Bengaluru: Former President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday called on the family of former union minister and BJP leader Ananth Kumar who passed away on November 12 at a private hospital here due to lung cancer. Condoling the death, Mukherjee recalled his association with Kumar during his long political stint. “The former president arrived at 8 p.m […]

Udupi: Rich tributes were offered at the public homage, cutting across party lines, to late Ananth Kumar, national leader of BJP on Thursday, November 22 at the Town Hall at Ajjarakad near here. Floral tributes were offered to the photograph of Ananth Kumar by political leaders of various parties and also the seer of Pejawar […]

Mangaluru: While requests for correction in the Record of Rights, Tenancy and Crops (RTC) and other revenue records dominated among the applications, the day long District Revenue Adalat also dealt with complaints of life threats by illegal sand extractors to owners of Kumki and Patta land. There was a request to hold the adalat once […]

Mangaluru: Post Union minister of chemicals and fertilizers H N Ananth Kumar demise due to cancer, a BJP MLA has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to start a cancer research institute in the name of the deceased minister. BJP’s Belthnagady MLA Harish Poonja requested the PM for a research institute on Cancer through a tweet […]

Bengaluru: Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar has been given the additional charge of the ministry of parliamentary affairs and D V Sadananda Gowda that of the ministry of chemicals and fertilisers, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique Tuesday. The move was necessitated following the demise of Ananth Kumar on Monday. He was holding the charge […]

Mangaluru: Mangaluru police file case against “Mangalore Muslims” Facebook page for derogatory post on the demise of Union minister Ananth Kumar. The post has termed Ananth Kumar communal and read: “Don’t sow the seeds of hate even after going..please don’t take rebirth to destroy the country.” The message was posted around 10 am. It has […]

Bengaluru: The national flag will fly at half mast throughout the country on Monday as a mark of respect to Union Minister Ananth Kumar, who passed away in the early hours, the Home Ministry announced. The Central government will also accord a state funeral to the Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister. “Following the unfortunate demise of […]

Bengaluru : Senior BJP leader and cabinet minister Ananth Kumar died at a hospital in Bengaluru this morning. He was 59. The union minister was suffering from cancer and had returned from the US last month after treatment at a cancer institute in New York. Mr Kumar’s wife Tejaswini and two daughters were with him […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused the opposition of divisive politics and announced that BJP MPs will observe a fast on April 12 to protest the impasse in Parliament, for which he blamed the Congress. The prime minister said at a BJP parliamentary party meeting that the ruling party was doing an inclusive […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday dubbed the BJP’s win over the Left in Tripura a “victory of ideology” and said the party needs to work hard to maintain its winning electoral streak, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar told reporters. Modi was addressing the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, where he was greeted with […]