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Kumaraswamy’s poison remark: Bad news for 2019 opposition unity or can Congress be a reliable ally?

Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy in an emotional outburst said that running the present coalition is like drinking poison. The Congress said that...

Kumaraswamy uses budget to get his numbers right with Congress & Siddaramaiah

Promising to continue Congress’s schemes, Kumaraswamy seems to be bending over backwards to keep predecessors happy. Bengaluru: Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy appears to be...

Even without grand alliance, BJP could face trouble next year, shows 2014 poll data

Analysis shows BJP would have lost 64 Lok Sabha seats in 2014 if Congress, SP, BSP, RLD, JMM, JVM, and JD(S) had fought together.

Kumaraswamy’s budget tomorrow is likely to be a tough exercise in balancing contradictions

While farm loan waiver will be the focus, Kumaraswamy is also expected to announce new programmes for urban Karnataka.

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’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint. The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or...

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Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

Africa’s blue economy is booming. What it can learn from Asia

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.