DK Shivakumar (left) and Siddaramaiah BENGALURU: A foreign tour by a bloc of Congress legislators aligned with CM Siddaramaiah has injected volatility into Karnataka politics, sharpening a power struggle with deputy CM DK Shivakumar over a long-speculated transition.About 27 Congress MLAs and MLCs are set to leave for Australia and NZ Tuesday, party insiders said....

A file image of senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Monday (February 16, 2026) said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin stood the best chance of consolidating the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parties in the INDIA bloc to “help Rahul Gandhi assume the...

Pradeep Nishantha couldn’t find the house. He’d heard about the batting talent of Pathum Nissanka, wanted to draft him for a Colombo school, but the small government-built home—one of many constructed for tsunami victims—was impossible to locate. Eventually, Nishantha made a call. Come to Kalutara Bodiya, the famous temple in the region. That’s where they...