Looking at the election results of the five States announced day before yesterday, I thought I must reflect on my article in this column titled “Musings on Secular Democracy and Hindu Nationalism” that appeared on Dec.8 and Dec. 9, 2018. Inspiration for that article, in two parts, was an article published in The Hindu of…
By-polls to three LS seats and two Assembly segments in State on Nov.3 New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday announced that the Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Telangana will be held from Nov.12 to Dec.7. The results for all the States will be declared on Dec.11. With…
Mysuru: With Assembly elections just a couple of months away, former Prime Minister and JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda did a bit of temple hopping on Friday. Deve Gowda performed the Tri-Ranga Darshana, considered auspicious, visiting Adi Ranga at Srirangapatna, Madhya Ranga at Shivanasamudra and Antya Ranga in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. Visiting all the three…
Bengaluru: In a re-run of the 2008 politics in Karnataka, the Congress has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has started indulging in horse trading and accosting their leaders to reach the magic number of 113 in the 2018 Assembly elections. Desperate to return to power, the BJP has decided to rope-in politically influential…
Bengaluru: If the Bharatiya Janata Party under the leadership of former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa is on its “Mission 150,” the Janata Dal (Secular) under the leadership of former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy is targeting 115 seats in the 2018 Assembly elections, not to be left behind, the Congress too is silently working on gathering 120 seats….
Hassan: Amidst speculations that the State Government might advance the Assembly elections to December this year, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has said that the polls would be held in April-May 2018. Speaking to press persons here on Sunday, Siddharamaiah asserted that there was no plan to call snap poll. The Assembly election will be held in…
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