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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicBJP Karnataka

Topic: BJP Karnataka

Knives out for Yediyurappa & son, rebel group shakes up Karnataka BJP while top brass stays mum

At least 5 senior BJP legislators met at a resort in Belagavi Sunday. The rebels are now planning their own march to highlight alleged corruption in Valmiki development corporation.

Siddaramaiah counters graft allegations with OBC CM tag, BJP slams him for ‘playing caste card’

Deputy CM Shivakumar backs Siddaramaiah, while BJP says there is evidence of CM's direct involvement in alleged MUDA and Valmiki Development Corporation scams.

Denied cabinet berth in new NDA govt, Dalit Karnataka BJP MP calls out own party as being ‘anti-Dalit’

7-time MP Ramesh Jigajinagi is from Madiga community classified as ‘SC-Left’ in the state. BJP downplays his comments, says 'party will fix all these issues'.

Karnataka BJP MLA says Rahul should be slapped in Parliament, Congress dares him to touch LoP

Two-time MLA Bharat Shetty draws flak after he says Hindus knew both scriptures & art of weaponry, hinting they can use both if need be to retaliate to Gandhi’s unfounded 'courage'.

Siddaramaiah defends fuel price hike amid protests by BJP — ‘don’t we need money for development?’

BJP alleges the hike will be put towards bankrolling Congress govt's 5 guarantees in Karnataka, while CM Siddaramaiah says hike is to 'increase resource mobilisation, increase income'.

BJP leads in 17 of 28 seats in Karnataka, losing ground after winning 25 in 2019

From winning 1 seat in 2019 to leading in 9 in 2024, Congress makes major gains as BJP's pre-poll alliance partner JD(S) leads in 2 of 3 seats it contested.

BJP MP from Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar, former Union minister V Srinivasa Prasad dies at 76

V Srinivasa Prasad represented Chamarajanagar in Lok Sabha for 7 terms. He retired from active participation in electoral politics in March this year, due to age-related ailments.

Karnataka sets up SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case involving Deve Gowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna

Congress has questioned BJP's decision to field Prajwal Revanna from Hassan as joint JD(S)-BJP candidate. His leaked videos come at a time Modi is set to address 4 rallies in state.

Neha Hiremath case becomes burning issue in Karnataka, accused’s mother denies ‘love jihad’

Neha, daughter of Congress’s Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation corporator Niranjan Hiremath, was stabbed to death by Fayaz Khondunaik at Hubbali’s BVB College.

Shah’s stern message as rebellion brews in Karnataka BJP — ‘rally behind Modi or face consequences’ 

Ticket distribution has caused dissent in at least nine seats. However, BJP’s central leadership has given dissidents two choices — fall in line or face consequences

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Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.