Mysuru/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…
Ticket losers protest in front of CM’s house
April 17, 2018Mysuru: With Chief Minister Siddharamaiah camping in city to take part in poll campaigning at Chamundeshwari and Varuna Assembly segments since yesterday, supporters of Congress leaders from various districts, who were denied the party ticket for the May 12 elections, staged a demonstration in front of the CM’s Ramakrishnanagar residence here this morning Among the…
Allotment of party ticket: Congress workers vandalise party office in Mandya
April 17, 2018Mandya: A day after the Congress announced its list of candidates for 218 Assembly seats, which also included Mandya, supporters of key aspirant Ravikumar (Ganiga Ravi) vandalised the Mandya District Congress office yesterday opposing the candidature of former Minister and actor M.H. Ambarish for Mandya Assembly segment. More than 30 supporters of Ravikumar, who gathered…
CM to contest from only one seat
April 16, 2018Bengaluru: After nearly a week of hectic parleying, the Congress on Sunday night, announced its candidates for 218 Assembly seats for the May 12 polls. The party also ended much speculation about the Chief Minister contesting in two seats, by fielding CM Siddharamaiah from only Chamundeshwari in Mysuru and KPCC President Dr. G. Parameshwara from…
B.P. Manjegowda resigns, to contest polls
April 11, 2018Bengaluru: Ignoring the Law Department’s advice, the State Government on Tuesday finally accepted the resignation of Transport Department Officer and State Government Employees Association President B.P. Manjegowda, who is all set to contest on a Congress ticket from Holenarasipur in Hassan District. The Government had held up his resignation from a long time citing probe…
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