Mysuru: Taking serious exception to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s alleged remarks on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the Congress staged a BJPgare Bharata Bittu Tolagi (BJP leaders, leave the country) demonstration in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s bust, opposite the District Law Courts complex this afternoon. Protestors, holding placards condemning Shah’s alleged remarks, raised slogans demanding a…
Power & Glory of our Constitution: Debate was a Charade
December 17, 2024The Congress party asked for it and it got it in full measure — The Parliament Debate on the “Glorious Journey of 75 Years of the Constitution of India.” The debate was initiated by the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday. Those who have seen and read Parliamentary debates on Constitutional amendments and issues in…
Power sharing sparks political chatter again
December 5, 2024CM Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar issue contradictory statements adding intrigue Bengaluru: The issue of power sharing within the Congress, which had remained dormant for months, has resurfaced. Dy.CM D.K. Shivakumar, in a recent interview with a private TV channel, reiterated that an ‘understanding’ on power sharing was reached shortly after Congress achieved an absolute…
Karnataka Assembly By-polls 2024: Congress Wins all 3 Seats
November 23, 2024Hat-trick defeats for Nikhil Kumaraswamy; BJP loses Shiggaon & Sandur Mysuru: In a major jolt to the Opposition BJP and JD(S) alliance, the ruling Congress party in the State emerged victorious in the by-polls held to three Assembly segments — Channapatna, Sandur and Shiggaon. With today’s by-poll results, Congress party’s strength in the 224-member Assembly…
Minister and Congress leader’s financial feud turns violent
November 10, 2024Mysuru: A brawl broke out between an influential Minister and a senior Congress leader at a private hotel in Mysuru on Friday night, setting tongues wagging throughout the political corridors. The cause? A financial dispute that took an ugly turn in full public view. After a loud exchange, the altercation between the two leaders, both…
Lok Sabha By-polls 2024: Priyanka Gandhi files nomination from Wayanad
October 23, 2024Wayanad (Kerala): AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra filed her nomination papers from Wayanad Lok Sabha Constituency at District Collector’s office in Kalpetta, here this afternoon. Priyanka, who is making her electoral debut, was accompanied by her husband Robert Vadra and son Taihan Vadra while she filed her nomination papers in Kalpetta. Earlier, a massive…
City Congress stages candle light demonstration
October 20, 2024Mysuru:Accusing the Centre of making attempts to destabilise the popularly elected Chief Minister Siddaramaiah led Congress Government in the State by misusing central agencies such as CBI, I-T and ED, the city Congress, in association with Dalit Mahasabha and Hindulida Vargagala Jagruta Vedike, took out a candlelight demonstration in the city yesterday. The protestors who…
Congress setting its acts right ahead of by-polls: Dy.CM
October 14, 2024‘I will be the candidate from Channapatna Constituency,’ says D.K. Shivakumar Mysuru: Stating that the Congress Government has taken the Channapatna Assembly Constituency very seriously, which is going to the by-polls shortly, Deputy Chief Minister (Dy.CM) and KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar said that the party is getting its acts right ahead of the by-polls. Speaking…
MUDA 50:50 site allotment scam probe: Congress urges BJP and JD(S) leaders to return illegally got sites
October 3, 2024Mysuru: Alleging that several BJP and JD(S) leaders too have got sites illegally from MUDA as per 50:50 ratio scheme, KPCC Spokesperson M. Lakshmana has urged the Opposition leaders to return the sites within a week, just as the CM’s wife B.M. Parvathi returned the 14 sites that were sanctioned to her by MUDA. Addressing…
Thousands attend Congress’ Janandolana in city
August 9, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Thousands of people descended on the city to attend the valedictory of Congress’ Janandolana Convention, organised by Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) at Maharaja’s College Grounds today in the city. This mega convention is to counter the Mysuru Chalo Padayatra of BJP-JD(S). Chief Minister Siddaramaiah came on to the dais along with his Deputy…
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