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TopicKarnataka Assembly elections

Topic: Karnataka Assembly elections

‘Humiliated, treated as use & throw’: Denied ticket, former Karnataka CM Shettar quits BJP

Sharan Poovanna -
Shettar says senior BJP leaders offered him Rajya Sabha seat, Union Cabinet berth but could not explain why party chose to deny him a ticket.

Opposition’s comeback album: ‘Didi, oh, Didi’. And Where’s Waldo? Certainly not in Punjab

Tarannum Khan -
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‘Not parivarwaad’? BJP faces heat as ‘34 dynasts’ fielded in Karnataka, rule bent to give 4 families 2 tickets each

Shanker Arnimesh -
Congress has lashed out at BJP for seemingly violating its own policy against ‘dynastic politics’. BJP says it defines a dynasty differently.

As row over its Karnataka foray rages on, Amul likely to set up 1st international plant in Sri Lanka

Madhuparna Das -
Government-level talks are on and a team of senior members from the Gujarat-based dairy cooperative visited Sri Lanka twice this year, it is learnt. 

Denied ticket, former Karnataka deputy CM Laxman Savadi quits BJP, joins Congress

ThePrint Team -
On 12 April, Savadi resigned as Legislative Council member and from BJP’s primary membership after the party reportedly asked him to make way for newcomers.

Turncoats, some new faces, dynasty: Decoding BJP Karnataka list that has incensed many leaders

Sharan Poovanna -
Hailed by BJP as a ‘game-changer’, the list of 189 names has been criticised by many members, including former CM Shettar. Party says it has explained to leaders why they were replaced.  

‘Won’t beg:’ Denied ticket, Karnataka’s former BJP deputy CM Laxman Savadi quits party

ThePrint Team -
The BJP released its first list of 189 candidates for the May assembly polls on Tuesday night.

Here’s why EC is ‘purposely’ holding Karnataka polls on a Wednesday

Amogh Rohmetra -
Karnataka is set to go on polls on 10 May, while counting of the votes will take place on 13 May, the Election Commission announced.

Karnataka Assembly elections in single phase on 10 May, results of 224 seats on 13th

ThePrint Team -
The BJP is in power in the state since 2019, replacing the previous Congress-JD(S) coalition which collapased a year after the last polls in 2018.
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Economy

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

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Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

Defence

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

National Interest

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

Shekhar Gupta -
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.

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