Bagalkot: Former chief minister and Congress-JDS coalition government coordination committee chairman Siddaramaiah on Wednesday, December 19 said that he wants former minister Satish Jarkiholi to become the chief minister of the state once. Addressing presspersons here at Valmiki Jayanti programme Siddaramaiah said that he strongly wants Satish Jarkiholi to become the chief minister state once […]
Bengaluru: Polling for the by-elections for three Lok Sabha and two Assembly constituencies began on Saturday, November 3. By-elections are being held in Shivamogga, Bellary (ST) and Mandya Lok Sabha constituencies, Ramanagara and Jamkhandi Assembly seats. There are total 31 candidates in the fray in all the five constituencies. It is said that the contest […]
Bengaluru: The three-month-old Congress-JDS coalition government will be expanded in the third week of September with the induction of seven ministers, former chief minister Siddaramaiah said on Friday. The Congress heavyweight, who heads the coordination committee of the two parties, made the statement after the committee meeting. “We have taken a decision to expand the […]
Bengaluru: Karnataka State Cabinet has approved the waiver of short-term crop loans up to Rs 1 lakh borrowed from cooperative banks on Thursday, August 9th. The decision follows state government’s promise in the state budget on July 5th and is expected to cost the exchequer Rs 9,448.61 crore. After reports emerged of a number of […]
Mangaluru: Recognising the human resource potential of the coastal city, the Congress manifesto, released by AICC president Rahul Gandhi here on Friday, promises to make it the next Silicon Valley in the state – if the party comes to power again. Shaping Mangaluru as the next Silicon Valley of India and BPO hub of Karnataka […]
Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said that no one should use community or religion for gaining political benefits. In his valedictory address of the annual festival of the 11th century pontiff Sri Shivarathreeshwara at Suttur village, located on the banks of Kabini River at Suttur in Nanjangud taluk, Siddaramaiah, recited the lines of Kannada […]
Udupi: The members of the district unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a protest at the Brahmagiri Circle on the way to the Congress Bhavan here recently against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s remarks against the BJP and RSS. The agitators were taken into preventive custody and later released. Mattar Ratnakar Hegde, president, BJP district […]
Bangalore: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launched Namma Metro’s Peenya-Sampige Road services at least three hours behind schedule, as he was busy attending various foundation stone laying functions in other parts of the State ahead of the announcement of the election code of conduct, which is expected on Saturday. He flagged off the services at Rajajinagar Metro […]
