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TopicDeve Gowda

Topic: Deve Gowda

Will BJP seek JD(S) support in Karnataka or will it try to break it?

Deve Gowda is on record rejecting any truck with BJP. In such a scenario, are Deve Gowda and Kumaraswamy on the same page on an alliance partner

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018 results: BJP dominates Karnataka too, but JD(S) holds the cards to power

Here's a real-time commentary in which our experts track the trajectory of victories and defeats in this bitterly fought election. Whoever forms the government...

JD(S) could be kingmaker or heartbreaker. But will Deve Gowda & son align with each other?

In 2006, Deve Gowda almost expelled Kumaraswamy for going with the BJP. But with scorned ex-protege Siddaramaiah leading the Congress, a deadlock looms.

The orator in Modi and the strategist in Amit Shah have become a formidable combination in Karnataka

After a whirlwind tour of Karnataka, Prime Minister Modi, BJP’s star campaigner, infuses life into Karnataka BJP and rubbishes all talks of hung assembly.

An old & bitter struggle between these two castes can kill Congress’ chances in Karnataka

The JD (S) can only hope to increase its share through its alliances with 'others', while the BJP would be content with chipping into the vote share of the two main players in the Old Mysuru region.

Data shows Deve Gowda’s party will not be a kingmaker in Karnataka

In 1996, Deve Gowda was elevated to lead the United Front government at the Centre. That year marked the beginning of the Janata Dal’s decline in Karnataka.

Deve Gowda is ageing & the JD(S) is floundering. But he wants to be kingmaker in Karnataka

Rahul Gandhi has called Deve Gowda’s party the B team of BJP, which has upset him. But when it comes to govt formation, both would forget these remarks as poll rhetoric.

Siddaramaiah has accepted Deve Gowda’s challenge but the Congress is wary of his chances

The CM has won the past two elections from Varuna, but this time, former mentor Deve Gowda dared him to contest from his old seat, Chamundeshwari.

In Karnataka, Deve Gowda asks a powerful question: ‘Is a regional party needed or not?’

The exhortation should matter for poll commentary as well, which is often little more than a discussion of the manoeuvres and counter-manoeuvres, the jibes and counter-jibes of different parties.

Last PM to go to Davos says Modi shouldn’t take all credit for India’s progress

Deve Gowda says India has always made an impact on the global stage and Modi should not claim to be the only man behind the country’s rise.

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.