Kundapur : With former BJP MLA of Kundapur Halady Srinivas Shetty deciding to contest the assembly elections as an independent and is also confident of a win, the BJP and the Congress is busy finding a suitable candidate who can  compete with a strong candidate like Halady. Already Halady has made it clear that he […]

Udupi:   The car belonging to Udupi District Minister Kota Srinivas Poojari was damaged by some miscreants on January 1 morning. Even the house of the Minister’s personal assistant was damaged . The suspicion is that  one Rama Poojari of Bannadi who was not in good terms with the PA Raghavendra Ganiga might  be responsible for […]

Mangalore : State JD(S) President HD Kumaraswamy has said that  the JD(S) has no intention of including any disgruntled BJP leader into the JD(S) fold as of now. Speaking to reporters in Mangalore on October 29, Monday, HDK said though he had spoken to the former Kundapur MLA Halady Srinivas Shetty, the latter had sought […]

Mangalore: Former Puttur MLA Shakuntala Shetty is still undecided on her political future. If the  visit of State JD(S) Chief HD Kumaraswamy to her residence at Puttur a couple of months ago created ripples in DK politics,  since then rumours have been afloat that Shetty may well join the JD(S). But, so far she has […]

Kundapur:  Udaykumar Shetty, the brother of former Kundapur MLA Halady Srinivas Shetty has reportedly committed suicide at his house at Halady on the morning of August 9, Thursday. Udaykumar who was 52 had returned from Bangalore the same morning. The incident has sent shockwaves in Halady. The cause of the suicide is still not known, […]

Bangalore:  Kundapur MLA Halady Srinivas Shetty who had remained firm on his stand despite persuasion from several party leaders has finally tendered his resignation to Speaker Bopaiah in Bangalore on Tuesday afternoon. Halady has also confirmed that his resignation has been accepted. It has been reported that Halady was unrelenting though a number of BJP […]

Sullia: Even as the Halady Srinivas Shetty episode is still raging, another MLA from the district, S Angara from Sullia is also planning to quit. Angara, a four time MLA, it is said was also not happy with the party which has failed to offer him a cabinet berth. Sources meanwhile say the party leaders […]

Bangalore:  A huge protest was staged at Freedom Park here on Saturday by supporters of Kundapur MLA Haladi Srinivas Shetty as well as Karunaker Reddy, condemning the failure of the state government to give a cabinet berth to Shetty. Sampath Kumar, BJP leader who addressed the agitators said though Halady had won thrice from his […]

Mangalore:M Karunaker Shetty, Convenor of Bunts Hostel has said that a massive protest would be staged  very soon in protest against the injustice done by the BJP to Kundapur MLA Halady Srinivas Shetty by depriving him of a cabinet berth. Speaking to reporters in Mangalore, Shetty said  the Bunt community strongly condemned the manner in […]

Bangalore: State BJP President and Deputy Chief Minister KS Eshwarappa has clarified that the name of Kundapur MLA Halady Srinivas Shetty was never under consideration to be included in the new cabinet. This remark from Eshwarappa came after Halady Srinivas Shetty offered to tender his resignation deeply hurt after being deprived of a cabinet berth […]