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 […]

Belagavi: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday made a scathing attack against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for his “excessive” use of helicopters and special flights, at a time when the state was reeling under acute drought. Addressing the media after the party legislature meeting in Belagavi, Kumaraswamy said the government was splurging “unnecessarily” instead of exercising […]

Bengaluru: Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy moved into his new home at Bhairidevarakoppa here on Friday and announced that he would stay in Hubballi for 12 days every month in order to strengthen the JD(S) in North Karnataka. The JD(S) leader said that if his party was voted to power in 2018, it would waive all […]

Mangaluru : The Congress and the BJP have been ignoring the real issues of the people, Janata Dal (Secular) State president H.D. Kumaraswamy has said. The Congress was focussing on the controversy surrounding Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanvir Sait and the BJP was politicising the recent murders of right-wing activists, he told presspersons here […]

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 […]

Bengaluru: In a setback to state BJP president and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, the High Court on Wednesday refused to set aside the lower court order to investigate the allotment of Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) sites in Shivamogga. Shivamogga-based advocate B Vinod had filed a private complaint before the Lokayukta against Yeddyurappa, his daughter […]

Udupi : Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy has alleged that both the Congress and the BJP are wasting time on frivolous issues, while there are hordes of serious problems troubling the nation. Speaking to mediapersons after inaugurating the new office of the JD(S) district unit, Kumaraswamy said that the parties were behaving irresponsible. “Both […]

Bengaluru : JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday extended his support to a section of writers who suggested that creating jobs is more important than implementing Bhagya schemes and urged the State government not to take it lightly. Speaking to reporters, he said a section of writers has recently said the government should provide […]

Bangalore :  Six former chief ministers of Karnataka, including one who was prime minister for 10 months, are in the fray for the Lok Sabha seats from the state  a record of sorts. Of them, two each are from the Congress (M. Veerappa Moily and N. Dharam Singh), the BJP (B.S. Yeddyurappa and D.V. Sadananda […]

Chikkaballapur: Carrying the tag of a “migratory bird”, former Chief Minister and state JDS chief H D Kumaraswamy has taken a gamble on a new turf ranging himself against Union Minister M Veerappa Moily from Chikkaballapur Lok Sabha constituency, making it a tight race. Kumaraswamy is seeking to gain hold in a territory where voters […]