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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: Karnataka

Congress leader Siddaramaiah to visit Delhi as party chief Kharge to pick new Karnataka CM

Siddaramaiah is scheduled to leave for Delhi by 1 pm today, according to the party.

‘Tech-savvy officer with focus on forensic driven investigations’ – who’s Praveen Sood, new CBI director

Appointment comes around Congress's Karnataka elections win. State party chief D.K. Shivakumar had called Sood ‘nalayak’, vowing to take action against him once they are in power in the state.

Karnataka Director General of Police Praveen Sood appointed next CBI director

Sood is a 1986-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Karnataka cadre & has been appointed to the post for two years after Subodh Kumar Jaiswal completes his tenure on 25 May.

Himanta held rallies in 11 seats & BJP won 5 — how party’s star campaigners fared in Karnataka

At a strike rate of 45%, Assam CM has done the best — the party won 5 of 11 seats where he addressed rallies. UP CM Adityanath and Amit Shah had strike rate of 44 & 34%.

Congress breaches BJP’s Lingayat base in Kittur Karnataka, tally goes up from 17 to 33

BJP tally went down from 30 to 16 in the region. Anger among sections of Lingayats was a major factor as several religious & community leaders asked followers not to back the party.

Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik loses in Karnataka’s Karkal. Incumbent BJP MLA emerges winner

Muthalik, who contested as an Independent, secured 4,508 votes. While campaigning, he'd claimed that BJP had not done enough for the Hindutva cause.

‘Couldn’t make the mark despite PM’s efforts:’ BJP outgoing CM Bommai after losing Karnataka

The leader said the party would come back in full force in the Lok Sabha elections next year.

‘Will form government on our own’: Congress looks set to win Karnataka, BJP out in rare defeat

Karnataka polls was the first big electoral battle between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the latter was expelled from the Lok Sabha in March.

‘No one contacted me. Let’s see the final results,’ says Kumaraswamy ahead of counting of votes

Counting for the Assembly polls is all set to begin at 8 am that will decide the fate of 2,615 candidates across parties.

Congress storms to power in Karnataka with 135 seats, BJP tally drops to 65, JD(S) reduced to 19

Karnataka Election Results 2023 highlights: Shivakumar says had 'assured high command will deliver Karnataka'. Bommai tells reporters BJP will 'take results in its stride'.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.