Bengaluru: After persistent bargaining, senior JD(S) leader and Higher Education Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD), who is the only Minister yet to take charge in the Congress-JD(S) coalition Government, may finally get the Excise portfolio. Chief Minister Kumaraswamy on Friday is said to have agreed to hand over the Excise portfolio to G.T. Devegowda. Excise is…
CM agrees to change GTD’s Higher Education portfolio
June 11, 2018Mysuru: Higher Education Minister G.T. Devegowda will get a different portfolio and as a bonus, he is likely to be appointed as the District In-charge Minister, the mantle which he is likely to take over from the earlier all-powerful District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa during Siddharamaiah regime. After the initial sulking soon after he was…
CM meets sulking Puttaraju at Infosys Campus
June 10, 2018Kumaraswamy telephones G.T. Devegowda who is at a resort in Kodagu Mysuru: In an attempt to placate sulking Higher Education Minister G.T. Devegowda and Minor Irrigation Minister C.S. Puttaraju over the allotment of portfolios, CM Kumaraswamy held talks with them yesterday in Mysuru and has been successful in bringing them back on track. Sources told…
Unhappy with Portfolios: GTD and CSP go missing as fans protest in front of their houses
June 9, 2018Mysuru: While Congress, the main partner in the coalition government in Karnataka, is heading towards a virtual split as at least a dozen senior leaders failed to make it to the State Cabinet, the other coalition partner JD(S) is facing the wrath of supporters of Ministers – G.T. Devegowda (GTD) and C.S. Puttaraju (CSP) —…
Faithful who vowed to see Kumaraswamy as CM
May 23, 2018Berya: The election season in Karnataka is over for now and so is the time for making vows and fulfilling them. Just as a staunch JD(S) follower who had made a vow that if G.T. Devegowda (GTD) wins from Chamundeshwari constituency and H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) becomes the Chief Minister, he would walk to Tirupati to…
Staunch JD(S) follower walks barefoot to Tirupati
May 21, 2018Mandya/ Mysuru: A staunch JD(S) follower, who had made a vow that if G.T. Devegowda (GTD) wins from Chamundeshwari constituency and H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) becomes the Chief Minister, he would walk to Tirupati, has embarked on foot to the temple town as both his wishes have come true. Wrestler Venkatesh, 48, is the person who…
G.T. Devegowda: The David who felled Goliath
May 16, 2018Mysuru: Incumbent Chamundeshwari MLA and presently the MLA-elect G.T. Devegowda proved a giant killer by defeating Chief Minister Siddharamaiah by a huge margin of 36,042 votes. While Devegowda secured 1,21,325 votes, Siddharamaiah managed to poll 85,283 votes. When it was clear that once friends, Siddharamaiah and G.T. Devegowda (GTD) will be face-to-face in a battle…
Counting Sidelights: Green flags fly high as GTD leads
May 15, 2018It was just a little over half-an-hour into counting this morning that the green flags of JD(S) started fluttering around Maharani’s Commerce and Management College. There was euphoria in the air for the supporters and party workers of JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD), who was pitted against the incumbent Congress Chief Minister Siddharamaiah in Chamundeshwari…
G.T. Devegowda – The Giant Killer
May 15, 2018Mysuru: JD(S) candidate G.T. Devegowda (GTD) became the ‘Giant Killer’ by defeating Congress Chief Minister Siddharamaiah in the high-stake battle in Chamundeshwari Assembly segment, which has attracted nationwide attention. GTD, who took the lead in the first round of counting, consolidated his position as the rounds progressed and finally won by a huge margin. Chamundeshwari…
JD(S), Congress leaders woo voters in Naganahalli under watchful eyes
May 10, 2018Mysuru: The campaigning has reached feverish pitch in one of the most high profile constituencies, the Chamundeshwari, in which Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and his friend-turned-foe G.T. Devegowda (GTD) have locked horns. Thus, this constituency has drawn the attention of even the national and international media, as it is a do-or-die battle for the Chief Minister,…
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