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18 BJP MLAs suspended from Karnataka Assembly amid ruckus over honey trap row, minority quota bill

Ruckus erupted in the Assembly as BJP MLAs entered the Well of the House and also tore and threw papers at the Speaker UT Khader's chair.

Karnataka’s Congress govt, Oppn band together to fight a common enemy: honeytraps

Karnataka Home Minister Parameshwara while announcing a high-level probe, says in assembly that ‘if this (honeytrap) continues, it will adversely impact a lot of people’.

Karnataka assembly passes resolution opposing NEET, joins Tamil Nadu & West Bengal

Assembly also passes resolutions against 'One Nation, One Election' & delimitation based on 1st census after 2026, instead calling for 1971 census figures to be used.

FSL report confirms pro-Pak slogans raised in Bengaluru, state govt asks oppn to cooperate with probe

The Bengaluru Court had Tuesday sent three arrested in connection with the alleged pro-Pakistan slogan raised at Vidhana Soudha in Karnataka to three days police custody.

Yediyurappa confidant & Vokkaliga leader Ashoka named LoP as ex-CM regains full control of Karnataka BJP

Former deputy CM R. Ashoka's election comes week after Yediyurappa's son, B.Y. Vijayendra, was appointed BJP state unit chief. Post of opposition leader had lain vacant for 6 months.

Gowda scoreboard: Nikhil Kumaraswamy loses in grandpa Deve Gowda’s turf, dad & uncle win their constituencies

Nikhil lost to the Congress's H.A. Iqbal Hussain by 10,715 votes.. His previous poll outing — in 2019 Lok Sabha elections — had ended in defeat as well.

Siddaramaiah & Shivakumar are poster boys of corruption, says IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar

As curtains fall on Karnataka campaign, the BJP leader talks about his party’s chances in Karnataka, corruption allegations against Bommai govt, and ‘The Kerala Story’.

Panchamasali Lingayats ramp up quota stir with padayatra to Belagavi — ‘Bommai didn’t keep word’

The community, which gets 5% reservation, wants to be included in category of OBC communities getting 15%. Panchamasalis are the biggest sub-sect within Lingayats who back BJP.

Savarkar portrait sparks fresh BJP-Congress row as Karnataka assembly meets in Belagavi

Speaker unveils portrait of Hindutva ideologue along with those of Basavanna, Vivekananda, Gandhi, Netaji, Ambedkar & Sardar Patel. Congress MLAs walk out of House, protest outside.

Why Karnataka Congress has appointed over 140 new office-bearers 

As the state heads into assembly polls, the Congress party makes changes to the KPCC. Insiders say it’s to keep varied interests pleased, avert defections, and reward workers.

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Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.