Siddaramaiah–Shivakumar hold crucial breakfast meeting amid Karnataka leadership issue

IANS | November 29, 2025 11:03 AM

Bengaluru, Nov 29 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar reached Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s official residence, Cauvery, in Bengaluru on Saturday to attend the significant breakfast meeting. The meeting was organised by CM Siddaramaiah following directions from the high command, which instructed both leaders to first talk to each other and then convey the outcome of the leadership tussle to them.

HM Shah inaugurates 60th DGP-IGP conference in Raipur; emphasises intelligence synergy for 'Viksit Bharat' security roadmap

IANS | November 29, 2025 12:03 AM

Raipur, Nov 29 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah has inaugurated the 60th All-India Conference of Directors General and Inspectors General of Police (DGP-IGP) at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) campus in Chhattisgarh's Naya Raipur, hailing it as a transformative "portal of solutions" to India's internal security challenges under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.

Congress revamps Chhattisgarh unit; appoints 41 new district presidents

IANS | November 28, 2025 11:06 PM

New Delhi/Raipur Nov 28 (IANS) In a major organisational overhaul ahead of the 2028 Assembly elections, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday approved the appointment of 41 new District Congress Committee (DCC) presidents across Chhattisgarh with immediate effect.

Economists expect GDP growth in 7.4 pc-7.6 pc range in FY26

IANS | November 28, 2025 9:08 PM

New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) As the average gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate remained at 8 per cent for the first half of the current financial year H1 FY26, economists on Friday predicted that the nation's FY26 GDP growth would be in the range of 7.4 per cent to 7.6 per cent.

'We talk of uniting INDIA bloc but can't unite our own leaders': Veerappa Moily on K'taka crisis

IANS | November 28, 2025 8:18 PM

Bengaluru/New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Amid escalating tensions in the Karnataka Congress over the chief ministerial issue, senior Congress leader and former Union Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Friday delivered a sharp rebuke to the party high command, cautioning that the leadership is weakening its own political position by failing to manage internal dissent even as it speaks of uniting the INDIA bloc nationally.