Bengaluru: Asserting that the State Congress Government is giving top priority for education, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said his Government is spending Rs. 65,000 crore annually for the education sector. The CM was speaking at the Teachers’ Day celebration organised at Vidhana Soudha Banquet Hall here yesterday. Reminiscing his early schooling days, he said he got…
Murmu-Siddu language banter charms audience at AIISH
September 2, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: A humorous language exchange between President Droupadi Murmu and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had the audience in splits during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) last evening. For many in the audience, this exchange between the nation’s First Citizen and the State’s Chief Minister became one of…
Police Officers honoured with coveted President’s Medal
September 2, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: In a grand ceremony held at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru on Saturday, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot presented the coveted President’s Medal to three distinguished Police personnel in the presence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The awardees are: Dy.SP K.N. Yashwanth Kumar, CID Cyber Division, Bengaluru – Commendable Service Medal, M. Shivashankar, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic),…
10 acres in Varuna for AIISH expansion: CM
September 2, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced that the Karnataka Government has allotted 10 acres of land in Varuna Constituency to the AIISH to support its expansion. He assured that the State would extend full cooperation to the institute. Speaking at the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of AIISH, held at the Seminar Hall, Knowledge Park, Naimisham Campus, Mysuru,…
CM accuses BJP of using foreign funds for yatras
September 2, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has questioned the source of funds for the Opposition BJP’s rallies and yatras, alleging that the party is receiving foreign money to organise religious yatras to Dharmasthala and public meetings. Interestingly, the BJP itself had earlier alleged that those conspiring against Dharmasthala, one of the most revered Hindu religious institutions, were…
CM on three-day visit to Mysuru
August 30, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will be arriving in city tomorrow (Aug. 31) on a three-day visit. According to the itinerary sent by K. Chiranjivi, the Officer on Special Duty to CM, Siddaramaiah will leave Bengaluru’s HAL Airport at 10.30 am tomorrow and will land at Mysuru Airport at 10.55 am, from where he travel by…
Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate Dasara
August 23, 2025Bengaluru: Ending speculation on who would inaugurate Mysuru Dasara this year, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that Hassan-based writer and International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq would inaugurate Dasara on Sept. 22. Speaking to media persons here yesterday, Siddaramaiah said it is a matter of pride that a Kannada writer and that too a woman, has…
Bengaluru Stampede Case | People responsible will not be spared: CM Siddaramaiah
August 23, 2025Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, while making a statement in the Assembly yesterday on stampede that took place in front of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4 that claimed 11 lives during victory celebrations of RCB, said that the State Government will not spare people responsible for the incident. Stating that no such tragedy had occurred…
Buying of votes: BJP files complaint against CM Siddaramaiah
August 22, 2025Bengaluru: The BJP Karnataka unit, yesterday, lodged a formal complaint with the State Election Commission, raising serious concerns over alleged vote-buying during the 2018 Badami Assembly elections. The complaint centres on public statements made by former Minister C.M. Ibrahim, which have been widely circulated in videos and social media. In his statement, Ibrahim claimed that…
Karnataka BJP to move EC over allegations of vote-buying for CM
August 19, 2025Bengaluru: Days after former Union Minister C.M. Ibrahim claimed in Mysuru that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had ‘purchased votes’ in Badami Constituency of Bagalkot district from where he had successfully contested in the 2018 Assembly polls, the Karnataka BJP on Monday said, it would approach the State Election Commission (SEC) over allegations of vote-buying by Siddaramaiah….















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