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TopicKarnataka Congress

Topic: Karnataka Congress

Neha Hiremath case becomes burning issue in Karnataka, accused’s mother denies ‘love jihad’

Neha, daughter of Congress’s Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation corporator Niranjan Hiremath, was stabbed to death by Fayaz Khondunaik at Hubbali’s BVB College.

4 ‘pro-Pakistan’ sloganeers held in Karnataka: 3 linked to Congress RS win, 1 BJP worker in 2022 case

Minister Parameshwara says FSL evidence confirmed 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans during victory celebrations in Vidhana Soudha after Congress leader Syed Naseer Hussain’s RS election.

‘Siddaramaiah’s tax devolution allegations lack solid grounds,’ says Union Minister Pralhad Joshi

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Dy CM DK Shivakumar accused the Centre of indulging in economic oppression of Karnataka and will hold protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on 7 February.

Senior Karnataka Congress leader bats for BJP veteran Yediyurappa’s son. ‘Public must elect him’

Shamanur Shivashankarappa urged Shivamogga Lok Sabha constituency to re-elect BJP MP B.Y. Raghavendra, at the Guru Basavashri Award Pradhan and Spirituality Conference.

‘Lay siege to MLAs’ homes’ — minister’s speech on SC sub-quotas lays bare fissures in Siddaramaiah govt

Minister K.H. Muniyappa’s speech Tuesday kicked up a maelstrom over sub-quotas for different SC groups, an issue that has been simmering all year.

Siddaramaiah-Shivakumar power-sharing talks refuse to die as Karnataka Congress MLAs won’t stop talking

The CM & his deputy had both staked claim to top post after May polls. Latter's supporters now seem certain he’ll get his turn as CM soon.

Congress issues show-cause notice to senior leader Hariprasad for ‘Hublot watch jibe’ at Siddaramaiah

Karnataka MLC Hariprasad said last Saturday 'those wearing a Hublot watch cannot claim to be socialists'. Siddaramaiah previously courted controversy for sporting the Swiss watch.

‘No politics discussed’ — Karnataka Congress chief Shivakumar after meeting BJP’s Tejaswini Ananth Kumar

Tejaswini, wife of the late BJP leader Ananth Kumar, had called party's decision to field Tejasvi Surya from Bengaluru South in 2019 'shocking'.

100 days of Siddaramaiah govt: Welfare push amid growth fears, caution on undoing BJP policies

MLAs demand funds for public works in their constituencies ahead of 2024 LS polls, but officials say govt has little money for any new programmes & capital expenditure has been low.

Give govt ads only to ‘favourable media’, focus more on 2024 — Rahul’s advice to Karnataka Congress

At a meeting of Congress leaders in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi & party chief Mallikarjun Kharge told Karnataka unit to fulfil 5 poll promises made by party in state & steer clear of graft charges.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity. Misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

‘Cassette culture’ discusses the boom of Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar saw the pinnacle of success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India, Oman hold 5th annual high-level meeting to boost maritime security

Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.