Mandya district

Kumaraswamy said he was not worried about his son losing the election but was anguished that the people of Mandya, whom he trusted the most, deserted him. read more

Yediyurappa’s janmabhoomi is Bookankere, a small farming village in Mandya district, but his karmabhoomi is Shivmogga, where he landed in 1965 to work for the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS). read more

This time, Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Kumar has been fielded from the seat and will be contesting against veteran actor Sumalatha, who is the widow of Congress leader Ambareesh. read more

HD Kumaraswamy, who claimed to have information that the tax department was going to target leaders of the ruling alliance in the state, described the raids as “revenge politics” orchestrated from the national capital. read more

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. read more

Leaders of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party have said Kumaraswamy’s statement after Honnalagere Prakash was killed in south Karnataka’s Mandya district on Monday was irresponsible and that he should apologise. read more

Karnataka Chief Minister was caught on tape saying ‘kill mercilessly’ to avenge the murder of a JD(S) leader in Mandya. read more

Mandya saw the lowest voter turnout at 53.93%, down from 71.41% in 2014, in all the parliamentary and assembly seats, where bypolls were held on Saturday. read more

Pashupati attacked and beheaded Girish on Saturday allegedly after the latter made some disrespectful remarks against his mother, police said. read more

Post the results, the strategic alliance between the JD(S) and the BJP ceased to exist. However, the fact that the main enemy on the ground for the JD(S) is the Congress, and not the BJP, could well change strategic considerations once again in the not-too-distant... read more