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Karnataka jinx works again

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party won 19 of the 28 seats in Karnataka Saturday, one more than its 2004 tally, but there was little to celebrate as the party's hopes of capturing power in New Delhi came a cropper. The Karnataka jinx, by which the party that wins more seats in the state loses at the centre, worked again.6:31 PM on May 16