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K’taka polls: Congress miffed as Sudan rescue mission named ‘Kaveri’, BJP says ‘third class politics’

Accusing BJP of 'playing cheap politics', Karnataka Congress' Sanket Yenagi said he had no objection with naming the operation Kaveri but had issue with the timing

Infrastructure push, roadshow, and meet with Church leaders: PM Modi’s big Kerala ambition ahead of 2024 polls

As Kerala gets India’s first water metro, digital science park and the state’s first Vande Bharat train, PM Narendra Modi’s presence says a lot. The visit assumes significance as the BJP is going all out to make inroads in the state in the run-up to the 2024 general elections

Karnataka Elections 2023: AIADMK withdraws lone candidate on BJP's request

This came after senior BJP leaders from Delhi spoke to Palaniswami over the phone on Monday and sought the withdrawal of AIADMK candidate D Anbarasan from the Pulakeshinagar (SC) segment

WATCH: ‘No curfew, no danga, UP mein sab changa,' says CM Yogi Adityanath in Saharanpur

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asserted that law and order in the state has improved under his government

Karnataka Elections 2023 all about 'PM Modi's development politics versus Congress' appeasement politics'

Amit Shah claimed that the BJP would form a government with full majority in Karnataka and once again strengthen the party's entry in the south of India

Karnataka Elections 2023: 'Party high command will take a decision,' says Bommai on CM post

"I had never imagined becoming the CM, but the party's high command decided it. Now also, the party high command will take a decision," Bommai said

'MPs, MLAs with more than two children should be made ineligible to contest polls'

'My grandfather used to tell me that when we got independence, our population was 35 crore and now it has reached 142 crore, and for that, we are all responsible,' Ajit Pawar said

G20 Tourism Working Group meeting in Srinagar to combat Pakistan's Kashmir narrative

China and Pakistan are against the G20 summit in Srinagar, but India has decided to proceed with it. It will disprove Pakistan's erroneous claims that the Kashmir Valley has experienced human rights atrocities

Ukraine snubs China's envoy to France over sovereignty remarks

Chinese ambassador Lu Shaye suggested countries that emerged after the fall of the Soviet Union "don't have effective status under international law because there is not an international agreement confirming their status as sovereign nations"

Rahul Gandhi to begin two-day visit to poll-bound Karnataka on Sunday

This will be Rahul Gandhi's second visit to Karnataka within a week. He was in Kolar on April 16 to attend the --Jai Bharat-- programme earlier

Karnataka Elections 2023: Poll officials search chopper in which DK Shivakumar’s family travelled

Karnataka Elections 2023: Shivakumar's wife Usha, her son, daughter and son-in-law were on a pilgrimage to offer prayers at Dharmasthala Manjunatha Swamy temple. As soon as the chopper landed at Dharmasthala, election officials came forward to check the helicopter

'We don't want danga': West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee takes jibe at BJP for dividing country

Her comments came as she attended an Eid function which she attended after visiting Red Road in Kolkata where people offered namaz on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Fitr with Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee

Karnataka Elections 2023: Congress accuses CMO for calling returning officers to find defects in nominations

Karnataka Elections 2023: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief D K Shivakumar demanded that the Election Commission should investigate the matter and summon the call details of the CMO to ascertain the truth

Karnataka Election 2023: Over 3,000 candidates in fray after scrutiny; DK Shivakumar's nomination accepted

Of the 3,044 validly nominated candidates - 219 are from BJP, 218 Congress, 207 from JD(S), while the rest are all from small parties and Independents, according to the CEO's office

Karnataka Election 2023: Ajit Pawar missing from NCP list of star campaigners

Karnataka Election 2023: Speculation about NCP leader Ajit Pawar's next political move refuses to die down after the senior leader's name was missing from the NCP list of star campaigners for the Karnataka elections

Karnataka elections 2023: Modi factor won’t work in assembly polls, says Siddaramaiah, points to anti-incumbency

Karnataka Elections 2023: Siddaramaiah indicated this will be his last electoral contest, and he expects 90 per cent of Muslim voters to back the Congress, given that the ruling BJP is facing a strong anti-incumbency wave in the southern state

Pakistan govt cites possibility of war with India, urges Supreme Court to postpone elections

In its report to Pakistan’s Supreme Court, the defence ministry cited the possibility of a war with India. The ministry also feared a rise in the activities of the Indian spy agency R&AW and attacks by the Pakistani Taliban and Baloch groups if elections are held in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Beta, beti, bhai and biwi... the 'nepo' netas in the fray

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: All three main parties have nominated candidates that belong to influential political families. If BJP has fielded BS Yediyurappa's son BY Vijayendra, then JD(S) has nominated both HD Kumaraswamy and his son, Nikhil

WATCH: PM Modi dials Eshwarappa after ex-minister’s son denied ticket for Karnataka elections 2023

Speculations of a tussle between Eshwarappa and the BJP arose moments after the minister's son was denied a ticket to contest Karnataka Assembly elections 2023

Karnataka elections 2023: 5,102 nominations filed by over 3,600 candidates for 10 May polls

For the Karnataka Assembly polls 2023, 707 nominations were filed by candidates who identified themselves with the BJP, 651 Congress and 455 JD(S)

Karnataka election: State wants BJP star campaigner Yogi Adityanath on multiple rallies after Atiq Ahmed's son encounter

The BJP state unit has requested six trips by Yogi Adityanath ahead Karnataka Assembly election 2023 for multiple rallies and road shows

Karnataka Election 2023: Why polls matter for BJP untangled in seven charts

Karnataka Election 2023: The political chessboard for the current electoral battle can only be understood in the context of what came before

Karnataka Election 2023: Amit Shah to take out rally in Devanahalli today, assess BJP preparations

Karnataka Election 2023: Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah will take out a roadshow in Karnataka's Devanahalli today as the saffron party gears up for the 10 May Assembly elections in the state

2002 Naroda Gam riots case: Court acquits all 67 accused

The Ahmedabad-based court of S K Baxi, special judge for SIT cases, acquitted all the accused -- including ex-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister Maya Kodnani -- in one of the major post-Godhra riots cases which was probed by a Supreme-Court appointed Special Investigation Team

Karnataka Elections 2023: Shivakumar’s MP brother files nomination from Kanakapura, same segment as sibling

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Suresh has filed his papers, as a backup plan in the event of Shivakumar’s nomination getting rejected. Shivakumar has won from Kanakapura segment thrice since 2008

Criminal Defamation Case: Surat court rejects Rahul Gandhi's plea for stay on conviction

The court of additional sessions judge RP Mogera rejected Rahul Gandhi's application filed for a relief pending his appeal against a lower court's order sentencing him to two years in jail in the case

Karnataka Elections 2023: Congress releases sixth and final list of five candidates

Karnataka Elections 2023: With the sixth list, the Congress has announced 223 candidates, marking one seat in the 224-member Assembly for Sarvodaya Karnataka Party, a regional outfit.

Karnataka Elections 2023: Congress veteran Siddaramaiah files nomination from Varuna

Karnataka Elections 2023: A chief ministerial aspirant in the event of Congress coming to power in the state, Siddaramaiah has already declared that this will be his last election

'Don’t do politics': EAM Jaishankar slams Siddaramaiah over tweet on Indians in Sudan

Siddaramaiah had taken to social media platform Twitter to claim that the Indian government has not shown the desired alacrity to evacuate dozens of tribals from Karnataka who are reportedly stranded in Sudan even as fighting rages between the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces

Scandal Hits Congress: Assam youth wing chief Angkita Dutta accuses Srinivas BV of harassment

Angkita Dutta claimed that her harassment started after she raised her voice against the mismanagement of Indian Youth Congress affairs by Srinivas BV