Mysuru: Claiming that the Siddharamaiah Government in the State was performing well, AICC General Secretary and Congress party in-charge of Karnataka K.C. Venugopal has expressed the hope that the party would retain power in the 2018 Assembly polls. Addressing Chamaraja Booth -level party workers at the Congress office here yesterday, Venugopal stressed on the need…
Moily calls upon Congressmen to gear up for Assembly polls
December 26, 2017Mysuru: Exhorting Congress activists to gear up for the forth coming Assembly polls, KPCC Poll Manifesto Committee President and former Chief Minister Veerappa Moily, who is also a Current Lok Sabha MP, has expressed the hope that the Congress would retain power in the State, despite campaigns launched by the opposition BJP. Moily was addressing…
PM Narendra Modi to announce special package for Karnataka
December 21, 2017Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi after winning the Gujarat elections for the fifth time in a row is now focusing all his energies on Karnataka to wrest power from the ruling Congress party by planning to announce a special package to the State. He is likely to announce a special package of thousands of crores…
By George! Will GTD be Karnataka’s Giant Killer?
December 20, 2017Editor-in-Chief recalls… In 1967, I was in Bombay working as a journalist when the corruption of the Congress party was on the rise and anti-Congress sentiments had already set in. George Fernandes stood against Congress strongman S.K. Patil from South Bombay Constituency in the 1967 Parliamentary elections and we worked for George. I, along with…
Karnataka Housing Board scam back to haunt G.T. Devegowda ahead of Assembly polls
December 20, 2017Mysuru/ Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government’s move to restart probe into the case against Chamundeshwari JD(S) MLA and former Chairman of Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) G.T. Devegowda (GTD), his son G.D. Harish Gowda and others kicked off a political slugfest yesterday. The FIR comes at a time when GTD is set to lock horns with Chief…
2018 Assembly Polls: JD(S) to release first list of candidates on Dec. 15
December 7, 2017Ramanagaram: State JD(S) President and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has said that the first list of the party candidates for the 2018 Assembly polls will be released on Dec.15. Speaking to press persons here on Tuesday, Kumaraswamy said that he was holding meetings with party leaders in Constituencies where there were multiple aspirants. An…
With Ramya Canteen, food politics picks up pace in Mandya
December 4, 2017Mandya: With Assembly Polls is just about 4-5 months away, political activities in Mandya has already started to gain momentum with supporters of various political leaders opening canteens and serving food in a subsidised rates. After the successful launch of ‘Indira Canteen’ in Bengaluru by the Congress State Government, it was the turn of JD(S),…
CM, KPCC Chief confident of Cong. victory in Assembly polls
November 16, 2017Belagavi: Asserting that the Congress would return to power in the 2018 Assembly polls, Chief Minster Siddharamaiah has urged the party Legislators to be more connected to the people. Addressing the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting at Suvarna Soudha Hall here yesterday, the CM reiterated that the party would form the next Government, whatever hue…
‘Kumara Parva-2018’ launched: Kumaraswamy hits out at Siddharamaiah
November 8, 2017Mysuru: State JD(S) President and former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) launched a tirade at Chief Minister Siddharamaiah saying that he would not be surprised if Siddharamaiah resorts to misuse the Government machinery to target JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) representing Chamundeshwari constituency, from where the CM is planning to contest the 2018 Assembly polls. Addressing…
JD(S) flags, banners flood Mysuru-Hunsur Road
November 8, 2017Mysuru: Traffic snarls were witnessed on the Mysuru-Hunsur Highway yesterday as a large number of JD(S) supporters headed to Lingadevarakoppalu for the launch of the party’s campaign for the 2018 Assembly polls. The road to Lingadevarakoppalu on Mysuru-Hunsur Highway, situated at a distance of about 14kms from the city and a stretch of the Ring…
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