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Maratha-led MES looks to challenge BJP, Cong in Belgaum
8 months, 1 week ago

Maratha-led MES looks to challenge BJP, Cong in Belgaum

Hindustan Times  

Belagavi The Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti, a regional outfit at the forefront of the agitation of Marathi-speaking people in Karnataka, will be contesting this year’s Lok Sabha elections from the Belgaum constituency, which will be held on May 7, after not contesting in last three general polls. MES candidate Mahadev Patil MES candidate Mahadev Patil for this elections, who operates a …

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​BJP, Congress on ‘Caste’ Track: How Lingayats Can Make or Break Government in Karnataka
1 year, 10 months ago

​BJP, Congress on ‘Caste’ Track: How Lingayats Can Make or Break Government in Karnataka

News 18  

Last month, the Karnataka Congress flagged off its election bus yatra from ‘Congress Well’ in Belgaum. Ramakrishna Hegde, who became Karnataka’s first non-Congress chief minister in 1983, was also considered an uncrowned Lingayat leader, even though he was a Brahmin. To end Hegde’s rule, then Prime Minister and Congress president Rajiv Gandhi made a Lingayat stalwart Veerendra Patil the president …

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Maharashtra-Karnataka border row: MVA MPs seek Amit Shah’s intervention to restrain ‘high-handed’ Karnataka govt.
2 years, 1 month ago

Maharashtra-Karnataka border row: MVA MPs seek Amit Shah’s intervention to restrain ‘high-handed’ Karnataka govt.

The Hindu  

Warning the Central government that the Karnataka-Maharashtra border row had reached a stage where it might erupt into full-blown violence, a number of MPs from the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi parties on Thursday sought Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s personal intervention to maintain law and order in the border districts between the two Statess With tensions aggravated along the border …

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Maharashtra political parties condemn Karnataka CM Bommai’s claims on border villages
2 years, 1 month ago

Maharashtra political parties condemn Karnataka CM Bommai’s claims on border villages

The Hindu  

Tension is escalating between Maharashtra and Karnataka governments over territorial claims on certain villages as leaders of both States vehemently raised their voices to secure the contentious areas. Terming Mr. Fadnavis’s statement ‘provocative’, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, in a series of tweets, said the former’s dream would never come true. “We demand that the Kannada-speaking areas of Maharashtra like …

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Lok Sabha Bypolls, Mega Rallies Behind Whopping 81% Positivity Rate in K'taka's Belgaum?
3 years, 7 months ago

Lok Sabha Bypolls, Mega Rallies Behind Whopping 81% Positivity Rate in K'taka's Belgaum?

News 18  

Lok Sabha bypolls in Karnataka are being blamed for the surge in covid-19 cases in the district of Belgaum, near Bengaluru. Ashok Chandaragi, social and political activist, slammed political parties, saying their mega rallies and behaviour of top functionaries had led people to drop their guard. “Political parties too are complicit for their callous campaigns.” The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party …

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‘Marathi manoos’ agenda: Shiv Sena’s answer to BJP
3 years, 8 months ago

‘Marathi manoos’ agenda: Shiv Sena’s answer to BJP

Hindustan Times  

The Shiv Sena, which is at the receiving end of an all-out attack by the Bharatiya Janata Party, is using its time-tested formula to get back at its bete noire. Earlier this month, Shiv Sena extended support to Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti candidate Shubham Shelke in the bypoll on the Belgaum seat. As Union minister and senior BJP leader from Maharashtra …

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Who is Ramesh Jarkiholi, Karnataka minister now embroiled in sex CD controversy?
3 years, 10 months ago

Who is Ramesh Jarkiholi, Karnataka minister now embroiled in sex CD controversy?

India Today  

Ramesh Jarkiholi, the water resources minister in the BS Yediyurappa-led Karnataka government, has been forced to resign from his post after being accused of demanding sexual favours from an unidentified woman in exchange for a job. The controversy which forced him to resign erupted after video clips purportedly showing Ramesh Jarkiholi getting intimate with the woman aired on Kannada news …

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