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13Oct

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JD(S) plays hardball with BJP over assembly bypoll candidature, hinting at cracks within alliance

Bengaluru: The Janata Dal (Secular) or JD(S) has refused to cede the Channapatna assembly seat, which is scheduled for bypolls, to ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), denying the latter the chance to penetrate further into the Vokkaliga heartland of Karnataka. Union minister and chief of the state unit of JD(S), H.D. Kumaraswamy, who had vacated the Channapatna seat to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from the neighbouring Mandya, said this week that there was “no agreement on ceding Channapatna” in its alliance with the BJP before he decided to contest. “We have had two consecutive victories in this seat and I cannot take any decision without taking my party workers into confidence,” he told mediapersons Thursday, adding that Channapatna has been a “JD(S) stronghold” for a very long ti...

28Sep

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FIR Against Nirmala: Oppn Asks PM Modi To Take ‘Full Responsibility’, Siddaramiah Poses ‘Resign

FIR Against Nirmala Sitharaman: The opposition has reacted strongly following the registration of an FIR against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, linked to the now-scrapped electoral bonds scheme. The FIR, filed on the directions of a Bengaluru court, has prompted opposition leaders to call for accountability at the highest levels of government. Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kunal Ghosh expressed his concerns, stating, "It is a very serious development because the court has ordered an FIR against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over extortion through poll bonds. We have been saying since the beginning that the Centre misuses central agencies." He further stressed the gravity of the situation, demanding that the Prime Minister take responsibility: "The responsibility m...

Hindu-Muslim clashes rising in Karnataka’s Mandya. Vokkaliga hub is the new ‘Hindutva laboratory’

18Sep

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Hindu-Muslim clashes rising in Karnataka’s Mandya. Vokkaliga hub is the new ‘Hindutva laboratory’

Bengaluru: In the early hours of Monday, a group of police officers barged into the office of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Pandavapura in Karnataka’s Mandya district, about 100 km from Bengaluru, with the intention to arrest a pracharak named Prashanth. According to those in the know, this was meant to be a preventive detention of anyone perceived as a threat to the “fragile” peace in the sugarcane-growing district. The raid, which occurred a little after midnight, was met with stiff resistance by the RSS members, and the police eventually left without making any arrests. A few hours later, a barrage of messages on various WhatsApp groups urged people from across the town to rush to the spot to protest against the actions of the Siddaramaiah-led government. Show ...