Mysuru: With Tuesday, Mar.26 being the last day for filing nomination papers, heavyweights from all political parties are all set to file their nomination papers on Monday, Mar.25 (tomorrow). Monday is considered auspicious than Tuesday and candidates are looking for the precise moment to file their papers, in consultation with astrologers and well-wishers. While filing…
Disciplinary action against Congress leaders backing Sumalatha
March 24, 2019Nikhil to file nomination on Mar.25: Two lakh Cong, JD(S) activists to participate Mandya: Sending a stern message down the line to Congress and JD(S) workers that the top brass of either party will not tolerate indiscipline or any bid to sabotage prospects of alliance candidate in Mandya Parliamentary seat, Congress and JD(S) top leaders…
H.D. Deve Gowda ends suspense, to contest from Tumakuru
March 24, 2019Sitting Tumakuru MP Muddahanumegowda to file nomination as Congress candidate Bengaluru: Ending days of suspense, JD (S) on yesterday said its National President and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda will contest the Lok Sabha poll from Tumkur. The 85-year-old JD(S) patriarch had earlier expressed doubts about contesting the polls, saying he was thinking about…
Stormy Budget Session
February 6, 2019Governor cuts short speech; exits Assembly within seven minutes of entry BJP protests create chaos; missing four Congress MLAs absent Bengaluru: The Karnataka Assembly’s 10-day Budget Session, began this morning with a BJP uproar against the coalition Government which led Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala to cut short his speech to the Joint Session after seven…
Astrologer predicts fall of State Government by Mar.5
February 6, 2019Hubballi: A Hubballi- based astrologer has predicted that the JD(S)-Congress Coalition Government may fall by Mar.5 due to inherent contradictions. Speaking to press persons here on Monday, Vidwan Ganesh Hegde, President of Akhila Karnataka Jyotirvigyan Samshodhana Samsthe, said there was possibility that the coalition partners may become bitter rivals ahead of the Lok Sabha polls…
Four erring Congress MLAs likely to be disqualified
February 3, 2019Absconding MLA Kampli Ganesh in Goa Bengaluru: Four disgruntled MLAs have kept the Congress on tenterhooks as they have remained incommunicado, forcing the party to issue an ultimatum for them to appear before the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President Dinesh Gundu Rao in person or face disciplinary action. Gundu Rao has said that the…
Upset over some Congressmen’s remarks: HDK threatens to quit
January 29, 2019Bengaluru: The strained relations between the ruling coalition partners hit a new low on Monday with Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) offering to resign. Upset over Congress MLAs going public with their complaints against his Government, Kumaraswamy warned the Congress against ‘Crossing the line.’ “If my style of functioning is not acceptable to anybody, I…
Key CLP meeting this afternoon
January 18, 2019Bengaluru: All eyes are on the crucial Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting in the State capital this afternoon as it is expected to be a true test of State Congress leaders and their ability to keep their house in order, even as the party is apprehensive that those learning towards the BJP may not show…
Crisis deepens as Congress, BJP lure MLAs holed up at hotels
January 16, 2019Bengaluru / New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be making all-out efforts to topple the coalition Government in Karnataka by wooing disgruntled Congress MLAs. Though it will be difficult for the BJP to mop up the required numbers to form a Government, the party wants to prove that the coalition experiment in…
Congress has open mind on aligning with JD(S) for LS polls
January 5, 2019Bengaluru: KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao has said that the Congress has an open mind on aligning with its coalition partner JD(S) for the forthcoming Lok Sabha (LS) polls. Speaking to press persons at the KPCC office here on Friday, Dinesh Gundu Rao hoped that seat sharing talks between the Congress and the JD(S) will…
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