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Thursday, August 7, 2025
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Topic: JD(S)

Congress, JD(S) have a common programme in Karnataka but expectations from it are minimum

The assembly session will be a survival test as some say the coalition is nothing but a mirage.

Lingayats, Veerashaivas join hands to lobby for berths in Karnataka cabinet

Sources confirmed that a meeting is scheduled for 17 June in Bengaluru where senior Lingayat and Veerashaiva leaders are expected to iron out their differences.

Karnataka portfolio allocation: Kumaraswamy keeps finance, gives his deputy home

Portfolio sharing had turned out to be a thorny issue between the Congress and JDS and was thrashed out after much haggling, with both parties announcing an agreement on June one.

Congress-JD(S) alliance has a cabinet in Karnataka but BJP still has a chance

Political analysts fear Congress, JD(S) MLAs who felt left out could be poached by BJP that is waiting to repeat an episode along the lines of ‘Operation Kamala’.

Kumaraswamy finally expands Karnataka cabinet, 25 ministers inducted

Cabinet members include 14 leaders of the Congress and nine of the JD(S). Congress MLC Jayamala will be the state's lone woman minister.

Last Laughs: A ‘Congress-ruled Kumaraswamy’, and the perks of ‘malfunctioning EVMs’

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Tussle over portfolios keeps Karnataka cabinet formation on hold

Sources say the Congress wants home, finance and PWD ministries for itself while the JD(S) is not ready to forgo the finance ministry.

7 reasons why Modi has an upper hand in Modi-versus-all

There’s the arithmetic of opposition unity, and then there’s the chemistry of Narendra Modi.

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.

Plugged-In: Modi has a slogan for 2019, and ‘trouble’ in JD(S)-Congress paradise

Front Page As the Sterlite saga gets murkier, Tamil Nadu chief minister E.K. Palaniswami has ordered the Tuticorin smelter unit's closure and cut off its...

On Camera

AI integration for military is risky business. Combat monopoly must remain with soldiers

The Army has plans for a technology thrust in the near term, including the use of AI to support decision-making. While well-intentioned, this may have unintended consequences.

Web of spoof sites, scam call centres. Crypto theft racket modus operandi in focus amid ED crackdown

As part of the crypto theft racket, businessman Chirag Tomar and his aides targeted 542 victims and managed to steal a total of Rs 19.9 million.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.