The second phase will decide the fate of 247 candidates, including former PM HD Kumaraswamy, BJP leaders Tejasvi Surya and Shobha Karandlaje. The remaining 14 seats of Karnataka will vote on May 7 in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
Bellary remained a Congress stronghold from 1952 to 2000, however, from 2004 to 2018, the seat was with the BJP. The saffron party lost it to Congress in 2018 bypolls but won it again in 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Earlier in an election rally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said when the BJP government in Karnataka got an opportunity, it abolished the Muslim quota created by the Congress government out of the reservation for the Scheduled Castes and Tribes.
Angered over the 'mangalsutra row', the Congress leader urged the people to decide whether they want ‘Naitik Rajniti’ or ‘Natak Rajniti’; ‘Satta ki Rajniti’ or ‘Satya Ki Rajniti’; ‘Paropakar’ (beneficence) or ‘Ahamkar’ (ego).”
Zero Shadow Day is a celestial phenomenon that occurs twice a year in locations situated between +23.5 and -23.5 degrees latitude. During this event, shadows of all objects and living beings vanish when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The general elections in Karnataka, covering 28 constituencies, are scheduled to be held in two phases on April 26 and May 7.
He has expressed his displeasure against BJP's BS Yediyurappa and will be contesting against Yediyurappa’s son BY Raghavendra in the third phase of the Lok Sabha election.
The police have arrested the couple. The married woman was allegedly forced to convert to Islam and was raped by the man on several occasions. The man allegedly also threatened to circulate her private pictures.
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, who has served three consecutive terms representing Dharwad, remains confident in the continued support of the Lingayat community, which has consistently backed him in past elections.
In a letter to Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer on Saturday, the KPCC alleged that Wadiyar has engaged in actions that egregiously contravene the MCC, posing a severe threat to the fairness and transparency of the electoral process.
Parents of the accused apologised to the family of Neha Hiremath who was stabbed to death in Hubballi and sought strict punishment for their son.
PM Narendra Modi addressed an election rally in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur on Saturday. HD Deve Gowda also shared the stage with the Prime Minister. PM Modi also addressed a rally in Bengaluru.
Actor Harshika Poonacha alleged that she and her husband were harassed for speaking in the local language by a group of people in Bengaluru. She shared the video of the incident on Instagram.
Neha, daughter of a Congress Corporator, was fatally stabbed by her former classmate Fayaz inside a college campus in Hubballi, Karnataka. Fayaz, arrested after the incident.
Dubai floods: Ministry of Interior, in collaboration with National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority, National Centre of Meteorology, and strategic partners, has announced end of weather fluctuations, with rainfall stopping and weather conditions gradually improving.
The Congress leader alleged that the BJP-led government at the Centre ran "Hafta Bazi" (extortion scheme) as he called the now-scrapped electoral bonds scheme as the biggest ever extortion scam in the world.
As Karnataka gears up for Lok Sabha elections on April 26 and May 7, both parties have nominated key candidates, including former Chief Ministers, adding intensity to the electoral landscape.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: The Lok Sabha elections will be held in two phases in Karnataka on April 26 and May 7. The counting of votes will take place on June 4.
The alleged recruitment scam pertains to September, 2023 when KOMUL announced hiring for 81 positions through a written test conducted by Mangalore University.
Two prime suspects in the Bengaluru's Rameswaram blast case, Mussavir Hussain Shazib and Abdul Matheen Taha, arrested in West Bengal, have been remanded to ten days of police custody by the NIA Special Court.
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