were still the chief minister. The Congress is leading in the stat...
BJP leader GVL Narsimha Rao and Congress leader Rashid Alvi, along with journalist Navika Kumar debate on whether a national leader can make an impact in state elections. They also debate on who is more corrupt. Is really corruption an issue?
Congress is moving towards a single party majority in Karnataka while BJP has slid to the third spot in the state. While on the other hand, both the houses of the Parliament faced disruptions as the Opposition continued to demand the resignation of Law Ministe...
It is becoming clear that BJP is losing its foothold in South. The results point to the fact that BJP has slid to the third spot with just 38 seats. Another cause of worry for the right wing party is that JD(S) has sneaked up to the second slot with 42 seats w...
In cluster by cluster analysis, BJP hasn't been completely wiped off from Bangalore as it is still somewhere close to the half-way mark of Bangalore seats. Which just goes to show that the urban population's voting has been affected by the scams at the Centre....
In the Karnataka Assembly election results so far, it is observed that the Congress is slowly eating into the BJP and JD(S) seats, but it also shows that the party might fall short of a majority mark in the state. However, it emerges a clear winner with 103 se...
How has BJP's vote share reduced and will KJP form an alliance with the Congress, as the party is leading in the Karnataka Assembly elections? Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi says this is a resounding victory, while BJP leader says Congress is yet to win...
Congress has won 105 seats as of now and it is just seven seats away from the magical mark of 112 to form its own government in Karnataka. On the other hand, BJP and JD(S) are running neck to neck with 42 and 43 seats respectively. While Yeddyurappa managed to...
The battle for the Karnataka state elections have begun. The latest figures indicate that the Congress has leads in 39 seats while BJP is trailing behind at 25. Yeddyurappa's KJP has predictably performed not so well and has leads only in three seats.
As the counting continues, Congress is becoming the single largest party with majority in Karnataka and BJP's woes continue as they slip to the third spot in numbers. Congress, though leading, might not be able to form the government on its own and it may have...
Congress leader Manish Tewari in his address to the media said that he is a lawyer by profession and he has not studied astrology so he can not predict the outcome of the elections. He also added that he would only comment on the results once the counting proc...
Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagopalan, M Baba Prasad, Rajeev Chandrashekar, JD(S) general secretary Kunwar Danish and journalists Vivek, Rupali, N...
Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagopalan, M Baba Prasad, Rajeev Chandrashekar, JD(S) general secretary Kunwar Danish and journalists Vivek, Rupali, N...
The BJP has decided to hold a Parliamentary board meet in Delhi, to analyse the results of the Karnataka Assembly Election results. Gujarat CM Narendra Modi is likely to attend the meeting. Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Pri...
Early trends in the counting for the Karnataka elections indicates that Congress might return to power in the state. Out of 138 seats, Congress has leads in 65 seats while BJP is trailing with just 36 seats.
The Congress is by far leading in the Karnataka Assembly elections, however, the JDS is leading in the Vokkaliga region. Catch the overall tally and the detailed poll analysis of the coastal region, Hyderabad-Karnataka region, old Mysore region, Mangalore regi...
The counting for the state elections in Karnataka has begun. Good news is coming in for Congress which is leading with 19 seats to its name. BJP has suffered a major setback with the party losing leads on 13 key seats. All eyes are on Yeddyurappa whose party h...
Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagopalan, M Baba Prasad, Rajeev Chandrashekar, BJP leader Sambit Patra, Congress leader Rajeev Gowda, JD(S) general s...
The leads of 18 seats have come out. Congress has emerged as the single party with the maximum number of seats at six and they are closely followed by BJP who have leads in five seats so far. JDS with just one less than BJP stands at four and Yeddyurappa's par...
Today is a big day in the world of politics. The Karnataka state elections results as well the Supreme Court verdict on the coal scam report will be passed today. Law Minister Ashwani Kumar's future in the Cabinet will be determined by the verdict. On the oth...
In a few moments from now the counting of the Karnataka Assembly Election votes will begin. Journalists Vir Sangvi, Ashok Malik, Sanjay Kumar, TS Sudhir, Rahul Shivshankar, Ruchika Tomar, Shiv Aroor, Pratibha, Nalini Singh, Harish Bijoor, Gauri Lankesh, Tehsee...
The counting for votes obtained in the Karnataka Assembly elections has begun in the Hassan region of Karnataka. Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagop...
In a few moments from now the counting of the Karnataka Assembly Election votes will begin. Journalists Vir Sangvi, Ashok Malik, Sanjay Kumar, TS Sudhir, Rahul Shivshankar, Ruchika Tomar, Shiv Aroor, Pratibha, Nalini Singh, Harish Bijoor, Gauri Lankesh, Tehsee...
The counting for the votes obtained in the Karnataka Assembly elections will begin shortly. This will show whether the Congress can form a government in a southern state and gain a momentum at the national level, whether he BJP will form a government in spite ...
The counting of the votes begins in Karnataka today. The results will determine which party would reign the state for the next five years. Will BJP retain its hold on the state or will Congress edge out their arch political rivals? Will Yeddyurappa play an imp...
Today looks to be an important day in the world of politics for both BJP as well as Congress. Even as the Supreme Court will hear the CBI affidavit on coal scam probe report, vote counting for 224 constituencies in the state of Karnataka. Counting begins in an...
Ahead of the counting, security has been increased in all 223 constituencies of Karnataka. The state elections are expected to be cut throat with Congress and BJP struggling to get a hold amongst a slew of regional parties.
The election results of the Karnataka Assembly elections will be announced by the end of the day. There is little doubt that the Congress will win a majority in this election. But the question arises is whether the result of the poll will be affected by the Su...
Centrestage | Pakistan cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan was severely injured on his head when he fell off a forklift that was hoisting him on to a stage for an election campaign meeting in Lahore. He has been rushed to the hospital and is reported to be ...
Pakistan cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan was severely injured on his head when he fell off a forklift that was hoisting him on to a stage for an election campaign meeting in Lahore. He has been rushed to the hospital and is reported to be stable.
News Night | Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has suffered injuries to his head when he fell off a forklift that was hoisting him on to a stage for an election campaign meeting in Lahore. He has been rushed to the hospital and is reported to be stable. A...
Cricketer turned politician Imran Khan has fallen off a lift that was hoisting him onto the stage when he lost his balance and fell to the ground which was around 14-16 feet below. He injured his head and has been rushed to the hospital for further treatment. ...
Pakistan cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan was severely injured on his head when he fell off a forklift that was hoisting him on to a stage for an election campaign meeting in Lahore. He has been rushed to the hospital and is reported to be stable.
Former Pakistan cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan injured his head after he fell off a lift that was carrying him onto the stage at an election rally. Imran Khan was rushed to the hospital bleeding.
Congress party is keen on getting the food security bill passed in Lok Sabha at the earliest, but BJP has made it clear that it will not allow the houses of the Parliament to function unless Congress makes Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar resign from their...
With just four days left for the session to get over, Congress is working steadily towards bringing in the food security bill ahead of the upcoming 2014 general elections. BJP has said that until the Railway Minister and Law Minister do not resign they will no...
While Congress gets ready to get the food security bill to be passed in the Lok Sabha, BJP has said that it will not allow the Houses to function unless Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar resign from their posts. BJP leader Yashwant Sinha in an interview sai...
In the wake of one more Taliban attack on a campaign rally in Pakistan, candidates in the election fray have been pushed to abandoning their campaigning. According to the candidates, being on the Taliban's hit-list doesn't really encourage them to actively pur...
It is now only a few hours' wait to know who will have the last laugh in Karnataka as the state prepares for vote count which is set to take place tomorrow. 34 centres have been organized for vote count. Exit polls have revealed that Congress is heading back t...
Despite all the protests in Lok Sabha, the Congress-led UPA government is determined to get the food security bill passed. The government tabled the report yesterday, but due to the disruption caused by the Opposition, the bill couldn't be taken up for conside...
As BJP continues to demand the resignation of the Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, Congress is adamant that their ministers will not resign until the investigation reports on respective scams are submitted. The BJP has made i...
Congress may be in the dock at the Centre, dodging allegations of multiple scams, but in Karnataka the mood is quite the opposite. If the exit poll results are anything to go by, the BJP might be at the receiving end of public ire here. Clearly, Yeddyurappa's ...
BJP continues to demand the resignation of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal as well as Law Minister Ashwani Kumar. The BJP has threatened to disrupt the proceedings of Parliament if their demands are not met. The Congress government, in order to shift the f...
Karnataka is the first major state to go to polls in the pre-election year. At 10 am the voter turnout stood at 12%. The Assembly elections would be a litmus test not just for the Congress, but also for the BJP, which no longer has its long-term poster boy BS ...
After days of intense campaigning, Karnataka is voting in a high-stakes Assembly polls amidst elaborate security arrangements. The main players -- Congress, BJP, JD(S) and KJP -- were involved in massive campaigning for the last few days.
People of the state are tired of the misrule of the BJP and are looking for a stable and accountable government, says Congress leader Veerappa Moily, after casting his vote in the Karnataka Assembly elections.
Karnataka is the first major state to go to polls in the pre-election year. At 10 am the voter turnout stood at 12%. The Assembly elections would be a litmus test not just for the Congress, but also for the BJP, which no longer has its long-term poster boy BS ...
Euro sceptics across Britain will have more things to be happy about as the UK Independence Party, reputed for its anti-European stance, stole the show at yet another British by-election. The party that has been seeking UK's withdrawal from the European Union ...
KPCC President Ramesh Chennithala's Kerala Yathra will end its run in Thrissur today. Chennithala will visit seven constituencies on the second day of the programme in Thrissur district.
The campaigning for the state assembly elections in Karntaka, to be held on May 5, ends today. The voting will be done in one phase for the 214 seats, while the vote counting will happen on May 8.
It's the first state to go to polls in the pre-election year and the Karnataka results could set the tone for 2014. Whichever party wins the polls in the state will get the momentum for next year's general elections.
Centrestage | When compared to the other big cities in India, Bangalore has historically had the country's lowest voter turnouts. Citizens in Bangalore tend to be politically inactive, when compared to cities like Delhi and Mumbai. However, this time, prominen...
Centrestage | As citizens, one can't give up hope to fight against corruption. Netas must continuously be put under pressure so that they can deliver at a higher level of expectations. Pubs and eateries get closed by 11.30 PM every night and young people wonde...
Centrestage | At a time when one thinks that India is moving into an era of zero-tolerance for corruption and greater accountability from political executives, former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda has struck a very cynical note. He says that corruption can neve...
Centrestage | The BJP is on a downward spiral before Karnataka's Assembly elections. A part of it can be attributed to misgovernance, but the other part is because of the departure of former CM BS Yeddyurappa, who now realises that his new party KJP is in no f...
Centrestage | SM Krishna's interview created quite a flutter in the political circles. The BJP latched on to the comments made by the former CM of Karnataka, explaining that he has given proof of the fact that the Congress has given tickets to wrong candidates...
Right To Be Heard | Watch the citizens of Karnataka grill the representatives of each of the four political parties of the state, BJP leader Nirmala Sitharaman, Congress leader Rajiv Gowda, Janata Dal leader Danish Ali and KJP leader Dhananjay Kumar; along wit...
'There is corruption by the BJP government in the state and by the Congress government at the Centre. So, the voter is left wondering who is less or more corrupt.' Petroleum and Natural Gas minister Veerappa Moily says that the BJP is not keen on tackling corr...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is campaigning for the Congress in Karnataka. He attacked the BJP government for 'bad governance' and 'corruption in the state. On Saturday, he said that 'bad governance' and 'corruption' had slackened state's progress and a sense...