BJP’s loss in Karnataka could make Mission Telangana harder, affect its bargaining power with Tamil Nadu partner AIADMK, and give momentum to regional leaders, experts say.
Reddy, who floated a new party in December last year after fallout with the BJP, defeated his nearest rival, the Congress’s Iqbal Ansari, by a margin of 8,266 votes.
Bangarappa’s sons Kumar and Madhu were pitted against one another from Sorab, with latter winning with 98,912 votes. In Holenarasipur, Deve Gowda's son Revanna won with 88,103 votes.
Ex CM Jagadish Shettar lost Hubli-Dharwad (central) seat to BJP candidate Mahesh Tenginkai by 34,289 votes, while Laxman Savadi won in Athani by 76,122 votes over BJP’s Mahesh Kumathalli.
While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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