Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has questioned the moral authority of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to campaign in Karnataka amidst the Centre’s failure to release drought relief funds. Addressing reporters at his residence in Ramakrishnanagar this morning, he criticised former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) for welcoming Shah to the State without first ensuring relief funds….
Tanveer Sait seeks 1.5 lakh vote lead in Narasimharaja
April 2, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait has urged party workers to strive for a minimum of 1.5 lakh votes for Congress candidate M. Lakshmana in the Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency during the upcoming polls. Speaking at a gathering of N.R. Constituency Congress leaders and workers at the party office near the City Railway Station yesterday, Sait…
New MUDA Chairman Marigowda hospitalised; CM enquires health
April 2, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Following a mild stroke, Congress leader K. Marigowda, who was newly appointed as the Chairman of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), was admitted to a hospital in the city on Monday. Dr. H.V. Shushrutha, a Neurologist at Neuro Zone in the premises of Gopala Gowda Shanthaveri Memorial Hospital at Nazarbad in city, where Marigowda…
‘Congress confident of winning 20 LS seats in Karnataka’
April 1, 2024CM to camp in Mysuru for three days Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that the Congress would win at least 20 LS seats in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah pooh-poohed BJP’s claims that the party (BJP) would win 400 seats in the country and thus retain power at the Centre. He also said that the BJP would not even…
Star campaigners for State Congress
April 1, 2024Bengaluru: The Congress Party yesterday released the list of its 40 star campaigners from Karnataka that also included two-time Rajya Sabha member Syed Naseer Hussein whose supporters have been accused of raising pro-Pakistan slogans in Vidhana Soudha. AICC President M. Mallikarjun Kharge leads the list that has former Congress Presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi,…
‘My Booth, My Party’ should be Congress workers’ slogan: CM
March 28, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah gave a clarion call to the party workers to chant the slogan of ‘My Booth and My Party’ projecting themselves as the candidate to ensure the victory of the party nominee M. Lakshmana in the elections from Mysuru-Kodagu LS Constituency. He was speaking after inaugurating the meeting of Congress workers from…
CM dares FM Nirmala Sitharaman for open debate
March 28, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah dared Union Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman for an open debate on the funds owed to State Government by the Centre. He was speaking during a convention organised at Bhootale Grounds in Vidyaranyapuram in the city on Wednesday, where BJP leader and former Chairman of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) H.V….
Is Siddu astrologer to predict my defeat in Mandya? asks HDK
March 28, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK), former Chief Minister and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate for Mandya Lok Sabha (LS) Constituency, asked whether Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is an astrologer to predict his defeat in the ensuing elections. It is for the voters of the Constituency to decide such matters. Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of…
Nirmala Sitharaman refutes State claim of injustice in Central grants
March 25, 2024Ten-year Narendra Modi era has transformed India from despair to optimism: Finance Minister Tax devolution: UPA Vs NDA Tax devolution to Karnataka surged by 258 percent from 2014 to 2024 compared to the 10-year tenure of UPA government. Grants to the States rose by 273 percent during the NDA period. Between 2004 and 2014, Karnataka…
‘Those who made promises should live up to their word’
March 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Without directly referencing the present Congress-led State government or mentioning Chief Minister Siddaramaiah by name, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman indicated that Karnataka’s economy had been flourishing ‘until recently.’ “But now the elected Government in the State is accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not giving them money to run their programmes. If you did…
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