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Will meet PM Modi on NICE road project ‘scam’, demand CBI probe: Kumaraswamy

The former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, who along with JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda, has been talking about alleged irregularities in the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) road project, announced on Saturday that he would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah and seek a probe…

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Deve Gowda claims group of local Congress leaders threatened boycott if he was invited to Oppn. leaders’ meet

Deve Gowda blames Congress for not being invited to Opposition meet; says JD(S) won't have alliance with anyone for LS polls, will take call on number of seats to contest based on feedback from leaders, cadre.

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Likely alliance with JD(S) leaves leadership question in a state of flux again in Karnataka BJP

Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Karnataka seem frustrated at the stagnation within the party, reflected in the delay in choosing the party chief and the legislature party leader, the likely alliance with H.D. Kumaraswamy-led Janata Dal (Secular) has set the cat among the pigeons.

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Number of farmer suicides less compared to 2022, says Karnataka Agriculture Minister

Minister for Agriculture N. Cheluvarayaswamy said, as many as 216 farmers had committed suicide between April and July in 2022. This year, the number is 96.

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HDK taunts Congress on Nitish’s presence at Opposition meet

Attacking the Congress over the presence of Janata Dal (United) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at the Opposition meet, Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday said that the Congress followed “dual policy” with regard to political alliances.

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BJP-JD(S) tie-up: Regional party looking at outcome of NDA meeting on July 18

JD(S) looking to outcome of NDA meeting on July 18 to decide on alliance with BJP. BJP yet to appoint Leader of Opposition in State legislature. JD(S) not invited to Congress-led Opposition parties meeting. JD(S) mulling alliance with BJP after Muslims abandoned party in Assembly elections. JD(S) likely to go…

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After ruckus, probe ordered into suicide attempt by KSRTC driver who blamed Minister for transfer

The government on Thursday ordered a probe by officials of the Home and Transport departments into the episode of an attempt to suicide by a KSRTC driver-cum-conductor of Nagamangala taluk, H.R. Jagadish, after he was transferred, allegedly at the behest of district in-charge Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy for political reasons.

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Karnataka govt orders police probe into KSRTC driver's suicide attempt

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government has ordered a police probe into the Nagamangala KSRTC driver Jagadish’s suicide attempt on Thursday for being transferred from his home depot, wherein he had named agriculture minister and local MLA N Cheluvarayaswamy in his suicide note.

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JD(S) will announce its stand on UCC after the draft is released: Deve Gowda

The former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda on Sunday said the party would make its stand clear on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) after the draft comes out.

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The JD(S) plan for resurrection

It is debating the pros and cons of a possible alliance with the BJP

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Amid speculation of JD(S)-BJP pact for Lok Sabha polls, Deve Gowda asks who has not had ties with the saffron party

“Show me one party in the country that has done politics without establishing some kind of relationship with the BJP,” Janata Dal (Secular) supremo and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda asked on Tuesday.

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Vishwanath takes part in function to felicitate Periyapatna MLA at Congress office in Mysuru

A.H. Vishwanath, Former Minister and BJP MLC, turned up at the Congress office in Mysuru on Saturday, June 3.

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Karnataka Today newsletter: Nikhil Kumaraswamy resigns as chief of JD(S) Karnataka youth wing, and more

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Nikhil Kumaraswamy submits resignation from post of JD(S) Karnataka youth wing chief

“The situation (poor performance of JD-S in Assembly elections) calls for making way for a new leadership. Hence, I am submitting my resignation from the post,” he said.

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Data | Higher turnout and bipolar contests in Karnataka’s urban seats favour BJP more

The turnout in urban constituencies is lower compared to rural constituencies, but it has significantly improved in many seats over time in Karnataka

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A dream come true for Siddaramaiah as he gets picked for a second term as Karnataka’s Chief Minister

The elevation of 75-year-old Siddaramaiah as the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, prior to him being sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka, is a dream come true for the veteran politician who had set his eyes on the coveted position for a second term, after a gap of…

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‘Coming together of DSS factions helped consolidation of SC communities’

An impressive performance by the Congress in winning over half of the seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and support by the community in general constituencies across the State is being seen through the perspective of various Dalit factions coming together for the first time in over three decades.

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Lessons in a loss: On the 2023 Karnataka Assembly election result

Between the failed experiment of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the successful one of the Congress, Karnataka voters have imparted important lessons

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The Ahinda advantage for the Congress

The Lingayats supported the BJP, while the rest supported the Congress

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BJP to look into reasons for defeat; flags Congress guarantees, changed caste equations

Shocked by the miserable defeat in the Karnataka Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party is set to hold State-level and Assembly constituency-level meetings of its candidates and leaders to decipher the reasons for its loss.

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Minority representation has remained low in most Assemblies

The representation of Muslims in the Karnataka Assembly has now marginally increased in this election compared to the last to nine from seven in the last Assembly. All of them are from the Congress. It was 11 in 2013. The JD(S) said 23 of its 211 candidates were Muslims, but…

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Focus on local issues and support of all communities behind Congress emphatic win, say analysts

Political analysts and experts who dissected May 13 poll results, in which the Congress scored an emphatic victory over BJP and the JD(S), said that the winning party edged its rivals as it focused on local issues and found the support of all communities.

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Karnataka elections: Ballari back in control of the Congress

The Congress has won all five seats in Ballari and two seats in Vijayanagara district, which was recently carved out of Ballari. The BJP has been left with only one seat (Hadagali) in the united Ballari district.

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Karnataka elections: BJP wrests one seat each from Congress and JD(S) in Bidar

Results in Bidar brought some solace for the Bharatiya Janata Party as it wrested one seat each from the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular)

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Karnataka elections: Congress sweeps Kalyana Karnataka with development perspective defeating BJP’s communal agenda

In a spectacular performance, the Congress bagged 26 seats out of 41 in Kalyana Karnataka in the 2023 Assembly Elections, leaving 10 for the BJP and three for the Janata Dal (Secular) and two for others

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