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Idli, vada and unease: Siddaramaiah-DKS meet ends in smiles but no big breakthrough

Idli, vada and unease: Siddaramaiah-DKS meet ends in smiles but no big breakthrough

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Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar sat down for a highly anticipated breakfast on Saturday, a meeting meant to calm the chatter over a possible leadership change. But despite the smiles and handshakes at a press conference that followed the idli-vada breakfast, sources familiar with the talks said the discussion “hit a bit of an impasse”. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (L) and deputy CM DK Shivakumar during a breakfast meeting at the former’s residence in Bengaluru on Saturday.(X/@DKShivakumar) Both men held firm to their positions during the closed-door meeting at the CM’s official residence, Kaveri, sources told HT. Siddaramaiah is learnt to have asked Shivakumar to take over the chief minister’s post only after the next election in 2028. The tensions go back to an understanding — never officially confirmed by the Congress but widely spoken of — that Shivakumar would take over as CM once Siddaramaiah completed half his term. With the government hitting the 2.5-year mark on November 20, the buzz about a possible transition has grown louder. Siddaramaiah, however, …

“Hint Of Unease Came When…”: On Mohammed Shami’s Injury Status Amid 1st T20I Omission, Report’s Big Claim

“Hint Of Unease Came When…”: On Mohammed Shami’s Injury Status Amid 1st T20I Omission, Report’s Big Claim

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Mohammed Shami‘s much-anticipated comeback will be further delayed as the Indian pacer was not named in India’s playing eleven for the first T20I against England, fueling speculations whether national selectors are sanguine about his fitness. Ironically, the seemingly fit-again 34-year-old pacer bowled for close to half an hour at the side nets, targeting stumps, even as Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav announced the playing XI without including him after opting to bowl at the toss. Although there is a heavy strapping on his left knee, Shami had bowled full tilt at the India nets in all their sessions. The question however remains whether problem of a swelling left knee after each rigorous session is still causing problems for the veteran pacer. There seemed to be no significant doubts about his fitness, as skipper Suryakumar had expressed confidence in Shami’s inclusion during the pre-match media interaction. “It’s always good to have an experienced bowler in your side, and he is making a comeback after over a year. I am really excited to see him. I …

Unease grows as Congress delays announcing candidates for Goa’s 2 Lok Sabha seats | Latest News India

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Panaji: Delay by the Congress Central Election Committee (CEC) to formally announce the party’s candidates for Goa’s two parliamentary seats after having seemingly finalised the names in a meeting last week has sparked restlessness among the party’s workers and their alliance partners. The Congress CEC, it seems, had finalised Sunil Kauthankar, a Congress leader since his National Students’ Union of India days, for north Goa, and Viriato Fernandes for south Goa. (Reprsentative photo.) On Sunday evening, a group of supporters gathered at the residence of Viriato Fernandes, a former Navy captain and Congress leader, who as a Congress candidate lost narrowly to the BJP’s Mauvin Godinho in the 2022 Goa Assembly polls, demanding that Fernandes be given the ticket. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. “We have come to wish him on the occasion of Easter as well as to express our support. He is a leader who has taken up issues for Goa including the coal handling issue, the fishermen’s issues, the issue of double tracking and has been …

Mallikarjun Kharge May Skip Lok Sabha Contest, Unease In Party: Sources

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Mallikarjun Kharge has said he does not want to get “confined” to one constituency New Delhi: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge may not contest the Lok Sabha polls this time — a possibility that has rung alarm bells in some sections. The general cannot be missing in the battlefield is the sentiment and they advocate him leading from the front. But the party veteran has pointed out a crucial aspect — the chief needs to take care the big picture without getting involved in his own personal campaign. Mr Kharge was the one unanimous name in the candidates’ list for Karnataka that was discussed last week for the Gulbarga constituency. But he is likely to nominate his son-in-law Radhakrishnan Doddamani, sources close to him have told NDTV. Mr Kharge had won twice from the Gulbarga constituency but lost in 2019. He has since been in Rajya Sabha, where he is the Leader of the Opposition. He has four more years left in the Upper House. Mr Kharge’s son Priyank Kharge is a minister in the cabinet …

Vikramaditya Singh meets rebel MLAs, sparks unease within Himachal Congress | Latest News India

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Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh has met six rebel Congress lawmakers in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Haryana’s Panchkula ahead of a visit to Delhi even as chief minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday appeared to have staved off a crisis his government faced. Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh. (ANI) The meeting created a ripple of unease within Congress as it worked overtime to save its only government in north India. Singh was expected to travel to Delhi to meet Union minister Nitin Gadkari as per his official schedule. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. “Vikramaditya met us in Panchkula and that is all that I can say,” said a rebel lawmaker over the phone even as the minister was unavailable for comments. Also Read: Himachal Pradesh crisis: Former minister, ex-chairman of ST panel among rebels It was not immediately clear what transpired at the meeting, which came even as the Congress announced a coordination committee to iron out differences between the party and the government at a joint press conference Karnataka …

Amid unease about ‘BJP bid to split party’, 16 Bihar Congress MLAs flown to Hyderabad | Patna News

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As 40 MLAs of Jharkhand’s ruling alliance of JMM and Congress returned to Ranchi on Sunday night, ahead of the Assembly floor test the following day, 16 of Congress’s 19 MLAs in neighbouring Bihar were flown from Delhi to Hyderabad because of fear in the party about an attempt to split it ahead of the trust vote scheduled for February 12. Though the Janata Dal (United), BJP, and the Hindustani Awam Morcha, with the support of an Independent, have 128 MLAs in the 253-member House, a clear majority, state Congress leaders said they were wary of the BJP trying to break away legislators to deal the Mahagathbandhan a crushing blow in the crucial battleground state. Any such move would mark a massive psychological victory for the BJP and further weaken the RJD-led alliance. “We have been hearing for some time about the BJP trying to split our party. They were first called to Delhi by the high command,” said a Bihar Congress leader. Another state Congress functionary said the party had been apprehensive about a …