Bid to lay siege to Vidhana Soudha thwarted by Cops; JD (S) Youth Wing President Nikhil Kumaraswamy, other leaders detained, released Bengaluru: State Janata Dal (Secular) unit, yesterday made a vain bid to lay siege to Vidhana Soudha, in protest against the Congress Government condemning the rise in prices of essential commodities, misrule, corruption and…
JD(S) stages demonstration demanding local body polls
March 6, 2025Mysuru: The City and District JD(S) party workers and leaders staged a demonstration at Gandhi Square in city this morning condemning the State Government’s hesitance for the conduct of long-pending local body polls and the delay in crediting of money to the accounts of Gruha Lakshmi Scheme beneficiaries. Alleging that the Government seems to have…
JD(S) leader murdered in broad daylight
February 12, 2025Assailants threaten villagers with knife before fleeing Bharathinagar: Miscreants have allegedly murdered a JD(S) leader by slitting his throat with a knife in broad daylight at Lakshmi Gowdanadoddi village near Bharathinagar yesterday morning. The deceased JD(S) leader is L. Krishna (47), son of late Lakshmigowda of the village. Krishna, who was rearing cows, buffalos and…
JD(S) will come to power with BJP alliance in 2028: H.D. Kumaraswamy
January 5, 2025Mysuru: Maintaining that no one can stop the JD(S) from forming Government in alliance with the BJP in the 2028 State Assembly polls, Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries and JD(S) State President H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) said that the JD(S) will blow the poll bugle for the forthcoming ZP and TP polls from Mysuru…
Belavatta Hanumanthu murder case: FIR against over 13 persons including four women
December 24, 2024Mysuru: First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against over 13 persons including four women at Metagalli Police Station in the alleged murder of JD(S) leader Hanumanthu on Monday evening. He was brutally murdered on the road when he was proceeding on his bike towards his house in Belavatta. Following a complaint from Hanumanthu’s wife,…
JD(S) leader murdered at Belavatta
December 23, 2024Mysuru: Miscreants have allegedly murdered a JD(S) leader by slitting his throat yesterday evening. The deceased is Hanumanthu (57), a resident of Belavatta in city. Yesterday at about 6.30 pm, Hanumanthu was proceeding towards Belavatta from the Outer Ring Road, when two persons on a bike hit Hanumanthu’s bike making him fall. As soon as…
JD(S) faces turmoil after Channapatna defeat
November 26, 2024Disgruntled leaders plan separate block in Assembly ahead of Winter Session Bengaluru: The JD(S) suffered a major blow in the recently held Channapatna by-polls, with NDA candidate and JD(S) leader Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, losing to Congress candidate C.P. Yogeshwar. This defeat has reportedly deepened discontent among JD(S) leaders, who are…
S.R. Mahesh offers to quit JD(S) amid tensions with GTD
November 26, 2024Mysuru: Chamundeshwari JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda’s (GTD) public criticisms have prompted S.R. Mahesh, former Minister and JD(S) State Working President, to declare his willingness to quit the party and retire from politics if GTD desires. Speaking at his Ramavilas Road Office in the city this morning, Mahesh expressed dismay over GTD’s alleged targeting and public…
Not responsible If my statement is misconstrued: GTD
November 17, 2024Mangaluru: Chamundeshwari MLA and JD(S) State Core Committee Chairman G.T. Devegowda (GTD) has said “I am not responsible if anyone takes me wrong. I didn’t go for campaigning for the recently concluded by-election to Channapatna Constituency, as I was not invited by anybody.” Speaking to media persons here on Saturday, Gowda asked, what wrong have…
CM Siddaramaiah makes open call to MLA G.T. Devegowda to leave JD(S)
November 12, 2024Bengaluru: With Chamundeshwari JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) maintaining a distance from party leaders and party affairs for the past couple of months reportedly due to serious differences with top brass, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has made an open call to GTD asking him to leave JD(S). Addressing a poll rally at Doddamalur near Channapatna on…
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