Campaigning ends for six Karnataka legislative council seats, polling on June 3
Bengaluru, June 1: Campaigning for the elections to the six Karnataka legislative council seats comprising three each of graduates and teachers’ constituencies ended on Saturday. The polling will be held on June 3.
The counting of votes will take place on June 6.
The polls will be held for the constituencies of Karnataka North East Graduates, Karnataka South West Graduates, Bangalore Graduates, Karnataka South-East Teachers, Karnataka South-West Teachers and Karnataka South Teachers.
These seats fell vacant following the retirement of the six sitting members.
The graduates constituencies and teachers constituencies have 3.63 lakh and 70,260 voters respectively.
The Election Commission has set up 170 and 461 polling stations for Teachers and Graduates Constituencies respectively.
The Congress has fielded Marithibba Gowda (South Teachers Constituency), KK Manjunath (South-West Teachers), Ayanur Manjunath (South-West Graduates), Chandrashekhar Patil (North-East Graduates), Ramoji Gowda (Bangalore Graduates) and DT Srinivas (South-East Teachers).
The BJP and its ally JD(S) are contesting the MLC elections together. BJP is fighting at four places and the JD(S) in two places.
The BJP has decided to field Amarnath Patil from Karnataka North East Graduates' constituency, Dr Dhananjay Sarji from Karnataka South West Graduates' constituency, A Devegowda from Bangalore Graduates' constituency and Y A Narayanaswamy from South East Teachers' constituency.
The JD(S) has fielded K Vivekananda from South Teachers' constituency and Bhoje Gowda South-West Teachers constituency.
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US rules out use of nuclear weapons against Iran
Washington DC: The White House has reportedly ruled out the use of nuclear weapons against Iran, even as uncertainty continues over ongoing peace negotiations and a deadline set by US President Donald Trump approaches.
Issues bout a possible escalation had increased after US Vice President JD Vance said that the United States has “tools in our toolkit that we so far haven’t decided to use” in dealing with Iran.
His remarks came amid rising tensions and ahead of a deadline linked to peace efforts.
The situation has attracted attention as Trump warned Iran that its “whole civilization will die tonight tonight” if an agreement is not reached by Tuesday at 8 pm.
This statement led to speculation about the possibility of extreme military measures, including a nuclear strike.
Following Vance’s comments, the White House issued a clarification distancing itself from such interpretations. In a post on X, it said, "Literally nothing @VP said here 'implies' this, you absolute buffoons." In a later statement, it added that “only the president knows” what action will be taken regarding Iran.
Literally nothing @VP said here "implies" this, you absolute buffoons https://t.co/7JU3wXMaWX
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 7, 2026
