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Big task for BJP morchas: Contact 25 crore beneficiaries of govt schemes before 2019 polls

The exercise is part of BJP’s two-pronged outreach programme, party president Amit Shah says it will be audited and reviewed.

Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on dharna to protest ‘murder of democracy’ in Karnataka

Sinha was joined by Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and MP Manoj Jha, as well as leaders from the Aam Aadmi Party, the Congress and the Samajwadi Party.

In a fractious hung assembly, meet Karnataka’s ‘revolving’ MLA-elect Shankar

From participating in BJP meeting to appoint Yeddyurappa as chief minister to protesting against his swearing-in with Congress, the KPJP legislator has switched sides thrice already.

Resort politics is the last resort for Congress to keep its flock together

Lodged in Eagleton resort  near Bengaluru, Congress MLAs have been told to record the calls they get from the rival camp.

Karnataka fallout: Congress to meet Goa governor Friday to protest ‘double standards’

Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar says party is yet to decide whether it wants to stake claim to form government and ask for time to prove majority.

The legal & constitutional provisions that will determine what happens next in Karnataka

The BJP has won 104 seats and still needs eight more MLAs to cross the halfway mark. There are various scenarios being discussed on how this will play out.

Karnataka elects more crorepatis and candidates with criminal records this year than 2013

Among the elected candidates, 54 (24%) are facing serious criminal cases, including kidnapping, rape among others, compared to 39 (17%) in 2013.

Yeddyurappa is CM but what happens next in Karnataka depends on these 3 scenarios

The BJP has 104 of the 222 MLAs elected in the 12 May election, and has been given 15 days by governor Vajubhai Vala to prove his majority.

B.S. Yeddyurappa sworn in as Karnataka chief minister

Yeddyurappa has 15 days to prove his majority in the Assembly.

Reddy’s ‘Operation Kamala’ in Karnataka: This is what its version 2.0 could look like

Congress & JD(S) fear BJP will repeat its successful 2008 'Operation Kamala' as it ropes in mining baron G. Janardhan Reddy to help form the government by trying to circumvent the anti-defection law.

On Camera

Trump’s Iran blockade isn’t just about Tehran, it’s about China

The oil math is skewed against the White House. The blockade has a slim chance of working. Iran can remain defiant, and China unconcerned, longer than Trump can remain solvent.

Oil supply fell by 10 million barrels per day in March. IEA raises alarm over largest disruption ever

IEA projects sharp reversal from its earlier expectations, with global demand for oil in 2026 turning negative. Hormuz disruptions have pushed crude prices to $130 per barrel.

Warfare enters new dimension as Ukraine’s robot brigade records battle win against Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a group of Russian soldiers surrendered to an unmanned battle group.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.