Janardhana Reddy will reach his home district on 3 Oct after SC lifted ban on his entry to Ballari. This comes at a time when his main rival, Siddaramaiah, is facing graft charges.
Mining baron has returned to BJP fold after a year. Once a powerful cabinet minister, he continues to hold much sway over Ballari, one of Karnataka's most back backward regions.
Reddy, who floated a new party in December last year after fallout with the BJP, defeated his nearest rival, the Congress’s Iqbal Ansari, by a margin of 8,266 votes.
Mining baron and ex-BJP minister in Karnataka unveils his party's symbol, a football. Plans to contest not more than 50 seats in state polls later this year, but all 224 in 2028.
Humiliation by CBI despite BJP in power at state & Centre was last straw, he says. Reddy adds that he will contest from Gangavathi & that he will soon embark on state-wide tour.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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