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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
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.

BJP wins Belgaum, Basavakalyan seats, Congress retains Maski in Karnataka bypolls

BJP's Mangala Suresh Angadi won the Belgaum Lok Sabha constituency by a margin of 3,986 votes over Congress's Satish Jarkiholi. The two other bypolls were for assembly seats.

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.

On Camera

Why Trump’s tariffs are unlikely to severely impact the Indian economy

The jitters in Indian markets are likely ‘short-term’. Experts say this could serve as a key growth opportunity & that India must accelerate FTA talks with major countries, including US.

Military space doctrine & national military space policy on the anvil, says CDS Gen Chauhan

Space is emerging as a new domain that will dominate warfare, CDS says, adds that India needs to develop a 'space culture' that fosters new ideas & capabilities in space warfare.

Manoj ‘Bharat’ Kumar sang so Sunny Deol could yell—journey of Bollywood patriotism

This isn’t an obituary of Manoj Kumar. It's about the influence he had in defining patriotism for two generations of Indians across our most perilous decade, say from 1962 until the run-up to the Emergency.