Mysore/Mysuru: Responding to former Varuna MLA Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah’s statement that his father, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, will complete the full five-year term, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simmha expressed sympathy for Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS). He mentioned how Shivakumar had campaigned for Vokkaliga votes in the last Assembly polls, promising them another opportunity to see…
Bengaluru Press Club gives ‘Person of the Year’ Award to DKS
January 1, 2024Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) was conferred with ‘Person of the Year’ award by the Press Club of Bengaluru at a programme organised here recently. Also, former Minister Shyamanur Shivashankarappa, Labour Minister Santosh Lad and the CM’s Political Secretary K. Govindaraju were felicitated. Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the…
Study silt deposit, structural integrity of KRS Dam: Dy.CM
December 21, 2023Shivakumar writes to Additional Chief Secretary based on representations from Mandya District Belagavi/Mandya: Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who also oversees the Water Resources portfolio, has instructed officials to promptly assemble a team of experts to assess the sediment (silt) deposition at the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya and explore the feasibility of…
CM, Dy.CM rubbish BJP charge
December 17, 2023Hubballi: Reacting to the allegations made by BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka Lahar Singh Siroya, who has charged CM Siddharamaiah of using ‘Urban Naxals’ to conspire against Pratap Simmha, the CM said in Hubballi yesterday, “The IQ of the BJP leaders is quite low.” “The BJP has alleged that I trapped Mysuru MP to…
Revanth Reddy is Telangana CM, Bhatti Vikramarka, his Deputy
December 7, 2023Will implement six guarantee schemes like in Karnataka: Karnataka Dy.CM D.K. Shivakumar Hyderabad: Anumula Revanth Reddy, President of Telangana Congress, took oath as Chief Minister of Telangana in a grand ceremony at Hyderabad’s LB Stadium this afternoon. Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Reddy. The ceremony began at 1…
Disproportionate assets case: HC relief to DKS
November 29, 2023Bengaluru: Subsequent to the Karnataka Government withdrawing consent accorded to the CBI to prosecute Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) in the disproportionate assets case, the High Court this morning permitted Shivakumar to withdraw his petition and appeal challenging the consent to prosecute him given to the CBI. The Court allowed Shivakumar to file a…
Karnataka Government to withdraw approval for CBI probe against DKS
November 24, 2023Bengaluru: Coming as a big relief to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS), the State Cabinet yesterday held the approval by the previous BJP Government to CBI to investigate a Dis-proportionate Assets (DA) case against Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar was ‘Unlawful,’ thereby paving way for the Government to withdraw the permission granted by the…
Not afraid of blackmail: DKS
November 18, 2023Bengaluru: Reacting to the allegations of former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) said, “I am not afraid of any tough talks and blackmailing tactics. I am ready to furnish all the details related to expenditure with documents.” Speaking to media persons, he said, “Kumaraswamy has gone mad and has lost…
GTD admits D.K. Shivakumar invited him to Congress
November 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Lending credibility to reports that the Congress was out to launch ‘Operation Hastha’ to poach opposition MLAs (BJP and JD-S), Chamundeshwari JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) said it is true that Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar had invited him to the Congress. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, G.T. Devegowda…
‘I will be CM for five years’
November 3, 2023Bengaluru: Hours after AICC General Secretary and Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala issued a stern warning to Ministers, MLAs and other Congress leaders, asking them not to make public statements regarding power-sharing in the Government with a warning that those who defied this directive would face disciplinary action, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah yesterday declared his intention…
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