CM using lockdown threat to thwart padayatra from Jan.9 Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the ruling BJP Government of making all possible attempts to thwart the Congress Party’s Mekedatu Padayatra that is scheduled to start on Jan. 9, KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar alleged that the Government was using COVID lockdown threat to stall the padayatra, fearing its success….
Cong. accuses Centre of delaying permission for Mekedatu project
January 3, 2022Chamarajanagar: Accusing the Centre of delaying permission to Karnataka’s Mekedatu water project due to pressure from BJP leaders of Tamil Nadu, Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah appealed the people of Chamarajanagar to take part in large numbers for Congress party’s Mekedatu Padayatra that starts from Jan. 9. Addressing the party’s Mekedatu awareness and…
Prelude to padayatra demanding Mekedatu Project: DKS performs pujas at Talacauvery
December 24, 2021Kushalnagar: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) visited Talacauvery in Kodagu this morning to offer traditional pujas to the birthplace of River Cauvery. Before going to Talacauvery, the Congress leader visited the Triveni Sangama in Bhagamandala where he sprinkled the holy water on him as per tradition. He prayed at Sri Bhagandeshwara…
KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar’s absence gives rise to suspicions
December 24, 2021Belagavi: KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar, who had tore a copy of Anti-Religious Conversion Bill in protest against it, during the ongoing State legislature at Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi on Tuesday, was conspicuous by his absence when the debate on the Bill took place on Thursday. As Shivakumar skipped the all-important debate regarding the Bill, Opposition…
Congress to take out Mekedatu Padayatra from Jan.9
December 20, 2021Mysore/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…
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