Sting-op fiasco: Siddaramaiah, Hariprasad’s stance leaves Shivakumar on the backfoot

Published 03 Nov 2026, 09:00 IST

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Kumaraswamy accuses Shivakumar of conspiring to distribute ‘sleaze’ videos of Prajwal Revanna; he accuses the Bengaluru Police Commissioner of acting at the behest of the Chief Minister and questions the objectivity of the probe in the sting video case

— The Hindu

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Siddaramaiah’s Delhi meetings and Hariprasad’s remarks shift the sting row from Kumaraswamy’s role to demands for identifying the alleged mastermind

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The Federal Center-Left New Generation Media Corporation Pvt. Ltd. Current article 03 Nov 2026, 09:00 IST

Sting-op fiasco: Siddaramaiah, Hariprasad’s stance leaves Shivakumar on the backfoot

Siddaramaiah’s Delhi meetings and Hariprasad’s remarks shift the sting row from Kumaraswamy’s role to demands for identifying the alleged mastermind

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The Hindu Center-Left Kasturi & Sons Ltd. 03 Nov 2026, 13:17 IST

‘Nobody has the guts’: H.D. Kumaraswamy dares police to take action against him in sting video case

Kumaraswamy accuses Shivakumar of conspiring to distribute ‘sleaze’ videos of Prajwal Revanna; he accuses the Bengaluru Police Commissioner of acting at the behest of the Chief Minister and questions the objectivity of the probe in the sting video case

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The Indian Express Center-Left Indian Express Group 03 Nov 2026, 08:53 IST