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Topic: Karnataka

Budget 2023: Long-pending dam project in poll-bound Karnataka gets Rs 5,300 crore

CM Bommai thanks Sitharaman, PM for the allocation. Project envisages covering 2.25 lakh hectare of area in drought-prone districts Chikkamagaluru, Chitradurga, Tumkur & Davangere.

With Bommai on ropes, Yediyurappa is BJP’s brahmastra in Karnataka. But he drives hard bargain

BJP has asked Bommai to field BSY's younger son from Shikaripura. Its problem is two-pronged — bet on CM has not paid off & it does not have another mass leader in Karnataka.

How BJP’s Bommai gamble threatens to backfire in Karnataka — caste anger, corruption, ‘no control’

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai has struggled to manage voter expectations. Bengaluru's crumbling infrastructure & graft charges against his government have added to his woes.

Karnataka Congress’s women leaders are ‘invisible’. 0 MLCs, 6 MLAs & none in key party posts

On Monday, the Congress unveiled ‘Na Nayaki’, a scheme meant to empower women. But women leaders say that the party has consistently sidelined women in favour of male leaders.     

Education, justice, poll tickets — what are Karnataka’s mutts & how they became power centres

Bengaluru: Come election season and mutts (mathas) in Karnataka witness a stream of high-profile visitors, from ticket-seekers to national leaders. Most castes and sub-castes...

Modi’s security breached as boy jumps barricades to garland him in Karnataka’s Hubballi

PM seen taking garland as security detail pulled minor away from convoy. Police commissioner says crowd was ‘well frisked and sanitised’.

‘Hindutva sidelined’ — why Right-wing outfit Sri Ram Sene plans to take on BJP in Karnataka polls

Sri Ram Sene plans to field candidates in 25 of 224 seats in this year's Karnataka assembly elections, with chief Pramod Muthalik planning to contest from Karkala in Udupi.

Court gives injunction against release of book on former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

Siddaramaiah said the book ‘Siddu Nijakanasugalu’ is being released with an intention to humiliate him ahead of Assembly polls in Karnataka and termed it 'totally defamatory'.

What’s cooking between Prakash Raj & KCR? Actor to play ‘important role in national party plans’

While BRS leaders say actor could play key role, others feel his presence would be of little political significance in states like Karnataka but popularity may give KCR mileage.

Centre approves Kalasa-Banduri project in poll-bound Karnataka, Bommai calls it PM Modi’s ‘gift’

The project is aimed at facilitating drinking water in drought-hit northern Karnataka by diverting water from Mahadayi river. Maharashtra and Goa have opposed the move.

On Camera

CEA Nageswaran says India’s FY24 growth could hit 8%, but World Bank warns this is ‘above potential’

Speaking at an event, World Bank country director Auguste Tano Kouamé said growth above potential would result in high inflation.

Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.