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Pratap Simha, Nalin Kateel — why BJP’s Hindutva firebrands in Karnataka were denied LS tickets

Simha replaced by Mysuru royal scion Yaduveer Wadiyar, former Army officer Capt Brijesh Chowta fielded in place of Kateel. Party yet to decide fate of 6-time MP Anantkumar Hegde.

Karnataka BJP chief calls Rahul Gandhi a ‘drug peddler & addict’, Congress wants him sacked

Nalin Kumar Kateel’s comments on Rahul Gandhi comes just weeks after he called former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah a 'terrorist'.

BJP again stalls Yediyurappa’s plans to induct ‘rebels’, cabinet expansion delayed

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, looking to expand his cabinet since January, has now been told to carry out the exercise after panchayat polls on 30 December.  

For many in Karnataka BJP, new chief Nalin Kateel isn’t popular or influential enough

RSS loyalist Nalin Kumar Kateel, who was picked to head Karnataka BJP chief on 20 August, has been facing opposition within the party unit.

Why this Karnataka seat looks set to re-elect a BJP MP it doesn’t like

The Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, held by the BJP, wants a lot of issues resolved, including jobs and a bank merger seen as an assault on local pride.

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India’s tech ambitions need private sector investment in R&D. Budget 2026 holds the key

India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.

SEBI green-lights NSE IPO. What exchange’s CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan revealed about next steps

Speaking at ThePrint OTC Thursday, NSE CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan said the exchange has been trying to list itself since 2016, but it couldn’t happen due to one reason or the other.

‘LCA man’ Ravi Kota, key in operationalisation of IAF’s Tejas fleet, picked as next HAL CMD

Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.