Ramanagara : Nikhil, son of former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, tied the nuptial knot with Revathi, the grand-niece of former Karnataka housing minister and congress leader M Krishnappa. The marriage was solemnised at Kumaraswamy’s Kethaganahalli farmhouse at Bidadi in the neighbouring Ramanagara district, a JD(S) stronghold. “The information we have is that at least […]

Bengaluru : JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday said he would not get involved in any ‘wicked act’ of bringing down the B S Yediyurappa-led government in Karnataka, amid claims that 15 to 20 BJP MLAs were ready to come out. Clarifying that he would not disturb the government, the former Chief Minister said […]

Bengaluru : Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday asked the JD(S) MLAs not to damage the party and choose a leader among themselves if they were unhappy with him. He also made it clear that he will not destabilise the BJP government in the state, which got a majority after winning 12 seats […]

Bengaluru : Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday said his party would not try and dislodge the ruling BJP government like the saffron party had done to his coalition government and opined that he did not think that mid-term polls would be held. “The JD(S) will not try to […]

Bengaluru : JD(S) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday predicted that the B S Yediyurappa-led BJP government “may collapse any time.” “If I have to make a political prediction… I’m not an astrologer for that, but looking at the way in which this government is going, looking at its conduct […]

Bengaluru : Protests broke out in several parts of Karnataka on Wednesday following the arrest of senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar by the ED in New Delhi in connection with a money laundering case. Demonstrations and attempts to block roads by burning tires were reported from Ramanagara, Chennapattana and few neighboring towns, where a […]

Udupi : “Under the loan waiver scheme, 15,58,000 families in Udupi district will receive Rs 11,170 crore. An amount of Rs 6,500 crore has been deposited in the accounts of farmers,” the Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy informed on Sunday. “The government has objected to the Election Commission’s decision to stall the loan waiver programme […]

Mangaluru: The Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre is that it had “decimated” the constitutional institutions in the country during the last five years said, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy om Sunday at Mangaluru International Airport. Addressing reporters at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) on his arrival here to campaign for Congress-JD(S) alliance candidates […]

Mangaluru : The letters mentioned that loans up to Rs one lakh, borrowed by farmers from cooperative societies, had been waived by the state government. The letter also emphasises the point that the government is supportive of the farmers and declares farmers as the backbone of the country, drawing reference to Kuvempu’s poem ‘Negila Yogi’. In […]

Mangaluru : Chief Minister HD Kumara swamy inaugurated the first phase of work on Netravathi-Dharmasthala four-lane road as part of the public welfare programmes launched on the occasion of fourth Mahamastakabhisheka Mahotsava of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Bhagawan Sri Bahubali on Saturday. “The ‘Nyaya Peetha’ has its own sanctity. Earlier, I got involved in a pledge in the […]