Know your Constituency: Bangalore Central

Polling for Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka will be held on April 26 and May 7. Bangalore Central was created by carving out portions of Bangalore North and South Lok Sabha constituencies for the 2009 Indian elections. The first member of the parliament elected from this constituency was P C Mohan. Bangalore Central consists the […]

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Bangalore South LS election: Local issues dominate

Tejasvi Surya and Sowmya Reddy are contesting for the Bangalore South seat. With less than 72 hours to the Lok Sabha (LS) elections, voters of Bangalore South, demand solutions to the most basic issues like pollution, mismanagement of garbage and most importantly, the ongoing water crisis. They will go to the polls on April 26, […]

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Priyanka Gandhi makes the crowd wait

The Congress leader’s planned road show from Jayanagar to HSR Layout was delayed indefinitely. Posters flying. Party flags stomped on. Flexes torn apart. This scene unfolded as Congress workers and police shut the gates at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, HSR Layout, Bangalore, where Priyanka Gandhi was supposed to address the public at 6 p.m. […]

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BJP, INC, NOTA: Organizations make their choice

With elections approaching, various organizations put forth their demands in a series of press conferences held today. Sexual minorities demand reservation and inclusion. Farmers demand implementation of the Swaminathan report. Artisans demand socio-economic empowerment. The Madiga community demands welfare of marginalized groups. While the gender and sexual minorities (GSM) community and farmers in the state […]

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City Police Rolls Out Election Security Plan

The Commissionerate is incharge of five Lok Sabha constituencies—Bangalore North, Bangalore South, Bangalore Central, Bangalore Rural and Chikkaballapur. The Bangalore city police is gearing up for the elections with  24 Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCPs) and 52 Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACPs), among other officers being lined up for election duty. B. Dayanand, Police Commissioner […]

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Petitions to ECI seek Modi candidature ban

The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) that came into force across the country on March 16 states that no party or candidate shall participate in any activity that may aggravate existing differences, create mutual hatred, or cause tension between different castes and communities, religious or linguistic. A petition to the Election Commission of India (ECI) […]

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Bengaluru North and South gear up for Lok Sabha polls

BJP sitting MLA S.T Somashekar campaigned for Congress in North Bengaluru; Tamil Nadu BJP chief held an election campaign for Tejasvi Surya in South Bengaluru. In a rousing speech in Tamil, Tamilnadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief K. Annamalai charged the Congress government in Karnataka of ignoring the water crisis in the city. Campaigning for […]

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