Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking implementation of Mekedatu water project along Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border, the Congress will take out a padayatra from Jan. 9. Announcing this at a press meet at Congress Bhavan here yesterday, senior Congress leader and former MLC V.R. Sudarshan said that KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar will give full details of the padayatra after performing…
KPCC President demands Padma Shri for Puneeth
November 4, 2021Bengaluru: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar has demanded ‘Padma Shri’ award for Sandalwood star Puneeth Rajkumar, who passed away in Bengaluru last week following a massive cardiac arrest. Addressing a press meet at KPCC office here yesterday, D.K. Shivakumar said that Puneeth Rajkumar, who was popularly known as ‘Appu’, very much deserves…
KPCC Chief D.K. Shivakumar’s father-in-law no more
October 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: R. Thimmaiah (Papanna), father-in-law of KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar and a resident of Ittigegud in Mysuru, passed away yesterday afternoon at a private hospital in Bengaluru following brief illness. He was 84. He leaves behind his wife Lakshmi, son Sathyanarayan, daughters Anitha Shashikumar, Usha Shivakumar and Suma Ranganath, daughter-in-law, sons-in-law and a host of…
Torchlight march in protest against Priyanka Gandhi’s arrest in UP
October 5, 2021Bengaluru: Thousands of Youth Congress members led by KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar and Opposition Leader Siddharamaiah held a torchlight march in Bengaluru yesterday protesting against AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi’s arrest by Uttar Pradesh Police. The protest began from the KPCC Central Office on Queen’s Road and culminated near Raj Bhavan. The torchlight march passed…
Protest against rising prices: Congress leaders arrive at Vidhana Soudha in tongas
September 24, 2021Bengaluru: Stepping up their protest against the rising prices of fuel and essential commodities, Congress leaders, including Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly Siddharamaiah and the party’s State President D.K. Shivakumar, arrived at the Vidhana Soudha in a tonga today. Siddharamaiah accused the BJP-led Union Government of “failing” to tackle the rising prices of…
Assembly Session begins amidst bullock-cart protest by Congress
September 13, 2021Bengaluru: The 10-day Session of the State Legislature, the first Session for Basavaraj Bommai as the Chief Minister, began on a unique note in the State capital this morning, with Opposition Congress members coming to Vidhana Soudha in bullock carts as a mark of protest against rising fuel prices and increasing prices of other essential…
Divisional Congress meet begins
July 31, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The visit of AICC General Secretary and Party In-Charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala in city this morning in connection with the Divisional-level Meeting as part of rejuvenation of Congress has enthused rank and file of the party. Hundreds of workers from the neighbouring Mandya, Kodagu and Chamarajanagar districts, besides, Mysuru district, have arrived…
Chamarajanagar oxygen shortage deaths: Not an accident but murder, says KPCC Chief Shivakumar
June 28, 2021KPCC provides Rs. 1 lakh relief to all 36 dependent families of victims Chamarajanagar: Slamming the State Government over the incident of oxygen shortage at Chamarajanagar District COVID Hospital last month where 36 people died gasping for breath, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar alleged that the tragedy was not an accident but…
“We did ‘Chief Minister’ make up for Siddharamaiah”
June 27, 2021MLC C.M. Ibrahim explains current situation in Congress through wit, satire and sarcasm Bengaluru: Former Union Minister and Congress MLC C.M. Ibrahim, known for his political statements laced with wit, satire and sarcasm, has said it was they who brought Siddharamaiah from Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), did make up and made him Chief Minister. Comparing those…
Congress launches Statewide Outreach Campaign to gather data of Covid-affected people
June 26, 2021Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress on Thursday launched a Statewide ‘Outreach Campaign’ with an objective to provide relief to the people affected by COVID-19 and to collect data regarding the same. KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar said, “Through this campaign, the party aims at providing relief especially to those who have kept essential services running but are not…
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