New Delhi: Congress MPs, led by Senior Supreme Court advocate and Congress leader Kapil Sibal, this morning withdrew their petition from Supreme Court (SC) challenging Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu’s decision rejecting the notice of removal motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. They withdrew the petition after the Court refused to…
Congress challenges rejection of Impeachment Move against CJI
May 7, 2018New Delhi: The Congress has challenged in the Supreme Court the rejection of its Impeachment Move against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra. The decision of Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu is “illegal and arbitrary”, says a petition by two Congress Parliamentarians. “None of the reasons given by the Chairman (Venkaiah Naidu)… carry any weight or…
Campaigning picks up pace in N.R. Constituency: Congress
May 7, 2018N.R. Constituency candidate and incumbent MLA and Minister Tanveer Sait, along with his followers, conducting door-to-door campaigning at one of the localities in the Constituency. During the campaign, Sait said that the State Congress Government with Siddharamaiah as Chief Minister has given importance to the overall development of the State by taking people of all…
CPI to extend support to Cong.
May 6, 2018Mysuru” As a mark of solidarity with secular forces, the CPI has extended support to the Congress in the Assembly polls. Announcing this at a press meet here this morning, CPI (Communist Party of India) Secretary H.R. Seshadri said that the party is contesting in - Sira in Tumakuru district and Kudligi in Ballari district…
AICC President Rahul Gandhi on campaign trail in Mysuru, Kodagu
April 28, 2018Mysuru/Mangaluru/Gonikoppa: All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Rahul Gandhi, who is on a campaign trail in the State to woo voters for the Assembly polls for which the voting is scheduled on May 12, visited Suttur Mutt in Mysuru, Sri Dharmasthala Manjunateshwara Temple in Dharmasthala besides trying to connect with the Kodavas during the public…
Congress to release poll manifesto on Apr.27
April 24, 2018Bengaluru: The State Congress will release its manifesto for the upcoming Assembly polls on Apr.27. The manifesto, said to be containing more than 200 promises, will be released simultaneously at different places by top leaders of the party. While AICC President Rahul Gandhi, who will be campaigning in the State, will release the manifesto at…
Impeachment: RS Chairman Venkaiah Naidu rejects motion against CJI
April 23, 2018New Delhi: Rajya Sabha (RS) Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu today rejected the impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra by seven opposition parties. “The motion presented by the MPs indicates a mere suspicion, conjecture or an assumption in the Prasad Education Trust case. The same does not constitute proof beyond a reasonable…
Sr. Advocate H.S. Chandramouli misses B-Form
April 23, 2018Madikeri: A week after it released the list of party candidates for 218 Assembly seats, the Congress on Sunday changed the candidature of its Madikeri nominee. The party replaced senior advocate H.S. Chandramouli with K.P. Chandrakala following objections against him for being part of the legal team of PNB scam accused Mehul Choksi. Chandrakala, a…
Madikeri Congress candidate’s ticket put on hold
April 20, 2018Madikeri: After the Congress released its first list of 218 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly election, the party has put its contentious pick for the Madikeri seat on hold. The lawyer for absconding businessman Mehul Choksi, H.S. Chandramouli, had originally been given a ticket by the party to contest the election from Madikeri. Sources…
‘Save Siddu’ Plan By Congress
April 18, 2018Mysuru: Two days after it released its first list of 218 candidates for the Assembly elections, the Congress yesterday put on hold the distribution of ‘B-Form’ for Badami, rekindling the debate on fielding Chief Minister Siddharamaiah from Badami and Chamundeshwari. With Chamundeshwari likely to be a close contest and with JD(S) going after it full…
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