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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicKarnataka Assembly elections

Topic: Karnataka Assembly elections

Litmus test for PK’s party to prestige battle for Gowdas. Key players & what’s at stake in upcoming bypolls

Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, Karnataka, Meghalaya, UP and West Bengal among other states are going to bypolls. Contests in many seats are multipolar.

JD(S) will contest 2024 Lok Sabha polls independently, says Deve Gowda

Amid the recent friendly relations with BJP, the JD(S) supremo maintained that the party will decide its future course of action based on the prevailing situation.

If Lok Sabha elections go assembly polls way, BJP could lose 17 of 25 MPs in Karnataka

According to assembly segment-wise data of 2023 elections that ThePrint extrapolated, Congress tally would go up to 18 MPs from just one.

The diligent ‘purification’ competition & wrestlers on ‘Kartavya bypass’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Demotivated workers, party-govt disconnect’ — BJP leaders in MP on alert ahead of state polls

The BJP rout in Karnataka earlier this month has set alarm bells ringing in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh where the Shivraj Singh Chouhan govt is 'battling anti-incumbency & fatigue factor'.

Congress MLA flouts ‘no person’ rule for oath-taking, swears in name of ‘aaradhya dhaiva’ Shivakumar

Others to violate the rule during oath-taking for new Karnataka assembly was BJP's Basanagouda Patil who swore on 'Hindutva & Goumata'. Several others took oath in the name of local deities.

From shepherd to Karnataka chief minister, again — a look at Siddaramaiah’s political journey

The 76-yr-old leader, who belongs to neither Lingayat or Vokkaliga community, is known for his political acumen, wit & humour. He took oath as 34th CM of Karnataka Saturday.

Rahul Gandhi, Kharge meet to decide next Karnataka CM, Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar wait in Delhi

The Congress has won 135 seats in the recently-held elections to the 224-member assembly.

Why BJP has much to look forward to in 2024, despite Karnataka assembly election loss

Though Siddaramaiah says Congress's Karnataka assembly win's a 'stepping stone' to Lok Sabha victory, analysis by ThePrint shows BJP's been improving on vote share in general elections.

Beyond Congress, BJP & JD(S) stars, the smaller party players & Independents who won big in Karnataka

Small party leaders include KRPP's G Janardhana Reddy & SKP's Darshan Puttannaiah, while the Independents are ex-Congress leaders KH Puttaswamy Gowda & Latha Mallikarjun. 

On Camera

India’s most consequential decade & chronicling it as part of the dream team of journalism

You’d think the decade of 1985-95 is long over. Not really. The issues that erupted in that decade are still shaping Indian conversations.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

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.