Bangalore: Janata Dal (Secular) national president and the former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda has said that a third alternative will emerge after the Lok Sabha elections.  He told The Hindu that the third alternative would not emerge in the present scenario which was marked by confusion on seat-sharing among the constituent parties, with each […]

Bangalore: Janata Dal (Secular) leader and the former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday, termed the 2014-15 budget estimates as a “bundle of lies” and said he is disappointed at the insipid budget presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. While speaking at the Legislative Assembly, he wondered whether sops announced for various sectors were mere book […]

Mysore: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday clarified that his government has no plans to take over religious maths or interfere in their affairs. Speaking after inaugurating a guesthouse at Sri Suttur Kshetra near here, Mr. Siddaramaiah denied reports that his government was contemplating taking control of some prominent maths and appoint administrative officers for them. […]

Bangalore: In an emotional appeal to strengthen the Janata Dal (Secular) with Lok Sabha elections around the corner, the party national president and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda on Friday said he was “reluctantly” contesting from Hassan for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. The 82-year-old JD(S) leader said he was not at all […]

Bangalore: Wresting the Shimoga Lok Sabha seat has now become a prestige issue for the former Chief Minister late Bangarappa’s family. In all likelihood, the Janata Dal (Secular), which was the last political destination of S. Bangarappa, will be fielding one of the members of his family in the Shimoga Parliamentary constituency in the 2014 […]

Bangalore : Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former Minister H.D. Revanna on Wednesday took a dig at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for not having visited the flood and drought affected people in the State. Speaking to presspersons, he said the Chief Minister is so overburdened with the number of portfolios he handles that he does not […]

Bangalore  : Accusing the ruling Congress of having a confrontation among leaders within party, Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Assembly H D Kumaraswamy alleged that the new government had got into a ‘comatose state’ at the very beginning of its regime under Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Participating in a “meet the press” programme of the […]

New Delhi : Pledging secularism, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said NDA’s prime ministerial candidate in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls should be someone who can keep the country together. Speaking on the second and the last day of the Janata Dal (United)’s two-day national executive meet here, Kumar took potshots at Gujarat […]

Mangalore : M Aslam, president of the district minority wing of Janata Dal (Secular) who recently came out from the party, said that statement given by JD(S) State Vice President Sushil Noronha on the expulsion of some of its members is false. Speaking at the press meet held on Mar 28, Thursday, he said that […]

New Delhi: NDA constituent and ruling party in Bihar, JD(U), has said it is prepared to fight the next Lok Sabha Elections alone in the state if the situation demands and its alliance with BJP ceases to exist. Speaking to a news agency on the eve of JD(U) rally in Delhi, dubbed by many as […]