Bengaluru: Ahead of the crucial Assembly elections, Congr­ess put up an impressive show in the urban local bodies (ULB) elections held on March 7, by wresting 1,959 seats out of a total 4,952 seats.

With the exit of former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa from the BJP, the Janata Dal (S) is said to be open to doing business with the saffron party.

The BJP, faced with the threat of Lingayat stron

One need not be in power to draw the crowds. An example is former chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, the political heir of former prime minister, H.D. Deve Gowda, who has been out of power for six year

A couple of ministers and at least 15 legislators of the ruling BJP and Janata Dal (S) are keen to join the Congress and contest as its nominees in next year’s elections to the Legislative Assembly.

Launching a scathing attack on former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda and former chief minister H. D. Kumaraswamy, minority leaders of the Congress cited several instances to claim that the JD(S) supre

The Janata Dal(S) believes that it has finally got over the ‘hangover’ of its short-lived alliance with the BJP in 2006-07 which resulted in its shock defeat in the 2008 Assembly polls over the betray

Despite claims of JD(S) state chief H.D. Kumaraswamy that the Muslim convention at Palace Grounds would not hold up traffic in the surrounding areas, commuter were left to bear the brunt of the traffi

Accusing JD(S) leaders of indulging in land grabbing in Karnataka, chief minister B.S.

Amid allegations of horse-trading by key political parties in Karnataka, the opposition JD(S) on Monday demanded dismissal of the Yeddyurappa government and urged secular parties, including Congress,