New Delhi: Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) this morning met AICC President Rahul Gandhi and discussed the issues relating to functioning of the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in the State. Kumaraswamy, who was here to participate in the Niti Aayog Council meeting yesterday at Rashtrapathi Bhavan, had extended his stay by a day to meet…
Child of our Times H.D. Kumaraswamy
June 17, 2018A Helpline to rule Karnataka’s 6.5 crore people from Lord Buddha! While I was studying Diploma in Advertising in Mumbai, the first principle in offset printing was explained thus: Water and oil do not mix. Before the May 12, 2018 Karnataka Assembly election, we have seen how Congress and JD(S) fought the election, going after…
Government working seriously on farm loan waiver, says CM
June 15, 2018Bengaluru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has confirmed that the much- anticipated farm loan waiver will find a place in the State budget to be presented by the Congress-JD(S) coalition Government next month. However, delivering on Kumaraswamy’s most ambitious pre-poll promise of farm loan waiver is proving an uphill task for the coalition Government, as it…
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…
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) —…
25 Ministers Sworn-in: 15 from Congress, 10 from JD(S)
June 6, 2018JD(S) Ministers: H.D. Revanna, G.T. Devegowda, Bandeppa Kashampur, C.S. Puttaraju, D.C. Thammanna, Venkatrao Nadagowda, S.R. Srinivas, M.C. Managuli and Sa.Ra. Mahesh. N. Mahesh of the BSP, the alliance partner of JD(S) was also inducted into the Ministry. Congress Ministers: D.K. Shivakumar, R.V. Deshpande, K.J. George, Krishna Bhyregowda, Rajashekar Basavaraj Patil, Shivananda Patil, Priyank Kharge, U.T….
Dissolve Assembly and face fresh polls, BSY dares HDK
June 6, 2018Mysuru: BJP State President and the Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly B.S. Yeddyurappa has dared Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to dissolve the Assembly and face fresh polls. “If you have the guts, dissolve the Assembly and come for election,” Yeddyurappa thundered. He was speaking during the thanks-giving meeting of BJP under Krishnaraja Assembly…
‘H.D. Deve Gowda has no role in portfolio allocation’
June 3, 2018Bengaluru: Dismissing reports on JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda’s intervention in the allotment of portfolios in the yet to be formed State Cabinet, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said that all these reports were baseless. Maintaining that although it is true that D.K. Shivakumar of the Congress and H.D. Revanna of the JD(S) had vied with…
Kumaraswamy and Kennedy: A study in contrast! Also an untold story!!
June 1, 2018After the results of the Karnataka Assembly elections were announced on 15th May 2018, we have come a long way, yet we do not see a full-fledged government in place. Yes, this might be due to the “coalition compulsion,” a boring, untenable excuse UPA government used to give as justification or reason for its massive…
CM promises farm loan waiver in 15 days
May 31, 2018Bengaluru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara met farmer group leaders from 30 districts in Bengaluru yesterday and sought their suggestions on a proposal for waiving loans of farmers. While Kumaraswamy did not announce the waiver of loans of farmers, he revealed that loans of all farmers would be waived…
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