Vijayapura: A 36-year-old woman Congress leader of Vijayapura was found dead under mysterious circumstances under a Krishna River Bridge in the district early on Friday. Reshma Padekanur of Vijayapura is the deceased. Resham, who was the Vijayapura District JD(S) President for years, had joined the Congress ahead of last year’s Assembly elections, after the JD(S)…
How the Modi-Shah combine is like no adversary the Congress has ever encountered before?
May 16, 2019By Shashank Gouri from New York Rahul Gandhi must be ruing the day his party coined the phrase ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai.’ In a bid to counter the ruling BJP’s strategy to transition Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Chaiwala to Chowkidar, the Congress might have finally met its match in Modi-Shah as they are left grappling…
EC ‘inaction’ on PM speeches
April 29, 2019SC to give urgent hearing to Congress plea New Delhi: The Supreme Court today agreed to grant an urgent hearing to a Congress plea claiming Election Commission (EC) “inaction” against alleged violations of the model code of conduct by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah. The Court will hear the petition filed…
Congress vows to restore Sabarimala entry ban
April 20, 2019Thiruvananthapuram: It’s no longer veiled references and cautious statements. In the last lap of the Lok Sabha poll campaigning, Sabarimala has indisputably become the main plank. The Congress and BJP have issued clear statements that they would reinstate the age bar on women seeking darshan at Sabarimala if voted to power. After Prime Minister Narendra…
AICC President a person with ‘unlimited immaturity’: S.M. Krishna
April 17, 2019Bengaluru: Terming All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Rahul Gandhi as the ‘person with unlimited immaturity’, former External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna called upon the people to vote for the BJP and ensure ‘continuity’ of good governance. Addressing newsmen here on Tuesday, he came down heavily on the AICC Chief and said that the Supreme…
Mysuru LS seat is a Congress bastion
April 16, 2019Mysuru: Asserting that the coalition candidates will win more than 20 out of the 28 LS seats in the State, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader and former CM Siddharamaiah has said, Congress-JD(S) entered into a Poll pact in order to defeat BJP. Speaking at an interaction meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here organised by Mysuru District…
‘Support ingenious coalition candidate Vijayashankar’: KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao to Brahmin community
April 16, 2019Mysuru: Though Mysuru-Kodgau LS constituency Congress-JD(S) coalition candidate C.H. Vijayashankar is not a Brahmin, he is a Brahmin because of his qualities. Everyone should support an ingenious personality like him in this election, said Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President Dinesh Gundu Rao. He was addressing the meeting of Brahmins at a private hotel in…
Musings on Shashi Tharoor and his ‘Paradoxical Prime Minister’
April 16, 2019Reading books has many advantages to those who have no friends and those who have problem getting sleep. As for me, I have friends and no problem sleeping the moment I hit the sack, exceptions apart. All the same, I continue my old habit of reading books. After all, old habits die hard, it is…
Congress to act against rebel leaders: Dy.CM Dr. Parameshwara warns
April 15, 2019Mandya: Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara cautioned that Congress will take disciplinary action against rebel leaders of Mandya if they failed to work for the victory of coalition candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy. Speaking after inaugurating Dalit Political Awareness Convention held at A.C. Madegowda Community Hall in Mandya yesterday, he said that the party had…
Cong. leader V.R. Sudarshan hits out at BJP
April 14, 2019Mysuru: Former Chairman of State Legislative Council and Congress leader V.R. Sudarshan criticised the State BJP leaders for seeking votes by raking up communal issues like construction of Ram Mandir, abrogation of Article 370 and other controversial issues during this Lok Sabha polls in order to hide the failures of Narendra Modi led government at…















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