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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicBommai government

Topic: Bommai government

100 days of Siddaramaiah govt: Welfare push amid growth fears, caution on undoing BJP policies

MLAs demand funds for public works in their constituencies ahead of 2024 LS polls, but officials say govt has little money for any new programmes & capital expenditure has been low.

PM Modi must worry. Karnataka is the latest sign of a deepening crisis ahead of 2024 LS polls

BJP needs a new narrative. The polarisation tactics, promotion of Hindutva, and dependence on Modi to deliver votes has made its electoral strategies predictable.

Tipu Sultan is back & reigning over Karnataka politics. Why BJP has resurrected him

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.

Our take on CBI raid on Sisodia, BJP’s Congress-ification and Bilkis Bano—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Inspiration from Modi, bid to fit in — why Karnataka CM Bommai is pitching for ‘Tunga Arathi’

Bommai’s announcement to develop banks of Tungabhadra on lines of the Varanasi ghat comes after similar pitches promising temple autonomy & development of Hanuman birthplace.

Amid political pressure over alleged bitcoin scam in Karnataka, hacker arrested – over a brawl

Hacker Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki is being investigated in the multi crore scam currently by three different departments -- the Enforcement Directorate, Cyber Crimes wing of the CID and the Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru police.

What is the bitcoin scam & who is the 25 yr-old that has put the BJP govt in Karnataka in a spot

Bommai was Home Minister in 2020 when Srikrishna was arrested, the reason he has come under fire from within and outside the BJP. The Congress has sought a judicial inquiry in the matter.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.