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Bengaluru, April 25 (IANS) A fresh controversy has erupted in Karnataka after Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader wrote to Home Minister G. Parameshwara seeking a review and possible withdrawal of cases against alleged “innocent Muslim youth” in connection with the 2022 Ladle Mashak Dargah violence case.The letter has also reignited the Ladle Mashak Dargah dispute in Aland town of Kalaburagi district, which had triggered widespread unrest in 2022. Khader, in his letter, has urged the government to …

New Delhi/Ahmedabad, Jan 24 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday, sharply escalated the political row over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that the electoral roll exercise was being misused as a tool for “planned and strategic vote theft” in Gujarat and other states. In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi claimed that the same pattern had emerged wherever the SIR was implemented. “Wherever there is SIR, there is vo…

Bengaluru, Jan 2 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that a recent survey conducted under the Election Commission framework has been selectively used to manufacture a misleading narrative to counter allegations of electoral malpractice raised by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.Commenting on the survey and its findings highlighting voter confidence in the electoral process and Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in Karnataka, Siddaramaiah said, “Over the last 24 hours, an Ele…

Oslo, Jan 1 (IANS) Denmark and the Faroe Islands on Thursday formally took over the presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers for 2026, pledging to deepen Nordic cooperation with a focus on societal security, competitiveness and updating the Helsinki Treaty. According to a press release by the Nordic Council of Ministers, one of the main priorities of the Danish-Faroese presidency will be to ensure that the Helsinki Treaty is updated so that it reflects the fact that Nordic cooperation consi…