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TopicH.D. Kumaraswamy

Topic: H.D. Kumaraswamy

How Rahul Gandhi’s foreign trips hurt the Congress

His familial duties, birthday and New Year vacations stall critical decision-making in the party.

Mamata traffic row gets Bengaluru police thinking of way out of gridlock mess

Bengaluru’s traffic congestion is said to be the worst in India, and rains and the arrival of 23 leaders for Kumaraswamy's oath-taking ceremony made 23 May a particularly chaotic day. 

Karnataka episode shows blatantly partisan figures should not be appointed as Governors

Current trend of appointing politically partisan leaders as governors will continue to decrease confidence in public offices, and the rule of law cannot survive without such confidence.

Karnataka Congress leaders to hold cabinet expansion talks in Delhi today

Parameshwara, Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar, who will meet Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, are expected to discuss the contours of a common minimum programme for their coalition with the JD(S).

Karnataka’s political situation remains fluid over the Lingayat question

Historically, Lingayats have secured at least 7-8 cabinet berths in Karnataka, and H.D. Kumaraswamy too will follow the same formula.

Without robust healthcare, #FitnessChallenge not enough to make India go fit

If the government really wants online fitness challenges to work, it should look at the Ice Bucket Challenge, which received $220 million in donations from across the world for research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Kumaraswamy’s religious dash ahead of trust vote: 11 temples, 4 mutts, a church & a mosque

Besides the customary trip to Vokkaliga mutts, chief minister Kumaraswamy also visited mutts belonging to the Lingayats, the other major community in Karnataka.

Karnataka countdown: State gets ready for new Speaker and government

BJP doesn’t let up, fields candidate for speaker post in an apparent bid to force test of strength ahead of trust vote.

Mayawati should give up her prime ministerial ambitions

Mayawati is best placed to be a sutradhar, and not the protagonist. If she were to declare she’s not in the race for the post of PM, her status as the tallest Dalit leader would make her the real power broker of opposition unity.

Mamata, Naidu pitch for all regional parties to come together

Banerjee and Naidu emphasised the need to strengthen regional parties at Kumaraswamy's oath-taking ceremony, which saw a galaxy of opposition leaders come together.

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What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.