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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
TopicAnanth Kumar Hegde

Topic: Ananth Kumar Hegde

As BJP protests, Bengaluru stalls plan to rename 11 roads in Muslim areas after Muslim leaders

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya said the decision to name roads in Muslim-majority areas after Muslims reeks of the 'communal mentality of Jinnah’s two-nation theory'.

‘BSNL staff traitors, don’t want to work’ — BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde stirs up another row 

Anantkumar Hegde says Modi govt is looking to bring private players to take over BSNL and will ‘remove all 88,000 employees working in the PSU’.  

With Rahul Gandhi ‘hybrid’ remark, BJP’s Anant Hegde continues to play chief rabble rouser

The union minister, who said the BJP will remove secular from the Constitution, is unabashedly Islamophobic and appears to have no qualms in exhibiting it.

Yeddyurappa will remain CM, says BJP, scotching talk of ‘change of guard’

There has been speculation, even within BJP, that Yeddyurappa, 75, may have to make way for Union minister Hegde.

कर्नाटक के सांप्रदायिक माहौल में जातिगत राजनीति ने दिखाया अपना बदसूरत चेहरा

फेक न्यूज़ के इस युग में परेश मेश्ता की मौत ने कर्नाटक, जहॉं अगले साल चुनाव होने हैं, की उबलती साम्प्रदायिक राजनीति में किया घी का काम.

Between ‘good Hindu’ and ‘dangerous Muslim’, caste politics in Karnataka rears its ugly head

In the era of fake news – including by reputed mainstream media organizations -- Mesta’s death blazed over Uttara Kannada district like wildfire, writes Naveen Soorinje.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.