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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
TopicKarnataka elections

Topic: Karnataka elections

Last Laughs: What the Walmart-Flipkart deal overshadows & the problem with Rahul’s PM dreams

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

3 days before Karnataka polls, Congress moves Election Commission alleging voter ID scam

Congress alleges nearly 10,000 voter IDs found in a BJP member’s house in Bengaluru, but BJP says apartment owner has no link with the party.

Here’s who the ‘hawa’ favours in Karnataka, and it’s not Siddaramaiah

Workers of the party tell Muslim voters that the BJP’s compulsion to ally with the JD(S) will keep Hindutva in check.

Why Sonia Gandhi and Narendra Modi descended on Vijayapura on the same day: Lingayat votes

The Lingayat stronghold of Vijayapura has become a battleground where both Narendra Modi and Sonia Gandhi addressed rallies on the same day.

Social thunderstorm on Sonam Kapoor’s wedding a toast to the nosy aunty in all of us

Our generation is vicarious, if nothing else. To those of us lucky enough to own a smartphone and have internet access, vapid escapism is more than just a hobby.

Last Laughs: A storm’s predicted in Karnataka and the farce of leaders eating meals with Dalits

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

A 15-min debate with Rahul will reveal Modi is an average club batsman, not Virat Kohli

Modi may be a good orator in monologues but he is hilariously bad at any unscripted dialogue.

In Hyderabad-Karnataka region, voters have hardly anything real to choose from

In the Karnataka-Hyderabad region, it is the AHINDA (Dalits, backward classes and minorities) versus the Lingayats. And the mining Reddys could just tilt scales in BJP’s favour.

Catch them while they’re young: Congress set to woo first time voters for mission 2019

According to an internal party report, the 2019 Lok Sabha election is expected to see an estimated 15 crore first-time voters, and the Congress has been brainstorming about how to woo them.  

Who to vote for in the Karnataka election? Just go with your mutt

There are no official figures on the number of mutts belonging to different castes, sub-castes and sects in Karnataka, but they are estimated to be in the hundreds.

On Camera

Jana Sangh leader VK Malhotra brought Advani to Delhi, kept the party afloat after 1984 setback

Unlike his colleagues from the time of the BJS, several of whom became governors and held other constitutional posts, Malhotra chose to lead a quiet and simple retired life after the massive 2014 victory of the BJP.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

In Nepal, young dreams of serving in Indian Army crash as Agnipath halts a centuries-old tradition

Since 1815, Nepali Gorkhas have served in Indian & British Armies, as well as in Bihar, Bengal & Assam Police. Since Agnipath scheme came in, no Nepal-domiciled Gorkha has enlisted.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.