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TopicB.S. Yeddyurappa

Topic: B.S. Yeddyurappa

Yediyurappa expands Karnataka cabinet for third time since 2019, 7 ministers sworn in

The new ministers are MLAs Umesh Katti, S Angara, Murugesh Nirani and Arvind Limbavali and MLCs R Shankar, M T B Nagaraj and C P Yogeshwar.

Yediyurappa holds off plan to add Lingayats in OBC central list after Amit Shah intervention

Shah told Karnataka CM Yediyurappa it would be best if he discussed with the central leadership before making any such announcements.

Sting op a conspiracy, attempt to de-stabilise BJP govt, says Yediyurappa’s son Vijayendra

In exclusive interview, Vijayendra told ThePrint that his family was being blackmailed, insisted there was no truth to corruption charges & said he was being targeted as he is the CM’s son.

Karnataka faces doctors’ crunch amid pandemic, CM asks 900 medical students to pitch in

CM B.S. Yediyurappa has asked deputy commissioners of various districts to ramp up testing, and ensure adequate primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare to patients.

Inter-state movement curbs: Are Indian states being paranoid or practical during Covid?

Karnataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa has said there is no ban on flights and trains to the state, a day after after his govt banned flights from certain states after a spike in Covid cases.

Karnataka allows 33% employees of IT/BT sector to work from office after 20 April

CM B.S. Yediyurappa said the IT/BT companies should use bus services to facilitate the commute of employees, who must follow safety guidelines & social distancing.

Defectors to BJP win bypolls: Does party loyalty not matter in Karnataka elections?

The BJP in Karnataka led by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa Monday won 12 of the 15 assembly seats on which bypolls were held.

‘Mobocracy’ versus democracy, a ‘sliding’ economy & Congress’ ‘Maratha sub-nationalism’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

The big challenge Karnataka BJP will face if it forms government now

If BJP forms govt in Karnataka, it will have a wafer-thin majority. The party fears any reverse poaching of MLAs could tilt the scales against it.

3 reasons why Yeddyurappa worked hard to topple Karnataka’s Congress-JD(S) govt

H.D. Kumaraswamy’s Congress-JD(S) coalition govt lost the trust vote 105 to 99 Tuesday, and BJP’s B.S. Yeddyurappa is set to be CM for the fourth time.

On Camera

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

Smartphones, gems, pharma: Which Indian exports will be worst hit by Trump tariffs, which will be spared

Electronics—specifically smartphones—& energy & pharma products make up 30% of Indian exports to US. 25% tariff on India came into effect Thursday, extra 25% to kick in by August-end.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.