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Congress Leaders Prepare for Maharashtra Campaign: Border States Crucial for Karnataka

Congress leaders from border districts of Karnataka will be campaigning in Maharashtra for the assembly elections scheduled for November 20. The elections are crucial for the Congress, especially for leaders from North Karnataka, as many districts along the border have a significant population of Kannadigas. The Congress has prepared a list of leaders from Bidar, Kalaburagi, Vijayapura and Belagavi districts …

Criticising BJP leaders for politicising every issue, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge has said a drive was carried out in Kalaburagi city to remove encroachers and illegal structures being constructed on government land, and notice was issued prior to the eviction. Addressing presspersons at Aiwan-e-Shahi guesthouse in Kalaburagi on Friday, Mr. Kharge said BJP leaders had the …

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Offensive posts against national leaders on social media to be regulated

Kalaburagi: Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Information Technology and Biotechnology Priyank Kharge has affirmed government's commitment to regulate offensive posts against national leaders and derogatory remarks on social media. Kharge, who is also the Kalaburagi district in-charge minister, spoke to reporters during the launch of the "Shakti" scheme at Kalaburagi on Sunday. He expressed concern over the misuse …

In a major setback to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Kalaburagi district, the Opposition Congress successfully won seven out of nine Assembly seats, and the BJP slipped from the five seats it won in the last elections to two this election. Two leaders of the Congress, Priyank Kharge, son of AICC president M. Mallikarjun Kharge, and Ajay Singh, son …

With months away for Karnataka Assembly elections, BJP National Organising Secretary B.L. Speaking at a convention of BJP Shakti Kendra representatives held in Kalaburagi on Friday, Mr. Santosh instructed the party leaders to stop visiting Bengaluru frequently and to stay in their respective constituencies for the next three months to encourage booth-level party workers to come back to power with …

Describing the BJP’s good performance in civic elections in Belagavi, Hubballi-Dharwad and Kalaburagi as people’s acceptance of the new regime, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said the results were a pointer to the shape of things to come in future. He said the party had faced the corporation elections under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit …