Heated back-and-forth spotlights the link, or lack thereof, between politics & cinema in Karnataka. It is threatening to put an irreparable wedge between the industry and Congress.
The BJP Leader was arrested from premises of state legislature in Belagavi. He has been booked under BNS sections relating to sexual harassment & outraging modesty of a woman.
Congress named CP Yogeeshwara its candidate from Channapatna just hrs after he jumped ship from BJP. And though it's an important seat, the two leaders' personal rivalry is also at play.
The Karnataka CM has alleged that Union minister Kumaraswamy and other JD(S), BJP leaders also benefitted from land allotment by MUDA. Kumaraswamy says he never received the plot.
BJP has accused the Karanataka CM, his wife & loyalists of graft in compensatory land deal with Mysuru Urban Development Authority. CM has called accusations ‘politically motivated’.
From winning 1 seat in 2019 to leading in 9 in 2024, Congress makes major gains as BJP's pre-poll alliance partner JD(S) leads in 2 of 3 seats it contested.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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