Mysore/Mysuru: “The State Government’s decision to amend the Karnataka Land Reforms Act is a shocking development,” said former Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa. Addressing a press meet at Congress Bhavan near City Railway Station yesterday, Dr. Mahadevappa said that the people, who are recovering from the flood damage, were now living in a state of fear…
Congress distributes free petrol to 150 auto drivers in protest against rising fuel prices
June 23, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Congress party on Saturday registered its protest against rising fuel prices by distributing one litre petrol for free to 150 auto drivers of the city. Former KR MLA M.K. Somashekar launched the free petrol distribution at Amma Community Hall in Dattagalli. Speaking on the occasion, Somashekar slammed the Centre for rising fuel prices,…
MLC polls: All seven candidates likely to be elected unopposed
June 19, 2020Bengaluru: All seven candidates from the three major parties (BJP, Congress and JD-S) are likely to be elected unopposed to the Legislative Council even as the deadline for filing of nomination papers ended yesterday. Polling is scheduled to take place on June 29 and it is highly unlikely that the voting may take place as…
MLA Ramdas hiding facts on Kurubarahalli Survey No.4 and misleading people: Congress
June 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Kurubarahalli Survey No.4 land row that has been lingering for over five years is back in news. Days after Krishnaraja MLA S.A. Ramdas claiming that all hurdles for the vexed land issue have been cleared and even there is no case pending in the Court of Law, the Congress Party has ridiculed Ramdas…
Former CM Devaraj Urs remembered
June 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Tributes were paid to former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs on his death anniversary at a programme organised at Congress Bhavan near City Railway Station here yesterday. Speaking after offering floral tributes to the portrait of the late CM, former MLA M.K. Somashekar said that Devaraj Urs was the voice of the backward class…
DKS installation as KPCC President on June 7 postponed
June 2, 2020Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader and former Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s (DKS) assumption of office as KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) President which was scheduled to take place on June 7, has been postponed as there is no permission to hold any political meetings until June 8 due to COVID-19 regulations. Speaking to presspersons at the KPCC…
‘Congress has come to the aid of migrant workers’
May 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the ruling BJP Government of failing to come to the aid of migrant workers, who are distressed over COVID-19 lockdown regulations, KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) Working President Salim Ahmed maintained that the Congress, as a responsible Opposition Party, has come to the rescue of migrant workers at this critical juncture. He was…
D.K. Shivakumar to take charge as KPCC President on June 7
May 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Nearly three months after he was named as the new KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) President, Senior Congress leader and former Minister D.K. Shivakumar will assume office on June 7. Shivakumar, who is the sitting Congress MLA from Kanakapura, will take charge as the KPCC President at the Party Office here in the presence…
District Congress donates Rs. 16.51 lakh to KPCC Disaster Fund
May 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Coming to the help of the poor and the needy during the COVID-19 lockdown, the Mysuru District Congress donated Rs.16.51 lakh collected by it to the KPCC Disaster Fund. A Congress delegation comprising former MP R. Dhruvanarayan, MLA Dr. Yathindra Siddharamaiah, MLC R. Dharmasena, former MLA Kalale Keshavamurthy, District Congress President Dr. B.J. Vijaykumar,…
Former MLA Vasu to distribute ration kits from tomorrow
May 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Former MLA and Senior Congress leader Vasu will distribute ration kits to the poor and needy from tomorrow (May 17). Announcing this at a press meet at his residence in Jayalakshmipuram here on Friday, Vasu, a former Congress MLA of Chamaraja Assembly segment, said that ration kits distribution will be launched at Mahadeshwara temple…















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