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There are lessons for the Congress to learn from the Karnataka elections of how burying the hatchet among top leaders and not washing dirty linen in public can help, says Ramesh Menon.

Former state minister and TPCC leader Mohammed Ali Shabbir welcomed the Supreme Court’s serious exception to statements made by BJP leaders regarding the withdrawal of 4 per cent reservation for Muslims in Karnataka.

While the RJD and JD(U) may be unhappy at the high court's decision, they are not giving up just yet.

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Haryana Cabinet on Monday accepted the State Backward Classes Commissions report on the proportion of reservation for the communities in urban local body elections, according to an official statement. India News | Haryana Cabinet Accepts Backward Classes Panel Report on Reservation in Urban Local Body Polls.

Karnataka is the only state in South India where the Bharatiya Janata Party is in power. It is now battling anti-incumbency and the after-effects of its recent interventions with regard to reservations. It has moved the Muslims into the economically weaker sections and has recommended internal reservations among the Scheduled Castes. These strategies might add to confusion

An assurance to examine all aspects of the issue would soothe the flaring tempers.

As the process to finalise the nomination of leaders of ruling parties to various posts in government boards and commissions in Jharkhand has reportedly started, there is a ruckus in the Congress.The party's former state working president Manas ...

Overall, the Karnataka election result, to a large extent, will hinge on how much the major parties can safeguard their core vote-banks in key geographies. And the extent to which the Lingayat and Vokkaliga vote may shift

Reservation solely on the basis of religion is unconstitutional since it not only violates the mandates of Articles 14, 15, and 16 of the Indian Constitution, but also militates against the...

The two traditionally powerful caste groups, Lingayats and Vokkaligas, virtually controlled state politics between 1956 and 1972 and the L-V caste equation powered the Congress’s political hold over Karnataka until the mid-1970s