The CPI (M) has remained non-commital in publicly issuing support for either the Congress or JD(S), but its cadres on the ground are likely to support the Congress
"He is likely to address more than 15 rallies in 10 days," a Bharatiya Janata Party leader said
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah disprove reports of forging a post-poll alliance with JD(S) in Karnataka assembly elections 2018. Siddaramaiah set to contest from Chamundeshwari constituency
CSDS-Jain University predicted that the BJP could emerge the single largest party
Yeddyurappa announced his son will not be contesting from Varuna seat against Siddaramaiah's son Yathendra in Karnataka election
The saffron party is making an all-out bid to oust the Congress government from the state
In a belt that is dominated by H D Deve Gowda's Janata Dal (Secular), Varuna stands out as a Congress beacon
The Karnataka unit of the Congress on Sunday attempted to show a united face with senior party leaders stating there were no divisions in the party
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will file his nomination on Monday from the Chamundeshwari constituency
BJP released its first list of 72 candidates who will contest in the Karnataka Assembly elections May 12, to be held on May 12. Yeddyurappa will contest from Shikarpura, not Shimoga
The BJP has been attacking the Congress over Mouli's candidature, citing he had represented fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi
The senior leader also stressed the Congress would get a comfortable majority in the Karnataka Assembly elections 2018
By giving the ticket to Sriramulu, the party leadership has overruled its policy of not fielding MPs, except chief ministerial candidate Yeddyurappa, in the Assembly elections
The saffron party's Hindutva exponents have all courted serious controversies with minority-baiting and combustible statements and invited criminal charges. Here's a brief profile of some of them
The Reddy brothers were so integral to BJP's politics in Karnataka and at the Centre that L K Advani and Sushma Swaraj weighed-in with them rather than the CM of the day, B S Yeddyurappa
Bhatkal, with a population of 100,000 - 70% of that Muslim thrives on religion; this also happens to be the birthplace of Yasin Bhatkal, a Navayath who has been convicted in several bomb blast cases
The region's socio-economic development and politics is an outcome of a rapid change that began in the 1970s, with land reforms creating space for backward castes to claim new identities
Asserting that the Congress is in a much better situation in the state, unlike the BJP, Moily - a former Karnataka chief minister -- said "money power and fanaticism of BJP" will not work in the state
Modi is scheduled to offer 'pushpanjali', or floral tributes, at the bust of 12th century Lingayat philosopher Basaveshwara, or Basavanna, at 11.10 am local time, or 4.40pm IST
Chamundeshwari is not a new constituency for Siddaramaiah from where he has won elections five times since 1983 before shifting base to neighbouring Varuna in 2008