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• Mandya: Can Kumaraswamy win where his son lost in 2019 polls?

  A contest between a former chief minister and a political greenhorn is being projected as a battle between an "outsider" and a "local" by the ruling Congress, raising the stakes for Janata Dal-Secular in this key Lok Sabha poll in this 'Sakkare Naadu' (land of sugar). IMAGE: BJP candidates for LS polls V Somanna, Tejasvi Surya (4th from right), Shobha Karandlaje (6th from right), PC Mohan and Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar along with JD-S candidate HD Kumaraswamy (third from left), ...
  Mandya: Can Kumaraswamy win where his son lost in 2019 polls? at "Mandya"

• It's A Raja Versus Runk Contest In Mysuru

  In a battle involving the 'royal' and the 'ordinary', the voters of Mysuru will make a choice between the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar and Congress's M Lakshmana in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. IMAGE: Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, scion of the erstwhile royal family of Mysuru. Photograph: ANI Photo While Wadiyar, scion of the erstwhile Mysuru royal family, is making his political debut from the Mysore Lok Sabha segment, Lakshmana is state ...
  It's A Raja Versus Runk Contest In Mysuru at "Mandya"

• Sumalatha joins BJP, to back Kumaraswamy in Mandya

  Mandya's independent MP Sumalatha Ambareesh on Wednesday announced that she would join the Bharatiya Janata Party, thereby extending her support to the National Democratic Alliance candidate and Janata Dal-Secular leader H D Kumaraswamy in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. "I will not leave Mandya and you will see me working for you in the coming days. I have decided to join the BJP," the 60-year-old actor-turned-politician said addressing her supporters in Mandya.   Sumalatha had won the ...
  Sumalatha joins BJP, to back Kumaraswamy in Mandya at "Mandya"

• Revealed! BJP's gameplan to breach 400+ LS seats

  The BJP is focusing determinedly on the seats it lost in 2019, with the hope of winning these either independently or with the aid of its allies. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets people as he arrives at a public event in Shivamogga, March 18, 2024. Photograph: ANI Photo In his pursuit of an unprecedented victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set an ambitious target: 370 seats for the party and 400 for the ...
  Revealed! BJP's gameplan to breach 400+ LS seats at "Mandya"

• Why are these Karnataka ministers hesitant to contest LS polls?

  The reluctance of some ministers and lawmakers in Karnataka to contest the Lok Sabha polls seems to have put the Congress scouting for 'winnable' candidates in a spot of bother in finalising contestants for the bulk of the seats. IMAGE: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge (centre) announces 4th and 5th guarantees 'Shramik Nyay' and 'Hissedari Nyay' during a press conference as state CM Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar (left) look on, in Bengaluru, March 16, 2024. Photograph: / ...
  Why are these Karnataka ministers hesitant to contest LS polls? at "Mandya"

• No water to Tamil Nadu, facing worst draught in 40 yrs: Shivakumar

  Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar asserted on Monday there is no question of releasing Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu at any cost now. IMAGE: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar. Photograph: ANI Photo Amid criticism and protests against the government over allegations that Cauvery water was being released from Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) dam to Tamil Nadu, he clarified that the discharge was meant for Bengaluru, and not for the neighbouring state. "There is no ...

• Give us 2/3rds majority to amend Constitution: BJP MP

  Six years since Anantkumar Hegde said the Bharatiya Janata Party would change the Constitution to do away with the word "secular" in its preamble, the BJP MP on Sunday said that to amend the Constitution, the public must ensure two-thirds majority for the saffron party in Lok Sabha. IMAGE: BJP leader Anantkumar Hegde. Photograph: Anantkumar Hegde on Facebook The BJP needs a two-thirds majority in both houses of Parliament to amend the Constitution and "set right distortions and unnecessary ...
  Give us 2/3rds majority to amend Constitution: BJP MP at "Mandya"

• LS polls: Cong announces DK Suresh among 7 candidates for K'taka

  DK Suresh (Bangalore Rural) and Kannada actor Shivarajkumar's wife Geetha Shivarajkumar (Shimoga) figure in the first list of seven candidates in Karnataka announced on Friday by the Congress for the coming Lok Sabha elections. IMAGE: DK Suresh, brother of Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar, is fieled from Bangalore Rural. Photograph: ANI Photo A three-time MP, Suresh is the brother of Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar and is the sitting member from Bangalore Rural. He was the only ...
  LS polls: Cong announces DK Suresh among 7 candidates for K'taka at "Mandya"

• Karnataka water crisis: Tankers seen at CM's residence

  A coaching centre in Vijayanagar in Bengaluru asked its students to attend classes online due to an 'emergency' for a week. IMAGE: Women line up to take water for their homes as the Silicon City area faces a severe water crisis, in Bengaluru on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Photograph: ANI Photo Similarly, a school on Bannerghatta Road in the city shut down, asking the students to attend classes virtually. The 'emergency' is the acute water crisis. Karnataka, especially its capital, is facing one of ...

• If true...: Siddaramaiah on alleged 'pro-Pak' slogans

  The alleged raising of pro-Pakistan slogans by supporters of a winning Congress candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections created a political furore in Karnataka on Wednesday, with the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party demanding the resignation of the Siddaramaiah government. IMAGE: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Photograph: ANI Photo Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said serious action would be taken against those who allegedly raised the 'Pakistan zindabad' slogan inside the 'Vidhana ...
  If true...: Siddaramaiah on alleged 'pro-Pak' slogans at "Mandya"

• Panchayat officer who hoisted Hanuman flag in Mandya suspended

  Amid simmering tension in Mandya over the removal of Hanuman flag from a 108 feet tall flagpost, the Keragodu village Panchayat Development Officer has been suspended. IMAGE: BJP workers and supporters hold protest over the removal of Lord Hanuman flag in Karnataka’s Mandya, at the Mysore Bank Circle, in Bengaluru on Monday. Photograph: ANI Photo The order issued by Mandya Zila Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Sheikh Tanveer Asif on Monday said the permission was granted only to ...
  Panchayat officer who hoisted Hanuman flag in Mandya suspended at "Mandya"

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