‘Will introspect party’s setback’, Yediyurappa on Karnataka polls

May 13, 2023

As Congress surged ahead on Saturday in the Karnataka assembly elections results, Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader BS Yediyurappa said victory and defeat are not new for the party, and it will reflect on the setback. The Congress is on its way to scoring an emphatic victory in the Karnataka...

Karnataka results stepping stone to Lok Sabha polls: Siddaramaiah

May 13, 2023

Congress leader Siddaramaiah said on Saturday that with the mandate for the party in the Karnataka Assembly elections, he hopes for Rahul Gandhi to become the prime minister of the country. The Congress leader hoped that Rahul Gandhi, who was the prime ministerial candidate of the Congress in the 2014...

‘I had promised…will deliver State into party’s fold’, DK Shivakumar

May 13, 2023

In key constituency of Kanakapura, Congress' Karnataka unit chief DK Shivakumar marked a dominating victory with a margin of over 55,000 votes. Shivakumar was up against BJP’s R Ashoka and JD(S)’s B Nagaraju. An emotional Karnataka Congress president D K Shivakumar broke down on Saturday as his party looked poised...

Congress wins in Challkere constituency

May 13, 2023

Congress candidate T Raghumurthy was on Saturday declared winner from the Challakere Assembly constituency becoming the first registered win as the counting of votes progressed for the 10 May Karnataka Assembly polls. Raghumurthy defeated Janata Dal (Secular's) Ravish Kumar with a margin of 16,450, according to the Election Commission. According...

Congress extrapolates PM Modi over early trends from Karnataka elections

May 13, 2023

Celebrations had begun at Congress headquarters in Delhi in anticipation of victory as the election trends trickled in. According to the ECI's latest data at 12.30 pm, Congress is leading in 131 seats, while the BJP is ahead in 66 seats, JD is leading in 21 and others in 5....

Karnataka: ‘Somanna will lose in both Varuna and Chamarajanagar’ says Former CM Siddaramaiah

May 13, 2023

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah said today that the Bharatiya Janata Party's V Somanna will be defeated from both Varuna and Chamarajanagar constituencies as the results of the Assembly polls are declared later in the day. The early trends for Karnataka assembly election results showed Congress crossing...

Death toll in violence-hit Manipur rises to 71

May 13, 2023

The death toll in Manipur following the recent clashes in the state has gone up to 71, according to Security Advisor to the Manipur Government, Kuldeep Singh. "The death figure is now approximately 71. Yesterday, there was an exchange of fire between Manipur commandos and militants. Six commandos got injured,...

Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypolls: AAP maintains huge lead

May 13, 2023

As per the early trends by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is leading in the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat, which went to by-polls on May 10 and the counting for which began at 8 a.m. on Saturday. AAP's Sushil Rinku is now leading by...

40 percent slogan accepted by public: Pilot on early trends in Karnataka polls

May 13, 2023

As the early trends in Karnataka showed the Congress party crossing the halfway mark in Karnataka, Sachin Pilot said on Saturday that the issue of "corruption" raised by the party against the ruling BJP turned out to be decisive in the victory. The former Deputy Chief Minister made these remarks...

Haaland wins men’s FWA Footballer of the Year award

May 12, 2023

Erling Haaland, the striker for Manchester City, would receive the highly regarded Footballer of the Year award from the Football Writers' Association (FWA). Haaland won the award with an unprecedentedly high percentage of the vote, earning 72%, while Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard, both Arsenal players, came in second and...