Mangaluru: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) South Karnataka in-charge Dr G Srinivas has announced that the BSP party under the leadership of Mayawathi and JDS party under the leadership of former Prime Minister Deve Gowda will join together and compete in the upcoming 2018 legislative assembly elections from Sullia constituency in Dakshina Kannada district and Karkala […]

Mangaluru: Veteran Congress leader B. Janardhana Poojary’s autobiography ‘Salamelada Sangrama’ (The battle of loan melas) that was released here on Friday, is peppered with nuggets of the key role he played in national and State politics during the Indira-Sonia Gandhi era. One of the interesting narrations is about how he was instrumental in giving a […]

Mangaluru: The octogenarian former Prime Minister Hardanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda is preparing for yet another electoral battle. With his party faring none too well in the coastal districts of Karnataka, the JD(S) national chief is not giving up on these districts and hopes to send at least one MLA from each of the 30 districts […]

Mangaluru: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Sunday visited the residence of slain Bajrang Dal activist Deepak Rao and offered condolences to the bereaved family. “My younger (Sathish) son can neither hear nor speak. Deepu was the bread winner for the family. What do I do now,” a sobbing Premalatha asked.After maintaining silence […]

Udupi: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at Uppoor said that he can handle Deve Gowda and is not scared of threats from anyone. When CM was questioned on repeated threats from former PM Deve Gowda, CM said he knows ways of dealing with it and said that there is nothing additional that Gowda has which has not […]

Hassan: Holenarasipur MLA H D Revanna has sought a release of Rs 5 crore for each Assembly constituency to tackle the drinking water crisis. He told reporters here on Thursday that despite declaring all seven taluks of the district as drought-hit, no funds have been released for the past two months. He said water table in […]

Bengaluru: The JD(S) on Tuesday decided to constitute four teams that will tour districts, identify local problems and enrol members, to ready the party to face the next Assembly elections. The newly constituted core committee held its first meeting under the leadership of party supremo H D Deve Gowda. Addressing the media, JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy said […]

Udupi: In an official programme held at Muloor on Sunday by JD(S) over hundred Congress party workers joined JD(S) who are said to be the followers of former Congress MP Jayaprakash Hedge. Former Prime Minister and JD(S) Chief H D Deve Gowda welcomed the new entrants to the party. These people had left Congress party […]

Chikkamagaluru: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) president H D Deve Gowda said that he will take out a state-wide tour from November 15 to strengthen the party for the 2018 Assembly elections. Speaking at the JD(S) workers convention at the AIT boys’ hostel on the outskirts of the town on Tuesday, he said that he has […]

Udupi: Former prime minister and JDS Supremo H D Deve Gowda has responded harshly to district in-charge Minister Pramod Madhwaraj’s statement saying that Rama and Krishna were non vegetarians. “There is no lack of people, who create controversies,” he said. Addressing the press reporters at Circuit House on Sunday, he said that the purpose of […]