Bengaluru: The number of new voters across the state has increased by nine percent, taking the total number of the electorate to 4,96,82,351 as against 4.36 crore voters in 2013 assembly elections," state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sanjiv Kumar told reporters.

Davanagere:  BJP National President Amit Shah said the state government's move to grant religious minority status to the Lingayats was an ‘election gimmick.'

New Delhi: Voting for the Assembly elections in Karnataka will be held on the 12th of May, and the results will be out on the 15th of May, Election Commission announced today. The term of the current 224-member legislative Assembly ends on May 28.

Bengaluru: The Election Commission is likely to announce the polling schedule for 224-member Karnataka assembly on Tuesday.

‘conscience does not permit her to accept the reward.’

Bengaluru: The ruling Congress in Karnataka bagged three Rajya Sabha seats and BJP one in the biennial election, amid a boycott of the poll by the JDS, alleging electoral malpractice.

“We have sufficient voters to win three seats. Hence we will definitely win,” CM said.

As the country's third busiest airport after Mumbai and Delhi, the airport at Devanahalli on the city's northern outskirts won the award for the second consecutive year and two times in 2015 and 2011.