<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed><author name="R. Jayaprakash"><item><title>Sculptor Arun Yogiraj carves RAM LALLA idol for Ram Temple inauguration</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>The much-anticipated inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya is set to take place on January 22, with a unique touch of craftsmanship from Mysore. The statue of Ramlalla, to be installed in the Ram Mandir, has been intricately carved by Mysore-b...</excerpt></item><item><title>Siddaramaiah’s push for caste census driven by politics: Ex-CM Bommai</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>In a heated political standoff, the release of the caste census report has become a bone of contention, sparking accusations and objections from various quarters. Ministers within the Congress government are reportedly hesitant to disclose the fin...</excerpt></item><item><title>Telangana polls: Vijayashanthi quits BJP, likely to join Congress</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has suffered a huge setback during the ongoing Telangana Assembly elections as seasoned woman leader Vijayashanthi tendered her resignation from the party. The announcement came through a formal resignation letter ...</excerpt></item><item><title>CM Siddaramaiah’s son sparks row as video goes viral</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>A recent video featuring Yathindra Siddaramaiah, son of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, has ignited a fierce political debate in Karnataka, raising allegations of interference and impropriety. The video captures a phone conversation between Yathindra...</excerpt></item><item><title>Karnataka BJP chief Vijayendra takes charge</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>In a significant political development that marks a new chapter in Karnataka BJP, Shikaripura MLA B.Y. Vijayendra, son of former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, officially took charge as the BJP state president on Wednesday. The ceremony, held at...</excerpt></item><item><title>Kumaraswamy didn’t want me as CM, reveals DKS</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>Revealing the story behind the story of rivalry and collapse of Congress-JDS government, Deputy Chief Minister (DCM) and KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar expressed his dismay at former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy’s silence on crucial matters dur...</excerpt></item><item><title>Cops begin probe into USD 2.5 million found near Hebbal railway track</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>In a surprising twist of fate, a bag containing a staggering USD 2.5 million was stumbled upon by a young rag-picker near the Hebbal railway track. The discovery, hidden in a bush, has sparked a series of events that have left the city buzzing wit...</excerpt></item><item><title>Karnataka govt to fully implement SC’s Cauvery water allocation to Bengaluru</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>In a significant development, the Karnataka government has issued an order to fully implement the Supreme Court’s 2018 directive, reserving 24 TMC (Thousand Million Cubic Feet) of Cauvery water annually for drinking water purposes in Bangalore and...</excerpt></item><item><title>Karnataka extends uninterrupted supply OF ELECTRICITY to farmers</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>In a significant move aimed at addressing the ongoing power crisis in the state, the government has decided to extend uninterrupted power supply to farmers. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced that the government will now provide farmers with se...</excerpt></item><item><title>CM KCR performs Yaga ahead of polls</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>Ahead of the Assembly elections in Telangana, the state’s Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, popularly known as KCR, marked the conclusion of a three-day-long sacred Rajshyamala Yaga at his Erravalli Farmhouse in Siddipet district. The ...</excerpt></item><item><title>Congress warns Karnataka ministers, party MLAs of action for public statements</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>In the midst of a power struggle within the Congress government of Karnataka, AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala has issued a stern warning against ministers and party legislators who make public statements about internal party matters...</excerpt></item><item><title>C.M. Ibrahim expelled, H.D. Kumaraswamy named as new JDS state president</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>The Janata Dal Secular (JDS) has removed C.M. Ibrahim from his post as the JDS state president and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has been chosen as his successor. This significant decision was reached during a JDS Core Committee meeting h...</excerpt></item><item><title>PM Modi chairs meet, reviews Gaganyaan Mission’s progress</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting to assess the progress of India’s Gaganyaan Mission and to outline the future of India’s space exploration endeavours. The Department of Space presented a comprehensive overview of the Gaga...</excerpt></item><item><title>JDS state president C.M. Ibrahim rejects alliance with BJP, hints at possible split</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>In a startling turn of events, the Janata Dal (Secular) state president C.M. Ibrahim has unequivocally rejected former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda’s decision to form an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the upcoming Lok Sa...</excerpt></item><item><title>Karnataka CM rubbishes BJP’s ‘seized cash belongs to Congress’ allegation</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday dismissed as “politically motivated and baseless” the Opposition BJP’s allegation that the cash seized by the Income Tax Department in recent raids here belonged to the Congress party. “It’s a politi...</excerpt></item><item><title>Tejasvi Surya acts to expedite work on Bengaluru Metro’s Yellow Line</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya urged China Railway Rolling Stock (CRRC), supplier of coaches for Namma Metro, to release train car bodies for two additional rakes solely for early completion of the Yellow Line. Surya conducted an inspection of t...</excerpt></item><item><title>Normalcy returns in Shivamogga after  Eid-e-Milad violence, 60 held</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>After a wave of violence disrupted the Eid-e-Milad procession in the Ragigudda and Shantinagar areas on October 1, peace has been restored in the city as of Monday. The district administration’s swift action imposing prohibitory orders under Secti...</excerpt></item><item><title>Karnataka to see bandh today over Cauvery water row</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>A statewide bandh has been called for tomorrow in Karnataka under the leadership of veteran Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj. The bandh, which has garnered support from hundreds of organisations, is being held to demand justice in the longstanding C...</excerpt></item><item><title>BSY declares BJP and JDS will fight parliamentary elections together</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>After a series of twists and turns, admissions and denials post Karnataka assembly results that gave Congress party much needed victory, the BJP and JDS whose political fortunes plummeted seem to have finally decided to come together to fight the ...</excerpt></item><item><title>BSY broaches Cauvery issue to revive his political fortunes</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>As the Lok Sabha elections draw nearer, the political landscape in Karnataka is heating up with verbal skirmishes among political leaders. In a significant development, former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader, B.S. Yeddyurappa, who had maintai...</excerpt></item><item><title>Technology is a tool for human progress: CM Siddaramaiah</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>Chief Minister Siddaramaiah opined that technology, at its core, is a tool for human progress. He was speaking at the interactive session at the curtain raiser of the Bengaluru Tech Summit held on Monday. The CM said that the Bengaluru Tech Summit...</excerpt></item><item><title>Protest erupt in Karnataka over release of 5,000 cusecs of water to TN</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>With Karnataka started releasing 5,000 cusecs Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, protests erupted in southern part of Karnataka on Thursday. While various farmer bodies staged demonstrations in Mysuru, Mandya and Chamarajanagar against the release of wa...</excerpt></item><item><title>BJP lacks morality to bring chargesheet on Govt’s mistaskes: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>The BJP has no moral right to bring a charge sheet on the government’s mistakes, said Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah while speaking to media in Mysore on Tuesday. Reacting to BJP’s statement that it will bring out a charge sheet regarding f...</excerpt></item><item><title>BLR Airport handled record Perishable Cargo for the third consecutive year</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>Bengaluru, August 03, 2023: For three consecutive years, Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru (also known as KIAB/BLR Airport), has maintained its position as the leading airport for exporting perishable cargo in India. The Airport witnessed...</excerpt></item><item><title>Siddaramaiah launches Anna Bhagya guarantee scheme</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>The BJP government at the Centre is carrying out an anti-poor, dirty politics by stopping the supply of rice to the state as soon as the Annabhagya Yojana was announced, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expressed indignation that the Central Government...</excerpt></item><item><title>Karnataka to spend Rs 52K crore per annum to implement five key poll promises</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that about Rs 52,000 crore would be spent annually to implement the five key poll promises of the Congress as he presented the 2023-24 budget in the Legislative Assembly. He also proposed to hik...</excerpt></item><item><title>Siddaramaiah walks into assembly today having delivered 3 out of 5 guarantee schemes</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>The Monsoon Session of the Karnataka Assembly is set to kick on Monday, with the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government all set to quell any kind of attempt to disrupt the proceedings having delivered three guarantee schemes – Anna Bhagya, Shakti an...</excerpt></item><item><title>Karnataka BJP set for major overhaul</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>The Karnataka BJP is all set to see some major changes in its party organizational structure in view of the major poll debacle and also keeping in view of the 2024 parliamentary elections. According to sources in the BJP, party’s top brass is expe...</excerpt></item><item><title>JDS, BJP join hands ahead of parliamentary elections</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>The changing political fortunes in Karnataka that saw Congress romp home with a thumping majority has now led to new equations, with BJP and JDS warming up to each other. Though both parties have always been projected as fixtures of opposite ends ...</excerpt></item><item><title>Devegowda stands by Railway Minister amidst calls for resignation</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>In a somber turn of events, a devastating railway accident has left nearly 300 people dead, plunging the nation into grief and raising important questions about railway safety. Former Prime Minister and JDS National President, HD Devegowda, shed l...</excerpt></item><item><title>Karnataka Congress rocked by Chief Minister power dispute</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>The ruling Congress party in Karnataka faces significant internal turbulence just weeks after its recent election victory and subsequent announcement of a power-sharing agreement for the role of the state’s chief minister. The agreement was a stra...</excerpt></item><item><title>Congress unveils Rs 60,000 crore guarantee schemes in Karnataka</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>Karnataka’s newly formed Congress government, led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, announced the implementation of its pre-election promise of five guarantee schemes, which are expected to significantly impact the state’s finances. The announcement...</excerpt></item><item><title>Beyond balancing game, most for Shivakumar</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>In the cacophony of who is going to lead the Congress government in Karnataka, perhaps the reading between the lines has been missed by political pandits. Consider this. Despite CLP backing claim by Siddaramaiah, he has been made to run around and...</excerpt></item><item><title>BJP sniffs facile victory in Karnataka: CM</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>As the countdown for the Karnataka assembly polls has begun, incumbent Chief Minister Basavaraj Somappa Bommai bared his agenda before NewsX and said that the purpose of his rallies is to deliver the report card of the double engine government of ...</excerpt></item><item><title>Congress to save democracy at any cost: Mallikarjun Kharge</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>All India Congress Committee (AICC) President MallikarjunKharge, during an interview with NewsX, shares his views about a host of issues, including Opposition unity, Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the LokSabha and the upcoming Assembly elect...</excerpt></item><item><title>Amul-Nandini Made Emotional Issue Due To Karnataka elections: Nirmala Sitharaman</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>To suddenly say Amul is being brought to Karnataka to kill Nandini is &amp;#8220;brazen&amp;#8221;, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday, as she alleged that the Gujarat-based dairy cooperative had entered the state when Congress was i...</excerpt></item><item><title>BJP banks on extended community base, development, leaders&amp;#8217; charisma to win poll</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>As a rehearsal for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants to expand its voters’ base in Karnataka beyond Lingayat-Veerashaiva community through its ideology, nationalism and development works. With BS Yediyurappa’s ex...</excerpt></item><item><title>Winning Vokkaligas hearts crucial for BJP in Karnataka</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>In Karnataka, the historic rivalry between the Lingayats and the Vokkaligas has determined the direction of state politics, with both of these influential castes enjoying high political representation despite their small populations. As per an est...</excerpt></item><item><title>Karnataka: Pre-poll blues strike BJP as Lingayat leaders jettison party</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>The back-to-back leaving of prominent Lingayat leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka has worried the saffron party. As B.S. Yediyurappa is no more in electorate politics, it has further aggravated the situation for the ruling ...</excerpt></item><item><title>Karnataka: Pre-poll blues strike BJP as Lingayat leaders jettison party</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>The back-to-back leaving of prominent Lingayat leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka has worried the saffron party. As B.S. Yediyurappa is no more in electorate politics, it has further aggravated the situation for the ruling ...</excerpt></item><item><title>&amp;#8216;Congress dividing people through religion&amp;#8217;</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>In an exclusive interview with NewsX, our sister organization, B.Y. Vijayendra shares his political journey after BJP decides to field him from Shikaripura. Q: The next generation of the BSY family is going to contest the poll finally from Shikari...</excerpt></item><item><title>Siddaramaiah in a pickle, now demands ticket from Kolar</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>With the BJP dropping a bomb by nominating Lingayat strongman V Somanna to contest from Varuna constituency from where former chief minister Siddaramaiah is fielded by the Congress, the AHINDA (acronym for OBC, SC/ST and minorities) leader now see...</excerpt></item><item><title>Siddu finds an enemy, DK a friend in Kharge</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>It is all coming to a full circle in Karnataka Congress as Mallikarjun Kharge took charge as AICC president. The change in dynamics has affected the big two—former chief minister and CLP leader Siddaramaiah and KPCC president D. K. Shivakumar. In ...</excerpt></item><item><title>Confident of defending border dispute with Maharashtra: Karnataka CM</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>The almost 19-year-old Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute case will be heard in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, and Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai said that he is confident that senior lawyer Mukul Rohatgi will argue effectively on behalf of K...</excerpt></item><item><title>Karnataka Congress mops up Rs 25 cr from ticket aspirants</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>In what may be seen as a new precedence, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee has collected over Rs 25 crores from over 1250 ticket aspirants from the party. Monday was the last date to receive applications from prospective candidates for the ...</excerpt></item><item><title>Shivakumar, Siddaramaiah spar over entry of turncoats to party</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>While the pictures of bonhomie between state Congress president D K Shivakumar and legislative party leader Siddaramaiah during Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in Karnataka was widely talked about, just days after the yatra both the leaders are s...</excerpt></item><item><title>BJP, BSY NEED EACH OTHER MORE THAN EVER</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>Whoever wrote the political obituary of former chief minister Lingayat strongman B.S. Yediyurappa and added him to the latest list of BJP’s margadarshak mandal, will now have to swallow their pride! Just a fortnight after BSY declared that his son...</excerpt></item><item><title>Act tough, go aggressive: Amit Shah to Karnataka CM Bommai</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>Ever since the hijab controversy broke out, last year, the Karnataka BJP which has been bracing up for the all important assembly elections in 2023, had been revitalized to play the Hindutva card in the elections. However, now seems to have been c...</excerpt></item><item><title>SPECIAL COURT GRANTS BAIL TO SHIVAKUMAR, 4 AIDES IN ED CASE</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>The special Enforcement Directorate (ED) court on Tuesday granted bail to Karnataka state Congress president, DK Shivakumar and four others in a case related to money laundering. Speaking to mediapersons in Delhi after securing bail, he said: ‘’ n...</excerpt></item><item><title>SOCIAL MEDIA ABUZZ WITH SIDDARAMAIAH’S ‘ANTI-VOKKALIGA’ STAND</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/sculptor-arun-yogiraj-carves-ram-lalla-idol-for-ram-temple-inauguration/</link><pubDate>January 2, 2024, 3:18 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARUN-300x169.jpeg</image><category>India</category><excerpt>Even today, whenever former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is in Mysore, he stays in his close aide Mariswami’s house, a Vokkaliga from Kuppegala, where Siddaramaiah did his schooling. But the paradox is that it is widely perceived that he is anti-Vo...</excerpt></item></author></feed>