Party leaders hold preparatory meeting Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly condemning the exponential rise in prices of essential commodities, fuel and other daily need articles, the Congress will stage a massive demonstration at 11 am in the city tomorrow (Apr. 20). The party, apart from inflation, anti-people policies, Law and Order and rampant corruption issues, is also seeking…
Early Assembly polls for Karnataka: Advantage Congress or BJP?
April 1, 2022Now that the top leaders of consequence from the Congress and BJP are in Karnataka, probably because they are expecting an early poll for State Assembly, I decided to express my thoughts on this idea of ‘advancing the Assembly polls’ by the ruling party (here BJP) hoping it would bring them victory. It is a…
MLA Zameer Ahmed likely to quit Congress
March 24, 2022Bengaluru: Days after senior leader C.M. Ibrahim quit Congress party and his Legislative Council seat, Chamarajpet MLA B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan, who is said to be frustrated with Congress, may quit the party soon. Zameer, who is a close associate of former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, is said to have held talks with Ibrahim, during which…
C.M. Ibrahim quits Congress, meets HDD and HDK
March 13, 2022Bengaluru: Veteran Congress leader and MLC C.M. Ibrahim on Saturday formally quit the Congress and also resigned as MLC. Ibrahim, who was unhappy with the Congress leadership for the past several months after he was denied the post of Opposition Leader in the Legislative Council, had hinted that he would be quitting the Congress. Now,…
Mekedatu padayatra ends with massive rally in Bengaluru
March 4, 2022Bengaluru: The five-day padayatra demanding immediate implementation of the contentious Mekedatu project culminated here last night with a massive rally and a meeting at the National College Grounds. The Congress had launched the 165-km ‘Namma Neeru Namma Hakku’ (our water, our right) padayatra on Jan. 9 and it was originally scheduled to end on Jan….
High Court raps Congress
March 4, 2022‘Directs State Govt. not to permit any protest or rally on public road except at Freedom Park’ Bengaluru:The Karnataka High Court yesterday objected to the padayatra and directed the Congress to refrain from staging any protests in Bengaluru in the future. This order was issued by a Division Bench led by Chief Justice Ritu Raj…
Congress resumes Mekedatu padayatra
February 27, 2022Bengaluru: The Opposition Congress resumed its truncated 170-kilometre padayatra this morning to put pressure on the Karnataka Government to implement the Mekedatu balancing reservoir project to cater to the drinking water requirements of Bengaluru and surrounding areas. The Namma Neeru Namma Hakku padayatra, which began at Kanakapura Circle in Ramanagara town at around 9.30 am…
BJP to stage Statewide protest against Congress on Feb. 27 and 28
February 26, 2022Bengaluru: Accusing the Congress Party of wasting the Legislature Session and playing petty politics over non-issues, the ruling BJP will stage a Statewide protest against the Opposition Party on Feb. 27 and 28. Announcing this at a press meet here on Thursday, State BJP General Secretary N. Ravikumar said that the BJP will stage a…
Vidyarthi Ekta Manvantara: State Executive Meeting of NSUI held in city
February 24, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the Narendra Modi-led BJP Government at the Centre of failing to address unemployment issues, KPCC Working President and former Congress MP R. Dhruvanarayan alleged that the Union Government was creating more unemployment by privatising public sectors. He was speaking after inaugurating ‘Vidyarthi Ekta Manvantara’ State Executive Meeting of National Students Union of India…
Legislature Session adjourned to Mar. 4
February 23, 2022Bengaluru: Amidst the row over RDPR Minister K.S. Eswharappa’s controversial remarks against which the Opposition Congress staged day and night dharna inside the Assembly for five days demanding the Minister’s sacking, the Legislature Session on Tuesday was adjourned three days before the scheduled date (Feb.25). Following the adjournment, both the Houses would meet again for…
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