Last Updated:November 01, 2024, 11:38 IST Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has ordered all companies and educational institutions in the state to hoist the state flag on November 1 to mark ‘Kannada Rajyotsava’ — Karnataka’s formation day All companies and educational institutions in the state have been asked to hoist the state flag on November … Read more
Deputy CM DK Shivakumar on Monday said he never thought Union Steel & Heavy Industries Minister HD Kumaraswamy had become so weak that he was now begging the BJP to field a candidate on the JDS symbol in Channapatna, which is going to bypolls on November 13. Shivakumar, who is also the president of Karnataka … Read more
Leader And Followers Take Differing PathsFormer Congress leader Ashok Chavan’s decision to join the BJP was expected to boost the latter’s fortunes, particularly in Nanded. However, only Chavan appears to have moved to the BJP, not his supporters. Sensing the tone, he was left asking for the BJP candidate to be elected since failing to … Read more
Last Updated: September 08, 2024, 21:15 IST Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar. (Image: PTI) The DCM has also released to the media a letter that he wrote to AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, regarding his visit to the USA. Rejecting reports that he was travelling to the United States of America to meet some top … Read more
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar will lead a Congress party march to Raj Bhavan on August 31 to press for sanction of prosecution of Union Heavy Industries & Steel Minister HD Kumaraswamy in a mining lease case, among others. Weeks after the BJP led a week-long padayatra to Mysuru from Bengaluru … Read more
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, armed with overwhelming support in the Congress Legislature Party, has gone on the offensive against his arch political rival — Union minister and JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy — and three other BJP leaders. Siddaramaiah’s aggression is backed by support from both the cabinet and the legislature party and comes in the … Read more
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah questioned the moral authority of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former CM B S Yediyurappa to seek his resignation from the CM’s post over the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam at a time when he, too, was embroiled in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act … Read more
The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday resolved to advise governor Thawar Chand Gehlot to withdraw the show cause notice served to chief minister Siddaramaiah over the alleged MUDA scam and dismiss the complaint filed against him by an RTI activist. Siddaramaiah held a breakfast meeting with his cabinet colleagues but did not chair the subsequent cabinet … Read more
After the quota Bill reserving jobs for ‘Kannadigas’ in managerial and clerical roles in the private sector generated significant debate in Karnataka, another Bill currently under discussion — Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill, 2024 — is expected to add fuel to fire. The draft Bill proposes creating a new body — the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) … Read more
While talking to reporters, Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar said, “When BJP government was there in Karnataka, several scams took place. We will tell this before the Assembly and will bring this on record. More than Rs 300 cr worth scams have taken place under the BJP government. We will tell this in House that … Read more
