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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicKarnataka MLAs

Topic: Karnataka MLAs

Congress MLA flouts ‘no person’ rule for oath-taking, swears in name of ‘aaradhya dhaiva’ Shivakumar

Sharan Poovanna -
Others to violate the rule during oath-taking for new Karnataka assembly was BJP's Basanagouda Patil who swore on 'Hindutva & Goumata'. Several others took oath in the name of local deities.

Sex scandal has Karnataka BJP & Congress on edge ahead of bypolls

Rohini Swamy -
At least eight leaders of BJP and Congress have reportedly fallen prey to extortion scandals based on explicit videos featuring them.

Children’s day with Indian political dynasts and Shiv Sena’s clash with Chanakya

Fiza Jha -
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16 of Karnataka’s disqualified MLAs join BJP after apex court allows them to contest bypolls

PTI -
Of the 17 disqualified MLAs, R Roshan Baig, the Congress legislator from Shivajinagar, was not inducted into the BJP.

How ‘constitutional silences’ saved the day for 17 disqualified Karnataka MLAs

Apoorva Mandhani -
Supreme Court has upheld Congress & JD(S) MLAs’ disqualification, but said Speaker doesn’t have power to prevent them from contesting elections.

SC clears way for 17 disqualified Karnataka MLAs to contest 5 December bypolls

Debayan Roy -
The top court observes in its ruling that there is a growing trend among assembly Speakers to act against constitutional mandate.

A jittery BJP waits as SC is set to rule on rebel Karnataka MLAs Wednesday

Rohini Swamy -
SC verdict will give rebel MLAs a clear picture on whether they can contest the 5 December bypolls or wait until 2023.

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Opinion

Operation Sarp Vinash — the forgotten 2003 campaign that changed India’s fight against terror

Manvendra Singh -
Lt Gen Hardev Singh Lidder’s book on Operation Sarp Vinash shows why the Indian Army’s 2003 campaign to clear terrorist strongholds in Rajouri-Poonch still matters today.

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Economy

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Defence

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

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

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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