As election approaches, BJP pits ‘unpatriotic’ Tipu against ‘patriotic’ Savarkar. It's an attempt to corner Hindu votes & divert attention from governance issues, say analysts.
PM Modi and senior BJP leaders are making a beeline for state, inaugurating projects, giving speeches & attending events while Bommai-led govt wades from one challenge to another.
Elections to 224-member Karnataka assembly are likely to be held in April-May. For 38-year-old TN chief K Annamalai, this is the first poll responsibility of a state outside Tamil Nadu.
Bommai government faces obstacles from within BJP’s ranks in Karnataka, with some leaders alleging corruption, contradicting the party line, and making embarrassing statements.
Rs 100 cr statue —‘Statue of Prosperity’ — & adjoining theme park add to long list of landmarks named after Kempegowda, in Vokkaliga-dominated city accounting for 28 out of 224 assembly seats
The mob, part of a Dussehra procession, entered the Mahmud Gawan Madrasa Wednesday night while shouting slogans and performed Hindu rituals on the premises.
BJP will make central govt's 'stern action' against Popular Front of India one of its main poll planks ahead of state assembly election next year, says a senior leader.
The inclusion of BS Yediyurappa in the BJP parliamentary board comes after his removal as Karnataka CM and denial of MLC ticket to his son. So what makes BSY so important?
"Nehru will survive such pettiness," tweets Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. BJP says Nehru's picture is there in the sketch along with Gandhi and that opposition is trying to blow it up.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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