Sirsi: Welcoming the Supreme Court decision to decriminalise sexual relations between consenting homosexual adults, Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde on Saturday said homosexuality is not a crime nor a curse on society and that they too have the fundamental right to live with dignity. He was speaking to reporters after taking part in ‘Swachhata hi Seva’ […]

Udupi : Union Minister of State for Skill Development Anantkumar Hegde should stop making “cheap and reckless” statements against other political parties said, S.L. Bhoje Gowda, MLC and JD(S) leader on Saturday here. Addressing presspersons here, Mr. Gowda said Mr. Hegde was a Union Minister and was expected to maintain some dignity. “Instead of making […]

Karwar : Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Anantkumar Hegde as a loafer said JD(S) leader Anand Asnotikar on Saturday . “Anantkumar Hegde is a loafer, a useless fellow,” he told reporters. “Somebody hoisted the tricolour in Hubballi, but Hegde told the RSS leaders that he had hoisted the flag. He claims that he […]

Mangaluru: Ansar Ahmed, president of district unit of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, said on Thursday that the Union Minister of State for Skill Development, Anantkumar Hegde, should apologise for his statement that mosques were collecting “Zakat” and using it to purchase arms and bombs. He was speaking at a dharna organised to protest against Mr. Hegde’s […]

Mangaluru: While making it clear that he will not be part of any political party or rallies, actor Prakash Raj said here on Wednesday that he would continue to speak against the BJP, whose communal politics was destroying the secular fabric of the country. During a ‘Meet the Press’ organised by the Dakshina Kannada Working […]

Bangaluru: Four people were badly injured after Union minister Anantkumar Hegde’s car hit a car and a bicycle at Dorekaval gate on NH 207 near Devanahalli around 6.30 pm while the he was travelling from Doddaballapur to the airport. Eye witness claim that the minister didn’t stop even after his car hit other vehicles and […]

Mangaluru: Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Anantkumar Hegde has asked the Chief Secretary to State government to direct all concerned with the celebration of Tipu Jayanti not to include his name in the programme invitations. Mr. Hegde, as the MP for Uttara Kannada, had last year also asked the Deputy Commissioner […]

Sirsi : Muslim organisations have demanded that Anantkumar Hegde, the BJP MP from Uttara Kannada, should apologise for his remarks against Islam. Hegde had said here recently that terrorism could not be curbed till Islam existed. He told reporters that everyone knew that Bhatkal in the district and Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh were havens for terrorist […]