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Congress has romped home in Karnataka convincingly ousting the BJP in the state assembly elections held on May 10. This means there will be no presence of BJP in south India in any state government and it will remain only a North Indian party. If this trend continues, the Congress may do well in several states including Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan due this year. The Congress Legislature party is meeting tomorrow in Bengaluru to elect a leader.

True to predictions, Karnataka goes back to the Congress and its spectacular margin over ruling BJP not only reflects the strong anti-incumbency factor but also the negativity of all serious efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with bombastic roadshows for a turnaround.

LUCKNOW: BJP has consolidated its position in Uttar Pradesh with capturing of four mayor seats and leading in remaining 13 seats out of total 17 seats.

The dramatic arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan inside a courthouse in the capital Islamabad by security forces has escalated political tensions in the country to new heights. The chain of events that followed this arrest was somewhat hard to imagine in Pakistan.

The Supreme Court has thwarted a move by market regulator SEBI to delay its investigation into the alleged manipulation of shares by the Adani group and issues that have been raised against the group in the wake of the Hindenburg report, which saw the share price of Adani companies nosedive.

The welcome development in Indian economy is that Inflation, riding on base effect, has moved below five per cent mark in April this year. But worrying factor is slowdown in Industrial and consumer goods production as IIP growth decelerated to 1.1 per cent in March this year. As a result rating agency Crisil expects India’s GDP growth to slow down to six per cent in the current year 2023-24 as against 7 per cent in just ended financial year 2022-23.

Union Home Minister Mr Amit Shah’s belated announcement assuring that no official decision would be made regarding a proposed alteration in the status of Meitei tribespeople in Manipur state without a comprehensive discussion among all concerned groups and stakeholders is most welcome.

Time was when hearts beat faster whenever Imran Khan charged in to bowl or looked the way the red ball moving at him as he raised his bat to send it to the ropes or outside the stadium. One does not recall too many occasions when the outstanding all rounder was stumped.

New Delhi: It turned out to be Bronze Friday for Indian pugilists as Country's hope of a gold in Men's World Boxing Champions went up in smoke as Nishant Dev (71Kg) Deepak Bhoria (51kg) and Mohammad Hussamudin (57kg) settled for bronze medals in this global tournament in Tashkent on Friday.

New Delhi: Virtually out of contention with only eight points in their kitty from 11 matches, Delhi Capitals think tank still feels that their team has shown lot of character after suffering first five successive defeats in this seasons IPL.