Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy announced a number of populist schemes including huge farm loan waivers to the tune of Rs 2 lakh while presenting his maiden budget on Thursday July 5, in Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru. The budget proposes formation of a farmer’s consultation committee comprising of progressive farmers. CM Kumaraswamy[Read More…]
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Working on modalities, will announce farm loan waiver soon: HD Kumaraswamy
Bengaluru: Committed towards waiving farm loans, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today said that his government is working on the modalities of farm loan waivers. Taking to Twitter, the Chief Minister said he wants to ensure that the loan waiver is developed from a scientifically-procured process so that it may[Read More…]
Portfolios allocated to Karnataka ministers
Bengaluru: Portfolios of the ministers in the JD-S-Congress coalition government in Karnataka were allocated on Friday, two days after the ministry was expanded. Governor Vajubhai Vala has allocated the portfolios to all the 27 cabinet ministers, including the Deputy Chief Minister of the Congress, on the advice of Janata Dal-Secular[Read More…]
Rajinikanth’s ‘Kaala’ won’t be screened in Karnataka
Bengaluru: Karnataka film distributors and exhibitors have decided not to screen Rajinikanth-starrer Kaala in theatres across the state to protest the superstar’s stand on the Cauvery river water row with Tamil Nadu, said a Kannada film industry official on Tuesday. In view of the public outrage over Rajinikanth’s recent remarks[Read More…]
Kumaraswamy takes oath as non-BJP opposition puts up unity show
Bengaluru: H.D. Kumaraswamy was on Wednesday sworn in as the 25th Chief Minister of Karnataka at the head of a JD-S-Congress coalition government here in a ceremony that brought together leaders of anti-BJP parties on a single platform exactly a year ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The event[Read More…]
Congress’ Parameshwara to be Karnataka Deputy CM
Bengaluru: The Congress’ Karnataka President G. Parameshwara would be the Deputy Chief Minister in the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S)-Congress coalition government, a party leader said on Tuesday. Party President Rahul Gandhi has approved the name of Parameshwara for the Deputy Chief Minister post in the coalition government, Congress General Secretary K.C.[Read More…]
Modi is corruption, hope BJP learnt lessons from Karnataka: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: In a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the resignation of Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa ahead of the trust vote, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday termed him corruption and that Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and the RSS considered no institution worthy of respect.[Read More…]
Amarinder Singh seeks Karnataka Governor’s resignation
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday demanded the immediate resignation of Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R. Vala in view of the latest political developments in the southern state. The events of the day have thoroughly exposed the dirty nexus between the (BJP) party and the Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai[Read More…]
Yeddyurappa sworn-in as Karnataka CM
Bengaluru: BJP legislature party leader B.S. Yeddyurappa took oath as the Karnataka Chief Minister here on Thursday hours after the Supreme Court declined to stay his swearing-in ceremony. Governor Vajubhai Vala administered the oath of office and secrecy to Yeddyurappa at 9 a.m. at the Raj Bhavan amid tight security.[Read More…]
Yeddyurappa stakes claim to form BJP government in Karnataka
Bengaluru: The BJP’s Chief Ministerial face, B.S. Yeddyurappa, on Wednesday staked claim to form the new government in Karnataka. We have staked claim to form the government as the single largest party with 104 newly elected legislators, Yeddyurappa told reporters here after meeting Governor Vajubhai R. Vala at Raj Bhavan.[Read More…]
Karnataka Elections 2018 – Shortcomings of Many
Like a typical triangular battlefield, in the run up to Karnataka Assembly Elections, 2018 both major players i.e. Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and Indian National Congress (INC) are trying every move in the game, to simplify the dynamics and seal the deal. However, as the battleground for Karnataka elections gets[Read More…]
PM insulted people of Karnataka, must apologise: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of insulting the city of Bengaluru and the people of Karnataka through his remarks during campaigning and sought an apology from him. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the Prime Minister had heaped a “special insult” on Bengaluru and[Read More…]
Rahul grades Modi ‘F’ for performance in Karnataka’s agri sector
New Delhi: Attacking Narendra Modi for letting the farmers down in Karnataka, Congress President Rahul Gandhi in a report card gave the Prime Minister an ‘F’ Grade for his performance in the agricultural sector in the state. Gandhi, in a Tweet, said the Prime Minister’s crop insurance scheme has made[Read More…]
Congress poll manifesto for Karnataka vows 1 crore jobs
Mangaluru: In a bid to retain power in Karnataka, the ruling Congress on Friday promised to create one crore jobs across the southern state in its manifesto for the May 12 Legislative Assembly elections. “We aim to create at least 15-20 lakh jobs each year in the state and provide programmes[Read More…]
Congress complains of snag in Rahul’s flight to Karnataka, seeks probe
Bengaluru: The Congress on Thursday complained to the Karnataka Police that the aircraft in which its party President Rahul Gandhi flew to Hubballi in the state earlier in the day suffered a snag mid-air. “The aircraft on a special flight (VT-AVH) from New Delhi to Hubballi suffered serious malfunction and tilted[Read More…]
Voting hours for May 12 Karnataka Assembly polls extended
New Delhi: In view of the hot weather conditions, the Election Commission on Monday extended the polling hours for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections by an hour. The polling will begin at 7 a.m. and will continue till 6 p.m. instead of 5 p.m. “… in view of extreme heat[Read More…]
Congress changes six names in final list for Karnataka polls
Bengaluru: Releasing the final list of candidates for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections, the ruling Congress on Sunday announced a change of candidates in six seats and selected nominees for five other seats. “The central election committee has changed the nominees in six seats and selected candidates for five other[Read More…]
Karnataka BJP MP Sreeramulu contesting assembly polls
Bengaluru: BJP’s Lok Sabha lawmaker from Karnataka’s Ballari, B. Sreeramulu on Saturday filed nomination to contest in the May 12 assembly elections from Molakamuru (reserved) seat in Chitradurga district. Sreeramulu, 47, filed the nomination in the presence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and the party’s Chief Ministerial candidate[Read More…]
Sportswoman accuses Karnataka doctor of rape, probe on
Kolhapur: A prominent international level sportswoman from Maharashtra has accused a Karnataka doctor of raping her for two years, police said. According to Investigating Officer Dilip Tibile of Karveer Police Station, the complaint was received earlier this week from the 33-year-old sportswoman against a doctor living in Gulbarga town in[Read More…]
Will accommodate tickets aspirants in future Karnataka government: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday said that the aspirants, who did not figure in the list of party candidates in Karnataka, would be accommodated in its future party government in the state. Party President Rahul Gandhi has been engaging with the tickets aspirants and the MLAs who have been denied[Read More…]
Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018: Congress declares 218 candidates
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday declared 218 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections to be held on May 12 with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah contesting from Chamundeshwari constituency. Siddaramaiah returned to his old constituency in Mysuru, instead of neighbouring Varuna, from where he is the sitting MLA. The Indian National[Read More…]
Poll officials search Amit Shah’s aircraft in Karnataka
Hubballi: BJP President Amit Shah was in for a surprise on Tuesday when Election Commission officials searched his private aircraft on landing in this Karnataka city for party events ahead of the May 12 assembly poll. “A team of our officials searched the chartered aircraft in which Shah arrived here[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi to visit coastal Karnataka from Tuesday
Bengaluru: Congress President Rahul Gandhi will begin a two-day tour across the coastal districts of poll-bound Karnataka from Tuesday, a party official said on Sunday. In his third visit to the state after taking over as party chief, Gandhi will be visiting Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Chikmagalur and Hassan districts where he[Read More…]
Congress gave clean administration in Karnataka: Rahul Gandhi
Athani: Invoking the teachings of 12th-century social reformer Basavanna, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that his party’s government in Karnataka gave a clean administration in the last five years. “Following the teachings of Basavanna, our party has given a clean administration over the last five years in Karnataka. We[Read More…]
Karnataka needs government with ‘mission’, not for ‘commission’: Modi
Mysuru: Attacking the Congress government in Karnataka as a “commission” government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the welfare of the people was never its priority and the state needs a government with “mission” under the BJP to ensure all-round development. Addressing a public rally in the city, the Prime[Read More…]