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27May

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Data | How significant were BJP’s deposit losses in 13.8% of Karnataka’s seats?

BJP workers decorating Ballari city with part flags on Friday ahead of party’s Scheduled Tribes conference to be held on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Sridhar Kavali The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost deposits in 31 constituencies — 13.8% of the seats the party contested — in the recently concluded Karnataka Assembly elections. Notably, the party won 66 seats in the election, which is 29.5% of the seats contested. These two data points make for interesting reading, for when read together, they hint at a state of dichotomy in Karnataka. More importantly, when compared to all the recent State elections in which the BJP won a significant share of seats, Karnataka is a clear outlier in terms of the share of seats in which it lost deposits.According to the provisions outlined in the Representation...

26May

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Okram Ibobi calls for all-party meeting to achieve durable peace in Manipur

Manipur Congress Legislature Party leader Okram Ibobi Congress Legislature Party leader and Former Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi on Thursday expressed concerns around the protracted clashes in the State. Calling for an all-party meeting to find solutions for a durable peace in the State, Mr. Ibobi called out the Bharatiya Janata Party–led coalition’s inability to restore normality so far. In an exclusive interview with The Hindu, Mr. Ibobi said: “Both Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are keen to come to Manipur to look into the impasse. However, the security advisor to the State government Kuldeip Singh has informed us that adequate security cover is not possible for these Congress leaders since all available personnel are deployed to maintain law and order. So, we have...

17May

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16 coach Vande Bharat to Tirupati fully booked

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off Vande Bharat Express between Secunderabad and Tirupati, in Secunderabad. File | Photo Credit: ANI The first trip of the Secunderabad-Tirupati ‘Vande Bharat’ Express with 16 coaches got an overwhelming response from the passengers with 109% bookings on the very first day on May 17.The service began with eight coaches last month but consistent high patronage (more than 130%) in both directions has led to Railways doubling the number of coaches to increase the 530 to 1,128 seats — 104 seats in executive class and 1,024 seats in chair car. A total of 1,228 passengers made their train booking before the start of the train journey with the travel time reduced in each direction by 15 minutes from today. The journey in either direction will now be covered in ...

14May

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Congress deputes Sushil Kumar Shinde, Jitendra Singh, Deepak Babaria as observers for election of CLP leader in Karnataka

Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shivakumar during a press conference after the Karnataka Assembly elections 2023 results, in Bengaluru on May 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed former Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, party general secretary Jitendra Singh and senior leader Deepak Babaria as observers for the election of Congress Legislative Party in Karnataka, General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal said on May 14.The meeting of the newly-elected Congress MLAs in Karnataka is underway to discuss government formation with leaders eliciting their views on the chief ministerial candidate.Sending out a clear signal for change, Karnataka voters decimated the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party and gave Congres...