Bangalore: In 1932, late S. Bangarappa was born in Kubatoor village of Soraba Taluk as the son of Kallappa and Kallamma. He entered politics as a lawyer, through Shantaveri Gopala Gowda, along with SM Krishna, in Samajwadi (socialist) party, and becme an orator who could pull crowds to his meetings and speeches. R.M. Lohia was […]

Bangalore : S. Bangarappa, former Chief Minister of Karnataka is no more. He breathed his last early morning of Dec 26 at around 12.40 AM. He was hospitalized for renal complications and was admitted at the Mallya hospital. He was 79. A formidable name in the Karnataka political arena, Bangarappa was a backward community leader […]

Bangalore: Sorekoppa Bangarappa, over 80, former CM of Karnataka, a MP later and BJP to Congress hopper, now has joined JD-S in the presence of a beaming Deve Gowda, who is running out of luck but thinks with Bangarappa the fortunes of JD-S will change for the better. H.D. Kumaraswamy, JD-S state unit Chief and […]

Bangalore : The opposition Congress suffered a jolt when former Karnataka Chief Minister S Bangarappa quit the party and joined the Janata Dal (Secular) here today. A senior Congress leader, Mr Bangarappa joined JD(S) in the presence of former Prime Minister and the party’s national president H D Deve Gowda and state unit president and […]

Hassan: Eager to fight the national parties, Congress and BJP, on home soil, former Pm and Hassan MP, H.D Devegowda sent out a wide invitation to ex-partymen to return to the fold and strength JD-S, of which he is the national leader. While  JD(U) rules in Bihar, JD(S) its counterpart in JD (it self a […]