Bangalore Election 2014

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  Tejasvi Surya, Youngest BJP Candidate, Deletes 2014 Tweet On Women Bill

  Tejasvi Surya, the BJP's candidate for Bangalore South in Karnataka, is at the centre of attention since he was named for the high-profile constituency. With his antecedents now in the public glare, there is embarrassment in his camp over a five-year-old tweet that has now vanished from his timeline.

• Karnataka BJP Serves Free Tea to People as Narendra Modi Becomes PM

  The BJP's Karnataka unit on Monday celebrated the swearing-in of Narendra Modi as the 15th prime minister by serving free tea to hundreds of people who gathered at its office in Bangalore.

• Ananth Kumar: Six-Straight Term MP from Bangalore is Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

  When former Infosys heavyweight Nandan Nilekani was declared as the Congress' candidate from Bangalore South in January this year, there were many who predicted he would pose a tough challenge to senior BJP leader Ananth Kumar, who had been winning the constituency non-stop since 1996.

• Election Results 2014: Karnataka's Nandan Nilekani Loses on Political Debut

  Ananth Kumar was triumphant after his thumping win in Bangalore South over his closest challenger, the Congress's Nandan Nilekani.

• With Polls Over, Dark Days are Back For Karnataka

  With the polls over, the power crisis has returned to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Power cuts in the Bangalore and Hyderabad were almost nil ahead of voting day.

• Re-polling in 12 booths in Karnataka on Tuesday

  Re-polling will be held on Tuesday in a dozen polling booths spread across nine Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka due to glitches in the electronic voting machines (EVMs) and fault of polling personnel in one booth, a senior official said on Saturday.

• 11 per cent surge in voter turnout, but Mumbai still behind Delhi, Bangalore

  It is nowhere near the best figures of the day. But Mumbai seems to have run a good last lap today to register a voter turnout of 52 per cent in its six seats, as polling ended in the sixth phase of the general elections today.

• BJP looks for more than 20 seats in Karnataka

  Banking on the "Narendra Modi wave" for a turnaround in its fortunes, BJP's Karnataka unit on Monday expressed confidence of winning more than 20 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats in the April 17 elections in the state.

• In Karnataka, big guns battle it out

  All 28 seats in Karnataka voted on Thursday - in a battle that has put pressure on state units of both the BJP and the Congress. And some of the contests, like the one in Bangalore South, have generated a huge amount of interest.

• Big guns battle it out in Karnataka

  All 28 constituencies in Karnataka voted today, in a battle that is a must-win for both the Congress and the BJP.