Udupi: Dinesh Gundu Rao, president, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), said on Wednesday that the State Cabinet would be expanded on December 22. Speaking to mediapersons at Rajiv Gandhi National Academy of Political Education at Tenka Yermal in Udupi district, Mr. Rao said there was no need for confusion with regard to the expansion of […]

Bengaluru: Lashing out at the BJP for criticising his government’s performance, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy Tuesday said the ruling coalition will hold its performance to the party chief Yeddyurappa’s “face”, during the winter session of the assembly from December 10. The chief minister also asserted his government’s commitment in implementing farm loan waiver and effectively […]

Bengaluru: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that hereafter he will not conduct press conferences and will only talk on the stages. He then directed the police not to allow the media into the home office anymore. Addressing the press persons here after launching schemes for poor on Thursday he expressed his dismay by stating that […]

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government Saturday celebrated the birth anniversary of the controversial 18th century ruler of the erstwhile Mysore Kingdom, Tipu Sultan, bringing the state under a thick security blanket amid threats of protest by the BJP and many Hindu outfits. Calling Tipu a “religious bigot”, the state BJP unit had urged the JDS-Congress coalition […]

Mangaluru: The Congress and JD(S) leaders and workers celebrated the victory of their respective candidates in the by-polls held for three Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies. The BJP has suffered a huge setback with the Congress –JD(S) coalition winning by a 4-1 margin. The Congress celebrated the victory of its candidates in Jamakhandi assembly […]

Ramanagara: Elections turned out to be a one-sided affair at the Ramanagara assembly constituency, where BJP candidate L Chandrashekar extended his support to the coalition candidate and Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s wife Anitha Kumaraswamy at the last moment. With no serious competition left for Anitha, her victory is almost assured as voting was brisk […]

Mangaluru : Union minister of statistics and programme implementation DV Sadananda Gowda has ‘predicted’ the fall of coalition government in Karnataka within a month. “The state government will fall within 15–30 days,” Gowda told reporters here on Tuesday. He said the coalition government was formed by Congress and JD(S) not in the interests of people […]

Madikeri: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy advised the authorities to understand the local issues minutely and work genuinely to over come them. He was talking on July 20, at the meeting called for reviewing the damages caused in the district because of substantial rains at the DC’s Office here. “Every district has its own problems. […]

Bengaluru: The JD(S)- Congress state cabinet won’t be extended anytime in the near future, sources have said. However, the designation of presidents for state corporation boards will happen soon. At present, six ministerial positions are empty under the Congress. In excess of twelve senior MLAs are campaigning to get incorporated into the service. They are […]

Bangaluru: Karnataka’s JD-S-Congress government would soon set up a sub-committee to draft a common minimum program (CMP) from the poll manifesto of the collusion parties, said Coordination Committee director Siddaramaiah on Thursday. “The sub-committee, involving three Congress leaders and two Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) pioneers will draft the CMP for implementing throughout the next five years,” […]