Though an ally, JD(S) has stayed away from BJP’s communally charged campaign in Mandya, wary of being branded as pro-Hindu and alienating its Muslim vote bank, which could benefit Congress.
Former prime minister & JD(S) patriarch H.D.Deve Gowda has said that BJP leadership will have final say in candidate selection across LS seats, including Mandya, in Karnataka.
Visuals of Muskan Khan being heckled by saffron scarf-clad protestors chanting ‘Jai Sri Ram’ at a college are viral. In an interview, she says college management is with her.
Karnataka's Mandya district has recorded 36,341 cases in just the last two months, a 181% increase from the first wave, with 16,541 people belonging to the 21-40 age group.
The state-run Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences is facing staff shortage, so family members of Covid patients have doubled up as attendants, even sleeping in the Covid ward.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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