Mangaluru : Legislative Council election independent candidate K Jayaprakash Hegde said on Thursday that he is confident of winning the election. Addressing media persons in the city, he said internal problems of Congress party have nothing to do with people and if the candidate is non-corrupt and good, nothing will stop him from winning. Hegde […]

Udupi : Congress leader U R Sabhapathy said the party is strong enough as it does not require any individual for sustenance. Speaking to media persons here on Friday, he said that the expelled party leader K Jayaprakash Hegde should have taken the development positively because his decision would not result in loss to the party. […]

Bengaluru : The Congress party is likely to suspend its former MP, K Jayaprakash Hegde, and sitting MLC B T Dayananda Reddy for contesting the Legislative Council elections from Dakshina Kannada and Bengaluru Urban local body constituencies respectively as rebel cndidates. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and State Congress president G Parameshwara are likely to meet in […]

Mangaluru : Two prominent Congress leaders K. Jayaprakash Hegde and K. Harikrishna Bantwal have remained in the fray as independent candidates for the forthcoming legislative council polls from Dakshina Kannada-Udupi Local Bodies Constituency, after the last day for withdrawal of nominations on Saturday. In all, eight candidates would be contesting the December 27 polls from […]

Kundapur: the constriction work in the proposed Kundapur-Kodi bridge, hanging fire for the last 2 decades or more and given up almost as lost, as been taken up once again by the new congress Govt. in all enthusiasm weighing popular concerns on the eve of Lok Sabha elections, and this bridge could become a reality […]

Bangalore: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday assured people residing in eco-sensitive zones of Kodagu district under the Western Ghats that they would not be displaced. The zones were demarcated in a controversial report on Western Ghats by the  Kasturirangan committee. Speaking to reporters after meeting with a delegation from Kodagu district here, Siddaramaiah said the […]

Chikmagalur : The personal assistant of Congress MP Jayaprakash Hegde allegedly committed suicide at a guest house here on Wednesday, a senior police official said. The body of Jagannath (48) was found hanging from a ceiling fan, Chikmagalur Superintendent of Police Vikar Kumar said. He had come to the guest house yesterday, the officer said. […]

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 […]

Brahmavar : Udupi –Chikmagalur MP Jayaprakash Hegde has strongly criticized the BJP government by stating that the government which spends crores of rupees towards temples and mutts, had no funds to revive the Brahmavar Sugar Factory. He was speaking at a party workers convention held at Cherkady Yuvaka Mandala premises at Petri on February 17, […]

Udupi : The Navayug Engineering Company authorities have assured to resume works on the Suratkal-Kundapur NH four-laning within the next one week. This assurance was given by  Ramakrishna, Project Manager of the Navayug Company to Udupi Chikmagalur MP Jayaprakash Hegde  who had been to Brahmavar in view of the complaints regarding the problems faced by […]