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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Congress promises to increase reservation from 50% to 75%, to accommodate ‘hopes and aspirations of SC/ST/OBC/Minority’ communities and Lingayats & Vokkaligas.
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?
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'.
Indian Army has inducted loitering munitions, kamikaze and surveillance drones for over Rs 5,000 crore post Operation Sindoor from various domestic firms.
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.
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