Bengaluru: Former Ministers and senior Congress leaders Ramalingareddy and H.M. Revanna have opposed any moves to privatise the four State-run Transport Corporations — KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC and NEKRTC — in the wake of the ongoing indefinite strike by employees who have sought fulfilment of their various demands, including salary as per the Sixth Pay Commission….
Women Congress leaders stage demonstration
March 27, 2021Bengaluru: Strongly condemning Health Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar’s ‘monogamy test’ remark in the Legislative Assembly, the women Congress leaders and workers staged a demonstration in front of Congress Bhavan on Queens Road here on Thursday. Condemning former Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi’s sleaze CD case, the protestors who held CDs, raised slogans against Minister Dr. Sudhakar, former…
Day-long programmes to mark ex-MLA Vasu’s birthday tomorrow
March 24, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: As part of former Chamaraja MLA Vasu’s birthday, Devaraja Block Congress Committee has organised several programmes in city tomorrow. At 8.30 am on Mar. 25: Health check-up camp has been organised at Radio Park in Nazarbad. 10 am: Blood donation camp and puja at Anjaneyaswamy temple premises on 1st Cross, Vinoba Road, Shivarampet. 11…
Congress candidates to file nominations on Mar.29, 30
March 22, 2021Bengaluru: KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar said that Congress candidate for Maski Assembly by-poll will file nominations on Mar. 29 and the candidate for Basa-vakalyan Assembly segment on Mar.30. Speaking to presspersons at the KPCC Office on Queens Road here on Saturday, Shivakumar said that the Congress has already announced that Basanagouda Turvihal will contest from…
Bedlam in Assembly on first day of Budget Session: Congress opposes ‘One Nation – One Election’
March 4, 2021Stages dharna inside Assembly Bengaluru: The Budget Session of the State Assembly, which began this morning with a debate on ‘One Nation – One Election’ became stormy with Opposition Congress members staging dharna in the Well of the House terming it as ‘RSS agenda.’ As the House assembled, Assembly Speaker Visveshwara Hegde Kageri started reading…
Mayoral Poll row: MLA Tanveer Sait gets notice
March 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Disciplinary Committee of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has served a notice on Narasimharaja (NR) MLA Tanveer Sait over the controversy shrouding the Mysuru Mayoral elections last week. Following instructions from the Party High Command, Disciplinary Committee President K. Rahman Khan has served a notice to Sait seeking detailed explanation on what transpired…
JD(S) will accept Tanveer Sait if Congress acts against him: S.R. Mahesh
March 1, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: K.R. Nagar JD(S) MLA S.R. Mahesh said that the JD(S) was willing to accept NR Congress MLA Tanveer Sait into the party fold, if the Congress party takes disciplinary action against him in connection with Mysuru Mayoral polls. Addressing a press meet at his Office near Rama Vilas Road here yesterday, Mahesh said that…
Tanveer Sait in Bengaluru, to meet KPCC President
March 1, 2021Bengaluru: N.R. Congress MLA Tanveer Sait arrived at Bengaluru this morning to meet KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar over the issue of Mysuru Mayoral polls. Sait was summoned by Shivakumar to seek an explanation on the circumstances that led Congress Corporators to support JD(S) candidate in Mayoral polls that was held on Feb. 24. But even…
Individual pride taking toll on Congress, says MLA
February 28, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that he is a loyal Congressman and not a product up for sale, NR MLA Tanveer Sait, whose role in the just concluded Mysuru Mayoral polls has caused a rift in the Congress, said that it is not correct for any party leader to discredit others just for the sake of maintaining one’s…
Mayor’s post to JD(S) was a local decision: R. Dhruvanarayan
February 28, 2021Chamarajanagar: Even as the rift continues to rage in Mysuru City Congress over the Mayoral Polls, KPCC working President and former Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan, who was deputed as KPCC Observer for Mysuru Mayoral polls, has said that the decision to let go the Mayor post to the JD(S) was taken at the local level…















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