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JD(U) leaders to soon meet Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss Uniform Civil Code

Janata Dal (United) leaders will soon meet Home Minister Amit Shah. They will discuss the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code in various states. This discussion follows Home Minister Shah's assertion about its introduction. He stated that 21 BJP-NDA ruled states will implement UCC before 2029. The JD(U) is a…

The Economic Times · Sep 14

South Central 39: How Prajwal Revanna was convicted, National Award row

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna, and Leena Reghunath first discuss the conviction of former Janata Dal (Secular) leader Prajwal Revanna in the first of four cases of rape against him. The panel, joined by TNM Karnataka bureau chief Anisha Sheth, weighs in on why…

Newslaundry · Aug 10, 2025

Tejashwi Yadav: 'My father is fitter than Nitish Kumar'

This time, it seems to be centred around the fitness of the chiefs of both leading parties--Janata Dal (United) and Rashtriya Janata Dal. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Feb 23, 2025

Take action against Prajwal as per law, but cases against H.D. Revanna were created to get him arrested, says former PM H.D. Deve Gowda in first comment on sex abuse scandal

This is the first comment by Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda on the sex abuse allegations against his grandson and Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna. 

The Hindu · May 18, 2024

BJP springs a surprise at alliance partner JD(S) by nominating its candidates for five of six Council seats

Hours after the former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa announced in Mysuru that the NDA partners BJP and Janata Dal (Secular) will contest four and two seats, respectively, in the upcoming Legislative Council elections for six seats, the BJP sprung a surprise by naming its candidate to one of the two…

The Hindu · May 11, 2024

Prajwal Revanna sexual abuse case: JD(S) petitions Governor seeking his intervention for CBI probe

JD(S) delegation seeks CBI probe in Hassan MP sexual abuse case, accuses SIT of bias and diversion tactics.

The Hindu · May 9, 2024

K. Vasanth Bangera, five-time Belthangady MLA, passes away

K. Vasanth Bangera, fomer MLA from Belthangady for five terms, passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

The Hindu · May 8, 2024

H.D. Revanna remanded in SIT custody for three days till May 8; he says arrest is a ‘political conspiracy’

Janata Dal (S) leader and former Minister H.D. Revanna, who has been arrested in an abduction case, was on Sunday remanded in three-day police custody of the Special Investigation Team (SIT).

The Hindu · May 5, 2024

BJP, JD(S) believe their alliance will survive the Prajwal ‘sexual abuse’ case

In the midst of the Parliamentary election, the sexual exploitation case allegedly involving the incumbent Hassan MP and Janata Dal (Secular) candidate Prajwal Revanna has brought the focus on the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Karnataka of which the JD(S) is a part

The Hindu · May 4, 2024

Revanna arrested from Deve Gowda’s residence in abduction case; woman rescued

Former Minister and Holenarsipur Janata Dal (S) MLA H.D. Revanna, 66, who is facing abduction charges, was arrested from the house of his father and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda at Padmanabhanagar in South Bengaluru on Saturday evening amid high drama.

The Hindu · May 4, 2024