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Karnataka revokes nod to CBI to investigate Deputy CM Shivakumar in disproportionate assets case

Siddaramaiah-led Congress govt says sanction for CBI probe 'was not in accordance with the law'. Karnataka BJP calls cabinet decision 'totally illegal & against the Constitution'.

With push for fresh caste census, Shivakumar throws a Vokkaliga curveball at Siddaramaiah

Congress seems to be a divided house with Karnataka Deputy CM playing Vokkaliga card. Rajya Vokkaligara Sangha has petitioned government not to accept caste census report of 2015.

‘Not even in 7 lives…’ — Kumaraswamy tears into Shivakumar’s plan to merge Kanakapura with Bengaluru

People of Ramanagara district, of which Kanakapura is a part, will hit back, says Karnataka chief of JD(S). BJP leader R Ashok calls plan a part of dy CM’s 'business mentality'.

‘No politics discussed’ — Karnataka Congress chief Shivakumar after meeting BJP’s Tejaswini Ananth Kumar

Tejaswini, wife of the late BJP leader Ananth Kumar, had called party's decision to field Tejasvi Surya from Bengaluru South in 2019 'shocking'.

‘Don’t want to fight, will resolve Cauvery dispute with Tamil Nadu,’ says Karnataka Dy CM Shivakumar

Karnataka Dy CM Shivakumar said Friday that Bengaluru is facing a drinking water shortage & that he had called a meeting with his counterparts in Tamil Nadu on 8 or 9 July.

DK Shivakumar right about flyover. Shouldn’t repeat the same mistakes as UPA-2

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‘Scared’ Siddaramaiah scrapped proposed bridge in 1st term — Shivakumar remark stirs Congress pot

Karnataka Dy CM Shivakumar said CM Siddaramaiah 'got scared', scrapped proposal for 'steel bridge' in Bengaluru between Basaveshwara Circle & Hebbal Junction.

One-upmanship in Karnataka BJP out in open as Yatnal, Bommai fight over ‘adjustment politics’

Vijayapura MLA & ex-CM trade barbs over Shivakumar's Friday visit to latter’s home. Party yet to name its state head & leader of opposition ahead of 3 July legislature session.

Karnataka’s had political secretaries, but Kanugolu’s ‘chief adviser’ rank may bear Siddaramaiah stamp

Since assuming office last month, the Karnataka CM has accorded cabinet rank status to 5 people not part of state council of ministers, including political strategist Sunil Kanugolu.

Congress MLA flouts ‘no person’ rule for oath-taking, swears in name of ‘aaradhya dhaiva’ Shivakumar

Others to violate the rule during oath-taking for new Karnataka assembly was BJP's Basanagouda Patil who swore on 'Hindutva & Goumata'. Several others took oath in the name of local deities.

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1989 Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case still haunts Indian policy-making in Kashmir

The kidnapping—followed by the killing of four Indian Air Force officers soon after, and the executions of Intelligence Bureau personnel—made the triumph of jihadism seem inevitable.

India’s Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code is struggling to deliver. It’ll take a decade to clear backlog

The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts. 

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.