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TopicKarnataka election 2018

Topic: Karnataka election 2018

Congress’s loss in Karnataka assembly election reflects on Rahul Gandhi’s power as the high command

Gandhi should ask himself if his grandmother would have allowed a chief minister to dictate the terms of an electoral campaign.

Hindutva card pays off for the BJP in communally-sensitive coastal Karnataka

Leaders raked up the murders of Hindu activists and the growing Muslim population, while RSS & VHP cadres worked on the ground to swing it the BJP’s way.

Why did Siddaramaiah lose? It’s not the Lingayat factor alone

Although there was no visible anti-incumbency on the ground, one could sense an indication that Siddaramaiah’s welfare schemes had not clicked, analysts said.

Karnataka affirms Amit Shah as the most powerful Indian party chief in half-a-century

Congress will say it got about as many votes as the BJP in Karnataka but still lost on seats big time. Fact: In the...

Karnataka elections: Severe anti-incumbency against Siddaramaiah or Modi-Shah-Yeddyurappa dominance?

As the votes are counted in Karnataka, trends indicate that the BJP will emerge as the single largest party.  The Congress’ performance under chief minister Siddaramaiah has turned out to be way worse than was predicted in the exit polls. Experts weigh in.

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018 results: BJP dominates Karnataka too, but JD(S) holds the cards to power

Here's a real-time commentary in which our experts track the trajectory of victories and defeats in this bitterly fought election. Whoever forms the government...

Fuel price hikes resume after Karnataka election ends, analysts smell a rat

While the govt says it hasn’t given any directives over prices, Indian Oil increased prices Monday for the first time since 24 April.

Amit Shah asks BJP leaders to give suggestions on how to strengthen party and woo Dalits

Amit Shah also sought views of party functionaries on how to celebrate the Modi government’s achievements in the past four years.

Karnataka state polls turned out to be a ‘money guzzler’ exercise: Survey

Expenditure of several political parties and candidates in the Karnataka polls were more than twice spent during the last assembly poll in 2013. 

Pink voting booths to third generation EVMs, several firsts in Karnataka polls

In light of the growing outcry over the alleged vulnerability of EVMs, the Election Commission has come up with 'M3 EVMs' that are tamper proof.

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Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.