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Vikram Gopal

Vikram Gopal is Hindustan Times’ state correspondent for Karnataka.

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Karnataka SSLC Result 2019: KSEEB announces Class 10 result today

Karnataka SSLC Result 2019 date : The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) has announced the date for Karnataka SSLC result.

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Updated on Apr 30, 2019 12:48 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Karnataka records highest ever turnout of 68.62% in Lok Sabha polls

Karnataka notched up its highest ever turnout of 68.62% in the LoK Sabha election for its 28 seats which were held over two phases on April 18 and April 23.

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Updated on Apr 25, 2019 07:32 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Karnataka Congress’ rebel MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi confirms exit from party

The members of legislative assembly (MLAs) skipped crucial Congress Legislature Party meetings in January and February, prompting it to initiate action against them under anti-defection laws.

Dissidents led by Jarkiholi have been threatening the party with resignations for over six months now.(REUTERS PHOTO)

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Updated on Apr 24, 2019 11:29 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Six from Karnataka killed in bombings

Kumaraswamy’s office confirmed later that Shivukumar too was killed in the attack . All five were staying at the Shangri La hotel in Colombo, according to Rajat B, a friend of one of the victims’ son.

Later on Monday, officials confirmed the death of 46-year-old SR Nagaraj, who hailed from Bengaluru.(AP File photo)

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Updated on Apr 23, 2019 12:22 AM IST

Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Lok Sabha elections 2019: In Dakshina Kannada, BJP faces Bunt ire over Vijaya Bank’s merger

The government mandated a merger of the public sector Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda on April 1, to create a more competitive financial institution.

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Published on Apr 18, 2019 06:33 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mangaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Sangh push to Karnataka BJP campaign

The “bring Baba Budangiri back to the Hindus” movement gained currency over the following two decades. It turned the hilltop into the Sangh Parivar’s Ayodhya of the South.

Behind Rangaswamy’s fandom, an industry of saffronization has been at work in Karnataka. That story begins on top of a lush green hill three hours, or a 150 kilometres away, in the popular vacation spot of Chikmagaluru.(PTI)

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Updated on Apr 17, 2019 07:47 PM IST

ByRevati Laul and Vikram Gopal

Karnataka PUC Results 2019: Pass percentage, details, list of websites to check KSEEB Board KAR PUC II class 12 marks

Karnataka PUC II Results 2019: The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) on Monday declared the results of pre-university (PUC) exams 2019.

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Updated on Apr 17, 2019 03:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVikram Gopal

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress-JD(S) alliance bets on vote arithmetic

The relatively low turnout of 54% in the Lok Sabha bypoll in Mandya in November indicated that the alliance between the two rivals remains tentative and that the rank and file of both parties are uneasy over the arrangement.

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Updated on Apr 03, 2019 08:05 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal and Venkatesha Babu

Karnataka speaker accepts resignation of rebel Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav

Jadhav had resigned as MLA of the Chincholi Assembly constituency last month even as he was facing proceedings under the Anti-defection laws for violating a whip issued by the Congress party ahead of the Budget session in February.

With this, the effective strength of the assembly has been reduced to 223. The BJP has 104 MLAs and the coalition enjoys the support of 79 Congress MLAs, 37 JD(S) MLAs, and one BSP and independent MLA. Their combined strength stands at 118, including the Speaker.

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Updated on Apr 01, 2019 10:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Lok Sabha elections 2019: At Cong-JDS joint rally, Rahul Gandhi calls for united fight against BJP

Rahul Gandhi said the aim of the two parties is to defeat Narendra Modi and the BJP.

Hailing the joint rally of the two coalition partners, Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy said it was a “historic day”.

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Updated on Mar 31, 2019 09:37 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Rahul Gandhi to address first coalition rally for LS polls in Karnataka

The coalition is attempting to dislodge the Bharatiya Janata Party, which has won the maximum number of seats in the state in the past three elections, winning 18, 19 and 17 of the 28 seats in the 2004, 2009, and 2014 elections, respectively.

Karnataka goes to polls in two phases — on April 18 the southern regions will vote and the northern regions on April 23. As part of their seat-sharing formula, the Congress will contest from 20 seats and the JD(S) eight.(PTI)

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Updated on Mar 31, 2019 03:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Lok Sabha election 2019: It’s a battle of legacies in Vokkaliga heartland of Karnataka’s Mandya

Located in the heart of the Vokkaliga dominated Old Mysuru region, locals in Mandya say it is a battle between two legacies — that of the family of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda on one side and Ambareesh’s on the other.

The Congress and JD(S) might have formed an alliance in Bengaluru, but this carried little weight in Mandya.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Mar 28, 2019 01:38 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

‘PM Modi’s real surgical strike’: Kumaraswamy on I-T raid at minister’s home

No confirmation was given by the I-T department about the number of locations raided even as unconfirmed news reports filtered in of raids in Hassan and Mysuru districts as well.

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy took to Twitter to hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that he is playing a “revenge game”.(AP File Photo)

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Updated on Apr 25, 2020 08:50 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Can Congress, JD-S clinch a win in Karnataka?

With around three weeks to go for Lok Sabha elections, talk on party strategies has centred on the advantage that the ruling Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance enjoys over BJP.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi(PTI file photo)

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Updated on Mar 28, 2019 09:49 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

28-yr-old to represent BJP in its Bengaluru south bastion

After days of suspense, the Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Tejasvi Surya, a 28-year-old lawyer and nephew of BJP legislator from Karnataka Ravi Subramanya, from Bengaluru South Lok Sabha seat.

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Updated on Mar 27, 2019 12:02 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Lok Sabha elections 2019: ‘OMG, OMG’: Tejasvi Surya tweets after BJP picks 28-year-old for Bengaluru South seat

In a series of tweets, an elated Surya said the decision to pick a novice like him could only be taken by the Bharatiya Janata Party as he thanked several people, including Ananth Kumar, Tejaswini, and the RSS among others for believing in him.

Tejasvi Surya, the general secretary of the BJP’s youth wing, is the nephew of BJP MLA Ravi Subramanya and joined the party four years ago.(Twitter)

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Updated on Mar 26, 2019 01:01 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Lok Sabha election 2019: Congress picks minister Krishna Byregowda for Bengaluru North seat after hectic talks

The decision was arrived at after Siddaramaiah called for a meeting with the seven MLAs from the Lok Sabha constituency at his residence in the capital city.

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Updated on Mar 26, 2019 10:16 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Lok Sabha election 2019: Mallikarjun Kharge, the Congress leader who has never tasted defeat

Over the course of his political career, 76-year-old Kharge, who hails from a Scheduled Caste community, has held several posts including that of state home minister between 1999 and 2004.

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Updated on Mar 25, 2019 04:12 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress names candidates for 18 seats in Karnataka

Among the other candidates, the party has chosen two MLAs as well. Lingayat leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa (87) from the Davanagere constituency, where he will go up against his son-in-law GM Siddeshwar of the BJP.

Only one woman - Veena Kashappanavar - has made it to the list; she will contest the Bagalkot seat against BJP MP PC Gaddigoudar.(Reuters)

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Published on Mar 24, 2019 12:45 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Deve Gowda picks Tumkur seat, ally Congress’s sitting MP wants to fight him

The 85-year-old JD(S) patriarch had earlier expressed doubts about contesting the polls, saying he was thinking about his “usefulness” in Delhi.

Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) supremo and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.(Arijit Sen/HT file photo)

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Updated on Mar 23, 2019 11:17 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP retains faith in incumbents in Karnataka

In its first list of 21 candidates announced on Thursday, the BJP retained 14 of its 15 sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) for the upcoming general elections as it attempts to continue its dominance in the state. In the 2014 elections, the BJP had won 17 of the 28 constituencies.

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Updated on Mar 21, 2019 10:54 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

‘After getting caught PM Modi wants to turn everyone into chowkidar’: Rahul Gandhi

Mocking the prime minister’s “main bhi chowkidar’ (I too am watchman) campaign, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Monday said Narendra Modi has turned the whole country into “chowkidars” after getting caught.

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Updated on Apr 23, 2020 11:18 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Sumalatha Ambareesh meets SM Krishna, sparks speculation of joining BJP

Election to the Mandya Lok Sabha constituency increasingly looks like a close fight, with veteran actor Sumalatha Ambareesh refusing to relent on her insistence on contesting the seat despite the Congress making it clear that it will not field a candidate.

Sumalatha is the wife of the late Kannada film star and former union minister MH Ambareesh. On Friday, she met former chief minister and union minister SM Krishna, now a BJP member.(PTI)

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Published on Mar 16, 2019 01:58 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

How Siddaramaiah won Mysore and sealed Congress-JDS seat sharing pact

Siddaramaiah had been smarting from his defeat in Chamundeshwari seat in Mysuru district in the assembly elections last year, and worked hard to ensure that the JD(S) did not increase its clout there.

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Updated on Mar 15, 2019 05:40 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Deve Gowda breaks down as he announces grandson’s name for Hassan seat

The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party was quick to criticise Deve Gowda. “If crying was an art Deve Gowda and his family would hold the record for mastering the ‘Art Of Crying’ to constantly fool people for decades. Matter of the fact is before elections Deve Gowda and his family cries. After elections people who vote this family cries,” the party said in a tweet.

Former prime minister and Janata Dal (Secular) national president HD Deve Gowda on Wednesday broke down at a rally in Hassan district taking exception to the accusations against him of only promoting his family.(Arijit Sen/HT File Photo)

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Updated on Mar 14, 2019 07:12 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Congress and JD(S) seal poll pact in Karnataka with 20-8 seat formula

The Congress did cede Tumkur, which it had won last time, to its alliance partner but refused to give up other seats that it had won in the 2014 elections

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy with Congress President Rahul Gandhi in this file photo.(PTI)

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Updated on Mar 14, 2019 07:13 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Union minister Ananth Kumar Hegde attacks Rahul Gandhi over his ‘religion’

Union minister Ananth Kumar Hegde attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi for asking for proof that the air strikes conducted by the Indian Air Force in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack, where over 40 CRPF personnel were killed, had hit the intended targets.

Union minister and BJP leader Ananth Kumar Hegde commented on Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s ‘religion’ during an event in Karnataka on Saturday, March 9, 2019.(Arvind Yadav/HT File Photo)

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Updated on Mar 12, 2019 10:57 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

‘BJP govt sent back JeM chief’: Rahul Gandhi

Congress president Rahul Gandhi pointedly asked PM Modi on Saturday to tell the nation who freed Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) founder Masood Azhar, whose group has claimed responsibility for the February 14 Pulwama attack, from an Indian prison almost 20 years ago.

Karnataka, March 09 (ANI): Congress President Rahul Gandhi addressing at a public meeting in Haveri on Saturday.(ANI photo)

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Updated on Mar 09, 2019 11:49 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

Chennai Central railway station to be named after MGR, says PM Modi

PM Narendra Modi said the Centre was “seriously” thinking about ensuring that all announcements on flights from Chennai are made in Tamil.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils multiple projects, in Kancheepuram, Wednesday. Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, Deputy Chief Minister O Pannneerselvam and other dignitaries are also seen.(PTI)

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Published on Mar 06, 2019 10:49 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kanchipuram/Bangalore | ByManikandan Mani & Vikram Gopal

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: PM stings Cong-JD(S) govt for promising loan waivers, back-stabbing farmers

Addressing a rally at Kalaburagi in Karnataka, PM Modi said that the farmers of the state had not got the first instalment under the cash transfer scheme for farmers because the state government had not shared the farmers list with the Centre.

Addressing a rally in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, PM Modi said that the state’s farmers had not got the first instalment of Rs 2,000 because the state government had not shared the farmers list with the Centre.(ANI)

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Updated on Mar 06, 2019 04:11 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVikram Gopal

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Vikram Gopal

Vikram Gopal is Hindustan Times’ state correspondent for Karnataka.

Karnataka SSLC Result 2019 date : The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) has announced the date for Karnataka SSLC result.

Karnataka notched up its highest ever turnout of 68.62% in the LoK Sabha election for its 28 seats which were held over two phases on April 18 and April 23.

The members of legislative assembly (MLAs) skipped crucial Congress Legislature Party meetings in January and February, prompting it to initiate action against them under anti-defection laws.

Kumaraswamy’s office confirmed later that Shivukumar too was killed in the attack . All five were staying at the Shangri La hotel in Colombo, according to Rajat B, a friend of one of the victims’ son.

The government mandated a merger of the public sector Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda on April 1, to create a more competitive financial institution.

The “bring Baba Budangiri back to the Hindus” movement gained currency over the following two decades. It turned the hilltop into the Sangh Parivar’s Ayodhya of the South.

Karnataka PUC II Results 2019: The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) on Monday declared the results of pre-university (PUC) exams 2019.

The relatively low turnout of 54% in the Lok Sabha bypoll in Mandya in November indicated that the alliance between the two rivals remains tentative and that the rank and file of both parties are uneasy over the arrangement.

Jadhav had resigned as MLA of the Chincholi Assembly constituency last month even as he was facing proceedings under the Anti-defection laws for violating a whip issued by the Congress party ahead of the Budget session in February.

Rahul Gandhi said the aim of the two parties is to defeat Narendra Modi and the BJP.

The coalition is attempting to dislodge the Bharatiya Janata Party, which has won the maximum number of seats in the state in the past three elections, winning 18, 19 and 17 of the 28 seats in the 2004, 2009, and 2014 elections, respectively.

Located in the heart of the Vokkaliga dominated Old Mysuru region, locals in Mandya say it is a battle between two legacies — that of the family of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda on one side and Ambareesh’s on the other.

No confirmation was given by the I-T department about the number of locations raided even as unconfirmed news reports filtered in of raids in Hassan and Mysuru districts as well.

With around three weeks to go for Lok Sabha elections, talk on party strategies has centred on the advantage that the ruling Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance enjoys over BJP.

After days of suspense, the Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Tejasvi Surya, a 28-year-old lawyer and nephew of BJP legislator from Karnataka Ravi Subramanya, from Bengaluru South Lok Sabha seat.

In a series of tweets, an elated Surya said the decision to pick a novice like him could only be taken by the Bharatiya Janata Party as he thanked several people, including Ananth Kumar, Tejaswini, and the RSS among others for believing in him.

The decision was arrived at after Siddaramaiah called for a meeting with the seven MLAs from the Lok Sabha constituency at his residence in the capital city.

Over the course of his political career, 76-year-old Kharge, who hails from a Scheduled Caste community, has held several posts including that of state home minister between 1999 and 2004.

Among the other candidates, the party has chosen two MLAs as well. Lingayat leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa (87) from the Davanagere constituency, where he will go up against his son-in-law GM Siddeshwar of the BJP.

The 85-year-old JD(S) patriarch had earlier expressed doubts about contesting the polls, saying he was thinking about his “usefulness” in Delhi.

In its first list of 21 candidates announced on Thursday, the BJP retained 14 of its 15 sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) for the upcoming general elections as it attempts to continue its dominance in the state. In the 2014 elections, the BJP had won 17 of the 28 constituencies.

Mocking the prime minister’s “main bhi chowkidar’ (I too am watchman) campaign, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Monday said Narendra Modi has turned the whole country into “chowkidars” after getting caught.

Election to the Mandya Lok Sabha constituency increasingly looks like a close fight, with veteran actor Sumalatha Ambareesh refusing to relent on her insistence on contesting the seat despite the Congress making it clear that it will not field a candidate.

Siddaramaiah had been smarting from his defeat in Chamundeshwari seat in Mysuru district in the assembly elections last year, and worked hard to ensure that the JD(S) did not increase its clout there.

The Congress did cede Tumkur, which it had won last time, to its alliance partner but refused to give up other seats that it had won in the 2014 elections

Union minister Ananth Kumar Hegde attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi for asking for proof that the air strikes conducted by the Indian Air Force in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack, where over 40 CRPF personnel were killed, had hit the intended targets.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi pointedly asked PM Modi on Saturday to tell the nation who freed Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) founder Masood Azhar, whose group has claimed responsibility for the February 14 Pulwama attack, from an Indian prison almost 20 years ago.

PM Narendra Modi said the Centre was “seriously” thinking about ensuring that all announcements on flights from Chennai are made in Tamil.

Addressing a rally at Kalaburagi in Karnataka, PM Modi said that the farmers of the state had not got the first instalment under the cash transfer scheme for farmers because the state government had not shared the farmers list with the Centre.

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