By TJS George The Congress Party published full-page advertisements in New York to announce a Rahul Gandhi meeting there. It made history by including, alongside the pictures of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira, Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi, those of Lal Bahadur Shastri and P.V. Narasimha Rao. Shastri was never recognised during the Sonia years while Narasimha Rao…
Mysuru: With last night’s heavy rains having brought untold misery to thousands of people living in low-lying areas of the city, especially in Kanakagiri, Congress and BJP leaders sparred over the relief work this morning. Even as the people of Kanakagiri were facing a lot of hardship because of last night’s heavy rains, K.R. Constituency…
Bengaluru: In a surprise development, the BJP National leadership on Saturday appointed Union Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda (DVS) to head the State BJP’s Conventional Campaign Committee. The Committee will have 30 members who include Opposition leader Jagadish Shettar, Opposition leader in Legislative Council K.S. Eshwarappa, MP Shobha Karandlaje, former Dy. CM R. Ashok and others….
Bengaluru: Even as the BJP national leadership is toiling hard to bring unity among the State BJP leaders, dissension has surfaced once again in the State BJP unit over the formation of Booth-level Committees. A meeting to discuss the issue was scheduled to take place at the BJP office here on Saturday for which State…
Bengaluru: Pulled up by BJP President Amit Shah for not trying to corner the Siddharamaiah Government on corruption charges against its Ministers, the Karnataka BJP has announced an offensive against the CM, his family members and his Council of Ministers. And leading the charge is Karnataka BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa. In a fresh offensive against…
Bengaluru: Hundreds of Policemen and other security forces stood guard at Bengaluru’s Freedom Park this morning to ensure that the BJP does not succeed in carrying out its controversial “Mangaluru Chalo.” There were also clashes between the BJP men and Police at the venue after party leaders and workers gathered there. This, after the BJP…
By T.J.S. George Three weeks have gone by since the Gujarat Rajya Sabha election saw Ahmed Patel scoring a sensational victory over the formidable forces of Amit Shah. More than a humbling of the BJP, it was a life-giving boost to the Congress. Everyone expected the Congress to regroup with new found confidence and emerge…
Bengaluru: Accusing the Siddharamaiah Government of misusing the ACB (Anti Corruption Bureau) to target Opposition leaders, with the ACB registering two FIRs against State BJP Chief B.S. Yeddyurappa in connection with alleged de-notification of land for Shivarama Karanth Layout in Bengaluru, a BJP delegation met Governor Vajubhai R. Vala at Rajbhavan here this morning to…
Mysuru: About 50 members of District Unit of BJP staged a protest at Gandhi Square here this morning alleging that the State Congress Government was misusing the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for ulterior motives. Spearheading the stir, District BJP President M. Shivanna alleged that the Government was deliberately implicating former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa in the…
Mysuru: Invoking the name of Engineer-Statesman Sir M. Visvesvaraya (MV), who was the first architect of modern India and strongly believed in skill India and a developed country, Union Minister of State for Energy, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines (with Independent Charge), Piyush Goyal, instantly connected with the intellectuals of the city. He…
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