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In an exclusive interview with Asianet Newsable, Indian women hockey coach Ankita Billava Suresh speaks about the journey in Tokyo, the team's performance, on PM Modi's call and Odisha CM backing the Indian Hockey team and more.

A loss in his home turf Kalaburagi in the Lok Sabha election and now a tough challenge to oversee the Congress campaign in the Maharashtra Assembly election, Mallikarjun Kharge is no doubt walking a tight rope.  A win will stamp his authority on Karnataka Congress, but a loss could mean the end of his political career.

The BJP returned to power after the political fiasco in Karnataka that led to the collapse of HD Kumaraswamy government due to the withdrawal of support by its MLAs. Is Puducherry set to witness a similar trend? According to sources, few MLAs from the ruling government may withdraw support, allowing the opposition to form government. 

To keep the Belagavi BJP unit under its clout and ensure no discontent hits the BS Yediyurappa-led Karnataka government, the state BJP unit has decided to make Balachandra Jarkiholi as president of the prestigious Karnataka Milk Federation

BJP leader and spokesperson Vaman Acharaya said, BL Santosh will be a full-time RSS worker while the BJP is looking a Lingayat face beyond BS Yediyurappa.

News of Yeddiyurappa's close confidant Aravind Limbavali losing out on the post of state BJP unit president to Nalin Kumar Kateel left many in the political circle surprised. However, BJP spokesperson Vaman Acharya confirmed that Kateel was the first choice. His words hinted that the recent tarnishing of Limbavali’s image on social media did not help his case either.

To ensure the defeat of Congress rebels from Bengaluru who were responsible for the fall of the HD Kumaraswamy-led coalition government, the Karnataka Congress plans to approach BJP leader Sharath Bache Gowda to contest as an independent from Hoskote to take on MTB Nagaraj, field Poornima Suresh, the wife of Hebbal MLA Byrathi Suresh from KR Puram and HC Balakrishna to contest from Mahalakshmipuram and Priya Krishna from RR Nagar to take on Munirathna Naidu in by-polls

Due to the failures of the ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Shanthinagar Congress MLA NA Harris has benefited with prime land in Bengaluru, the BJP alleged. The land in question is said to be a pond and the legal cell BBMP failed to defend it in high court.
 

Karnataka BJP spokesperson Vaman Acharya is confident of the saffron party roping in senior Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy into the party fold

Representing the ‘SBM’ gang, MLAs ST Somashekhar, Byrathi Basavaraj, Munirathna Naidu and Gopalaiah, RR Nagar MLA Munirathna Naidu held HD Revanna responsible for the Karnataka political turmoil as he interfered in signature projects of Bengaluru city