Two of ten exit polls predict BJP win & five, which say Congress will emerge as single largest party, hint at possibility of Karnataka heading towards hung assembly.
In an interview, former CM Kumaraswamy also asserts that he has no regrets about sharing power with BJP in 2006, and that both Congress & BJP are JD(S)'s rivals in Karnataka.
While there has been resentment over ticket distribution, sitting MLA Eshwarappa, who opted out of race last week, says party has to ensure candidate Channabasappa’s win by big margin.
Karnataka is broadly divided into Kittur-Karnataka and Kalyana-Karnataka, coastal and southern Karnataka. However, there are other sub-classifications.
Several MLAs are already restless over Gowda family's excessive representation in the party. Worse, patriarch doesn't have much say anymore as his sons battle it out for control.
The seat is turning out to be a major bone of contention, as she has not relented, despite JD(S) leader and her brother-in-law H D Kumaraswamy making it clear that she will not be fielded.
Ex-PM H.D. Deve Gowda's daughter-in-law Bhavani Revanna announced herself as JD(S) candidate from Hassan Tuesday. Family is second only to Nehru-Gandhis in political representation.
The decline of JD(S) in Karnataka is a mouth-watering chance for Congress and BJP as the state goes to the polls in mid-2023. But the Gowdas don't care much.
The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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