Congress is likely to bag 110-116 seats in the Karnataka Assembly elections while the ruling BJP may end up with around 50 seats, news channel CNN-IBN predicted today.
Udupi district has slipped to third position in the SSLC results this time with a pass percentage of 87.68 while Dakshina Kannada’s pass percentage is 78.77 when compared to 84 per cent of last year.
Disability should never be a barrier to achieve anything in life. A young woman from Padangady in Belthangady, served as a role model to many who are averse to voting despite being hale and hearty, by exercising her franchise with her toes, for she had no hands.
There was tension in the air at Bhaskernagar near Uchila in Udupi district on May 5, Sunday night after some unidentified miscreants hurled a beer bottle inside the local masjid.
Dakshina Kannada district registered a total voter turnout of 72.38 per cent, while Udupi district registered a total polling percentage of 75.6 per cent on May 5, Sunday.
Chaos prevailed at a polling booth at Capitanio on May 5, Sunday when BJP workers reportedly prevented a few students residing in a hostel at Kankanady from voting.
The right to vote which each and every major citizen of this nation has, should not be allowed to go in vain. On May 5, several senior citizens including a centenarian woman cast their vote thereby setting an example to youngsters not to be averse voting.
At a time when youngsters are showing little interest in exercising their franchise, 103 year old Buddamma of Ultur near Tekkatte has served a role model by exercising her franchise with the help of her daughter.
More than 25 students from Athena Nursing College was prevented from voting by the Polling Booth staff blaming that they are Keralites at the St Sebastian Polling Booth today, May 5.
Leaders of various political parties including Bantwal Congress Candidate Ramanatha Rai were prominent among those who cast their votes in various polling booths of Bantwal.
Six persons sustained critical injuries when a private bus collided against the autorickshaw in which they were travelling near Idoor Kunjladi on Kollur-Kundapur State Highway on May 4, Saturday.
Over 40 per cent polling was registered in five assembly constituencies of Udupi district by May 5, Sunday afternoon.
Voting for the Karnataka Assembly elections began in various polling booths across the district at 7 am on May 5. Initial reports say the voter turnout was 13 per cent by 10 am.
The Election Commission today announced extension of polling time by an hour up to 6 PM ( from 7 AM to 6 PM in the entire state.
A Tavera vehicle carrying over one lakh pamphlets having contents targeting Congress candidate of Mangalore South JR Lobo, has been seized by the Kadri Police on May 4, Saturday.