Mysore/Mysuru: On Jan. 4, 2001, the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee christened the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) as Tejas that means radiance in Sanskrit. At a glittering ceremony in Bengaluru, Vajpayee witnessed the flying display of the LCA’s two prototypes, Technology Demonstrator-I and Technology Demonstrator-II, for about 10 minutes and chose Tejas, one…
Glowing tributes paid to Ananth Kumar
November 23, 2018Mysuru: Rich tributes were paid in city to former Union Minister H.N. Ananth Kumar who passed away recently. A “Nudi Namana” programme “Ananth Kumarji Amar Rahe” was organised last evening at Sarada Vilas Centenary Hall where speakers hailed the late leader’s contribution to the growth of Karnataka and Mysuru in particular. Noted Kannada novelist and…
Union Minister Ananth Kumar passes away in Bengaluru
November 12, 2018Bengaluru: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.N. Ananth Kumar died at a private hospital in Bengaluru in the early hours of today after battling lung cancer for several months. He was 59. Hubballi Narayan Shastri Ananth Kumar was serving as Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers since May 2014 and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs since July…
Mysuru condoles Ananth Kumar’s untimely demise
November 12, 2018Mysuru: Condolences poured in from BJP leaders, party workers, littérateurs, art workers, elected representatives and people from various walks of life following the untimely death of Union Minister H.N. Ananth Kumar. Groups of people and BJP leaders and workers gathered at various places and offered floral tributes to the portrait of the departed leader….
Ananth Kumar: The BJP bulwark who handled tricky situations
November 12, 2018Bengaluru: H.N. Ananth Kumar, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister for Chemicals, Fertilisers and Parliamentary Affairs, who died in Bengaluru early this morning, represented Bengaluru South Constituency in Lok Sabha for six terms (sixth term is currently running). An astute politician, he was the BJP’s bulwark, handling tough and tricky situations for…
Ananth Kumar: first person to speak in Kannada at United Nations
November 12, 2018Ananth Kumar was the first person from India to speak in Kannada at the United Nations on 15th of October, 2012. He described his experience thus: “I had the privilege of speaking at the United Nations headquarters in New York. My experience was made sweeter by the fact that I got to address the UN…
Will ill health keep Ananth Kumar out of Lok Sabha polls?
September 19, 2018Bengaluru: While the office of Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.N. Ananth Kumar has trashed reports that he is suffering from cancer, efforts are on within the BJP to find a replacement for him from the Bengaluru South Parliamentary constituency for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. Ananth Kumar’s conspicuous absence from public domain for the past…
Union Minister Ananth Kumar to inaugurate 40th anniversary celebrations of Star of Mysore on Feb. 17
February 15, 2018Devdutt Pattanaik to deliver special lecture T.J.S. George to release book Mysuru: Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Chemicals, Fertilizers and Pharmaceuticals H.N. Ananth Kumar will inaugurate the 40th anniversary celebrations of Star of Mysore, at a function to be held at the Platinum Jubilee auditorium of MMC&RI, J.K. Grounds here on Feb. 17 (Saturday) at…
PM’s Jan Aushadhi project receives good response from public
February 2, 2018MP Pratap Simha thanks Union Minister Ananth Kumar for allowing more Jan Aushadhi outlets in district Mysuru: Following the establishment of 28 Jan Aushadhi outlets in the district, the highest in the State and 16 in Mysuru city, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha yesterday met Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar and thanked him…
Secularism has remained only on paper: Union Minister Ananth Kumar
January 14, 2018Nanjangud: Maintaining that secularism has remained only on paper and limited to speeches, Union Minister for Fertilizers & Chemicals Ananth Kumar has said that the credit for true secularism should entirely go to the 12th Century Social Reformer Basavanna. He was speaking after inaugurating an expo and Information Centre at Suttur Jathra Mahotsava at Suttur…
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