Karnataka Polls: Lad cousins' ambitions make Congress leaders ...The newly elected Congress MLAs from Bellary, Dharwad and Karwar are said to be pressing the party to accommodate their fellow mining barons in the state government, giving rise to speculation that a mining mafia on the lines of the Reddy brothers ... DNA India, 1 week ago |
Exit BJP's Reddy brothers, enter Cong's own minerThere are the gunmen. There are the sports utility vehicles. And there are a bunch of young men who could pass off as bouncers at a pub. With the Reddy brothers out of the BJP and Bellary due to the CBI cases, Lad is seen as the new mining baron in ... Express India, 3 weeks ago
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Frayed tempers add spice to ticket battle ahead of pollsM H Ambareesh (above), K H Muniyappa It's tantrum time in Karnataka Congress with ticket aspirants who failed to find their names on the list of candidates taking to the streets to vent their ire. In the latest episode, the party succumbed to the ... New Indian Express, 1 month ago
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Congress continues to grapple with rebellionThe Congress, which has announced its candidates for the 222 Assembly seats, is yet to finalise its nominees for the Kapu (Udupi) and Davangere (S) constituencies even as the deadline for filing nominations is ticking | EPS There seems to be no end ... New Indian Express, 1 month ago
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Bellary 'tainted' mine owners in poll fray againIron ore-rich Bellary district appears to be again falling into the clutches of the influential mining lobby. Despite the hue and cry raised by various quarters against the mining industry for causing widespread damage to the district's ecology and ... Deccan Herald, 1 month ago
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Sons of Kharge, Dharam get ticketsSenior party leaders from the State, it appears, have had the final say in preparing the second list of Congress candidates, which was released by the party high command in New Delhi on Sunday, for the 40 contentious Assembly constituencies. Though the ruling ... Deccan Herald, 1 month ago
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Congress leaders to stem rebellionTo avert a possible rebellion in the party on denial of tickets, KPCC president Dr G Parameshwara and others held a closed-door meeting to chalk out strategies to stem the problem. The leaders, who were back from New Delhi after attending meeting to ... New Indian Express, 1 month ago
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