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Thursday, August 21, 2025
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Topic: Siddaramaiah

Despite return of Reddy brothers, BJP finds little fortune in Ballari’s political mines

BJP gave tickets to 7 Reddy family members and friends, but only 3 won – brothers Karunakara and Somashekara Reddy, and B. Sriramulu from Molkalmuru.

Congress’s loss in Karnataka assembly election reflects on Rahul Gandhi’s power as the high command

Gandhi should ask himself if his grandmother would have allowed a chief minister to dictate the terms of an electoral campaign.

Hindutva card pays off for the BJP in communally-sensitive coastal Karnataka

Leaders raked up the murders of Hindu activists and the growing Muslim population, while RSS & VHP cadres worked on the ground to swing it the BJP’s way.

Amit Shah pinned hopes on Karnataka election, said it’s a ‘gateway to south’

Despite his confidence, BJP may not be able to form govt in Karnataka as the party has not reached majority mark yet.

Why Karnataka presents a peculiar problem for Congress

Congress faces an adverse vote to seat ratio in Karnataka. The party needs a much higher overall vote share as compared to the BJP...

Why did Siddaramaiah lose? It’s not the Lingayat factor alone

Although there was no visible anti-incumbency on the ground, one could sense an indication that Siddaramaiah’s welfare schemes had not clicked, analysts said.

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018 results: BJP dominates Karnataka too, but JD(S) holds the cards to power

Here's a real-time commentary in which our experts track the trajectory of victories and defeats in this bitterly fought election. Whoever forms the government...

Exit polls may have prompted Siddaramaiah’s offer to step aside for a Dalit CM

It appears that the initial advantages that the Congress party had have not meant big electoral gains for it.

JD(S) could be kingmaker or heartbreaker. But will Deve Gowda & son align with each other?

In 2006, Deve Gowda almost expelled Kumaraswamy for going with the BJP. But with scorned ex-protege Siddaramaiah leading the Congress, a deadlock looms.

Return of the Ballari brothers shows how desperate BJP is for Karnataka

BJP hopes Janardhan Reddy, who faces more charges than most politicians, will deliver most of the 23 seats in his territory — 10% of the assembly’s strength.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?