Rebellion in Karnataka BJP resurfaces even as Congress appears to have quelled dissent within & struck temporary truce between CM Siddaramaiah & his deputy D.K. Shivakumar.
BJP leaders say the high command isn’t accelerating the process of cabinet expansion in Bihar and Karnataka as there’s no imminent election in the states.
CM B.S. Yediyurappa completes a year in office today. His 4-decade political career has been marked by controversies, corruption charges, fall out with BJP & praise for Covid handling.
Amit Shah has clearly overplayed his hand if reactions to ministerial picks, portfolio allocation are any indication. Yediyurappa still has it in him to damage BJP fortunes.
Former Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy is upset as Yediyurappa claims Congress' Siddaramaiah was among those who sought CBI probe into phone-tapping under his govt.
Congress and political analysts slam Yediyurappa’s move, say it’s ill-timed, and instead of spending lakhs on ads, CM should’ve used money for flood relief.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
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.
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