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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicKarnataka bypolls

Topic: Karnataka bypolls

JD(S) plays hardball with BJP over assembly bypoll candidature, hinting at cracks within alliance

HD Kumaraswamy had vacated the Channapatna seat to contest LS polls. He now hopes to field his son Nikhil for the bypoll, while BJP’s C.P. Yogeshwar eyes the ticket.

In BJP’s bypoll win in 2 Karnataka seats, a message from Yediyurappa to party bosses

The hotly-contested seats of Sira and Rajarajeshwari Nagar (RR Nagar) were won by Dr Rajesh Gowda, a new entrant, and N. Munirathna, a Congress rebel, respectively.

Shah left ‘holding Nehru’, Shiv Sena’s ‘comedic’ stance on CAB and BJP’s apostrophe MLAs

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

Why Karnataka bypoll duck could spell ‘beginning of the end’ for Deve Gowda’s JD(S)

Former PM H.D. Deve Gowda’s Janata Dal (Secular) is faced with constant erosion in its support base, and did not manage to win even a single seat in Karnataka bypolls.

Defectors to BJP win bypolls: Does party loyalty not matter in Karnataka elections?

The BJP in Karnataka led by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa Monday won 12 of the 15 assembly seats on which bypolls were held.

Yediyurappa govt is safe as BJP looks set for clear majority after Karnataka bypolls

Latest trends show BJP will win 12 seats, taking tally to 118 in 222-member Karnataka assembly, though CM B.S. Yediyurappa will have new challenges to deal with.

Indian economy’s circus act, the next episode of ‘nataka’ & a miracle bail for Chidambaram

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

Bypolls don’t make or break govts but this one in Karnataka can spell doom for BJP

15 constituencies will vote in the 5 December Karnataka bypolls, with the BJP requiring to win at least six to retain power in the state.

‘Mobocracy’ versus democracy, a ‘sliding’ economy & Congress’ ‘Maratha sub-nationalism’

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

Sex scandal has Karnataka BJP & Congress on edge ahead of bypolls

At least eight leaders of BJP and Congress have reportedly fallen prey to extortion scandals based on explicit videos featuring them.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.