Mandya: Union minister HD Kumaraswamy has reiterated his commitment to the Mekedatu drinking water project.Speaking to reporters Sunday, the Mandya Lok Sabha MP said the proposed reservoir at Mekedatu is intended solely to meet the drinking water requirements of Bengaluru and surrounding areas and urged Tamil Nadu to support the initiative.“The project will benefit both…
Union minister for steel and heavy industries HD Kumaraswamy Mandya: Union minister for steel and heavy industries HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday reiterated his commitment to the Mekedatu drinking water project.Speaking to reporters, Kumaraswamy, who represents the Mandya Lok Sabha segment, said a delegation led by former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda had already submitted a…
HD Deve Gowda addresses reporters in Bengaluru on Wednesday Bengaluru: Former PM and JD(S) national president HD Deve Gowda insisted that he had not sought a Rajya Sabha seat and that his equation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not defined by a parliamentary seat.Speaking to reporters at the party office in Bengaluru, Gowda said…
Union minister HD Kumaraswamy greets his father and JD(S) president HD Deve Gowda in Bengaluru Bengaluru: Union minister HD Kumaraswamy revealed former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda “never applied” for a ticket to contest Rajya Sabha polls and that Congress was trying to create a rift in the JD(S)-BJP alliance with what he called “false…
Mysuru: KPCC spokesperson M Lakshmana on Tuesday claimed that if NDA had informed that JD(S) supremo and former PM HD Deve Gowda that he will not be renominated to Rajya Sabha, Congress would have thought about giving one of the three seats to him.He termed BJP’s decision to deny RS seat to Gowda is an…
Gadag: Haveri MP Basavaraj Bommai has predicted political instability in the state for the next two years.Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, Bommai said that though the transfer of power appears smooth on the surface, internal conflicts are still simmering strongly. “The state will witness dissatisfaction and administrative decline, and the lives of common people…
Mandya: Mandya Assembly segment MLA Ravikumar Ganiga launched a sharp attack on the BJP over the reported denial of Rajya Sabha nominations to veteran leader HD Deve Gowda and former MP Sumalatha Ambareesh.The Congress MLA alleged that the BJP treated both leaders unfairly and, in the process, caused injustice to the Vokkaliga community.Speaking to reporters,…
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge hands in his Rajya Sabha nomination papers to assembly secretary MK Vishalakshi at Vidhana Soudha on Friday Bengaluru: Accompanied by Lok Sabha opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha election from Karnataka at Vidhana Soudha Friday.Chief minister DK Shivakumar, former CM Siddaramaiah, Congress…
Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot congratulates Yathindra Siddaramaiah after he took oath as minister Bengaluru: The induction of Yathindra Siddaramaiah into DK Shivakumar’s council of ministers has again brought Karnataka’s long-running debate over dynasty politics into focus, highlighting a political reality that extends across party lines despite repeated public criticism of hereditary succession.The discussion has gained…
Vijayapura: The Indi assembly constituency in Vijayapura district holds a unique place in Karnataka’s political history — not for producing chief ministers or heavyweight ministers, but for never securing a ministerial berth despite decades of electoral participation.The constituency has existed since 1957 and has witnessed Assembly elections in 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1978, 1983, 1985,…
