Bengaluru  : Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Wednesday said police have been given a free hand and action will be taken in accordance with law against popular Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa and his associates who were arrested in connection with a murder case. He said the police will probe and decide whether Darshan is […]

Bengaluru : Two former deputy chief ministers – G Parameshwara of the Congress and K S Eshwarappa of the BJP -engaged in a rather friendly fight during a debate on the Constitution in the Legislative Assembly on Monday. During his speech, Parameshwara attacked the BJP for not fielding a single minority candidate, which he said […]

New Dehli : The dearth of mass leaders in the Karnataka unit has forced the Congress top brass to fall back on old guard Siddaramaiah, for the post of the leader of the Opposition in the Assembly. The party had to agree to his request not to create a separate post of the Congress Legislature […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka Public Works Minister H D Revanna on Friday, December 28 warned of action against the Bangalore Golf Club over alleged violations, including running a bar. The government had sent a notice in October for which there was no reply, he told reporters here. “We are issuing another notice and if the situation arises […]

Mangaluru: Nearly two years after the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports gave administrative approval for upgrading the Football Ground at the Nehru Maidan as a turf ground, the proposal has come to a standstill in view of the increase in project cost. The Director of the department approved the project estimated at ₹ 1 […]

Madikeri : The government plans to provide prefabricated houses in flood-hit Kodagu to help people who lost their homes. Home Minister G Parameshwara announced the initiative after flagging off four trucks of relief materials collected by BBMP to Kodagu. Speaking to mediapersons here, Parameshwara said, “once the rain stops, we will start building prefabricated houses […]

Bengaluru: Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Tuesday said some pharma organizations in and around Devanahalli were producing tablets bound with narcotics and exporting them to different nations. Reacting to an inquiry in the Legislative Council on the expanding drug hazard in the State and “inaction” by the government to check it, the Home Minister stated, […]

Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday asserted that the JD(S)-Congress coalition government led by HD Kumaraswamy would complete its full five-year term. Parameshwara said he was saying this in the capacity as the KPCC president. This reply of his was to the scepticism raised by reporters after the recent video of former chief […]

Bangaluru: Karnataka’s JD-S-Congress government would soon set up a sub-committee to draft a common minimum program (CMP) from the poll manifesto of the collusion parties, said Coordination Committee director Siddaramaiah on Thursday. “The sub-committee, involving three Congress leaders and two Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) pioneers will draft the CMP for implementing throughout the next five years,” […]

Mangaluru: The NSUI is not untroubled with the JD(S)-Congress government’s decision that cancelled free bus passes for students in the state. Though the finance department has cancelled the proposal sent by KSRTC to issue free bus passes to all categories of students citing financial burden, the NSUI has urged the government to review the decision. […]