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Thursday, January 8, 2026
TopicKarnataka assembly election

Topic: Karnataka assembly election

How Karnataka loss could set back BJP’s ‘southern push’ for 2024 Lok Sabha polls

BJP’s loss in Karnataka could make Mission Telangana harder, affect its bargaining power with Tamil Nadu partner AIADMK, and give momentum to regional leaders, experts say.

Bangarappas & Gowdas extend 50-yr hold on 2 seats — younger brother trumps MLA, Revanna defeats Congress rival

Bangarappa’s sons Kumar and Madhu were pitted against one another from Sorab, with latter winning with 98,912 votes. In Holenarasipur, Deve Gowda's son Revanna won with 88,103 votes.

‘Bajrang Bali is on our side’: After Karnataka win, Congress mocks BJP’s pitch on Hanuman

The outgoing party accused the Congress of insulting the God after it promised to ban divisive forces like the right-wing Bajrang Dal.

Yediyurappa son & political heir Vijayendra wins in his maiden election from Shikaripura

Vijayendra contested from Shikaripura, his father Yediyurappa’s stronghold for nearly 40 years.

We will form government on our own strength: Cong leader Siddaramaiah

Mysuru: Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the party will come to power on its own by winning over 120 seats in the...

Karnataka elections: Bommai concedes defeat as Congress set for majority, says ‘not able to make mark’

At 12.50 pm Saturday, data on Election Commission website showed Congress leading in 128 of 224 seats, while BJP was leading in 66 seats and JD(S) in 22. Congress had already won in 2 seats.

Karnataka poll results: Congress asks MLAs to reach Bengaluru as party crosses halfway mark in trends

Special arrangements are being made to shift MLAs to remote areas in Bengaluru and observers have been appointed to do this exercise, party sources said.

‘First Kashmir Files, now The Kerala Story’: Films being used to fuel hate, writes Urdu press

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

It’s a battle of ‘billionaires’ in Karnataka’s Ballari. ‘Kanakambaram’ and ‘khakhra’ are key to votes

In Ballari City, Rs 800-crore net worth of 4 election candidates, including two from Reddy mining family, surprises no one. Money talks more here than governance or caste, experts say.

‘Ban on PFI & Bajrang Dal alike’, soft Hindutva, home loan waiver — Congress promises in Karnataka manifesto

Congress promises to increase reservation from 50% to 75%, to accommodate ‘hopes and aspirations of SC/ST/OBC/Minority’ communities and Lingayats & Vokkaligas.

On Camera

Shillong men behaved as a woman tourist danced. It shouldn’t make headlines

Much of the praise has focused on the ‘protective’ men in the crowd. It recentres male authority over public space. Do women require guardianship simply to exist outside?

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

India’s defence sky gets a solar boost: Army orders iDEX solar-electric drone 

Indian Army has inducted loitering munitions, kamikaze and surveillance drones for over Rs 5,000 crore post Operation Sindoor from various domestic firms.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.