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'If you lick it, you’re dead...': Congress chief Kharge calls PM Modi 'poisonous snake', then eats words

"PM Modi is like a 'poisonous snake', you might think it’s poison or not. If you lick it, you are dead," Kharge said during a rally

Winning Formula: BJP’s approach in Karnataka is to transfer leadership to ‘young team’, says PM Modi

For the fight on 224-seat Karnataka assembly, BJP is fielding over 50 new faces

Karnataka Election 2023: Complaint against Amit Shah for his 'riots if Congress comes to power' remark

"Home Minister Amit Shah is obligated to uphold the law. Sadly, he himself is violating the law committing serious offences under the IPC and Representation of People’s Act by making false and misleading statements against the Congress and creating division and enmity," a Congress leader said

Karnataka Election 2023 LIVE Updates: Priyanka Gandhi holds roadshow in Hiriyur, urges people to vote for Congress

Earlier, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh criticised Congress for enacting a 4 per cent religiously-based reservation in Karnataka during its previous tenure, claiming it was done just to satisfy Muslims

BJP, Congress lambast Arvind Kejriwal for Rs 45 crore renovation on residence

While BJP stated that such a big sum was a pointer to the ideological "renovation" of the AAP founder who claimed to promote honesty and simplicity when he entered politics, the Congress party raised questions on Arvind Kejriwal's right to remain in his position

Karnataka Election 2023: 'We banned PFI but Siddarahmaiah released them all', says Amit Shah

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, general secretary of the Congress, said on Tuesday that the state of Karnataka had been 'looted' of Rs 1.5 lakh crore due to the BJP government's allegedly widespread corruption

Expelled after accusing Srinivas BV of harassment, ex-IYC Assam chief dares Congress to conduct internal inquiry

Former IYC Assam President Angkita Dutta said if Congress investigates, it will find that many working women have been dropped from the party's youth wing because of Srinivas BV

China's defence minister General Li Shangfu to visit India for SCO summit

The defence ministry of China said in a statement that Li Shangfu will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting to be held in India from April 27-28

'Had Tejashwi Yadav not been Lalu's son, wouldn't have got job in India': Prashant Kishor lampoons anti-BJP effort

Prashant Kishor's comments came after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Tejashwi Yadav met on Monday to forge Opposition unity against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the upcoming elections

Karnataka Elections 2023: Hijab not a major issue in coastal region poll campaign

Last year, the BJP-led government in Karnataka, in an order, banned wearing of hijab inside campuses after the controversy broke out, saying 'any clothing that would disturb equality, integrity and public law and order' will not be allowed

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

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