Mysuru Mayor post reserved for General Category (Woman); Deputy Mayor for General Category Mysore/Mysuru: After a delay of about a month, the State Government on Thursday announced the reservation matrix for Mayoral posts in all the ten City Corporations of the State, barring BBMP. As per a gazette notification issued by A. Vijayakumar, Under-Secretary to…
M.K. Pranesh of BJP elected as Legislative Council Dy. Chairman
January 29, 2021Bengaluru: M.K. Pranesh of the ruling BJP was elected as the new Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council on the second day today of the week-long Joint Session of the State Legislature. With the Opposition Congress fielding K.C. Kondaiah as its candidate yesterday, voting became a necessity and as such polling took place. Pranesh won…
JD(S) MLA M.C. Managuli passes away
January 28, 2021Bengaluru: JD(S) MLA from Sindagi Assembly Constituency and former Horticulture Minister M.C. Managuli passed away at a hospital in Bengaluru this morning. He was 85. He is survived by his wife, four sons and a daughter. Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa in his condolence message said, “I am deeply saddened by the demise of JD(S) MLA…
Congress, BJP set eyes towards JD(S) as Mayoral polls near
January 10, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With the tenure of current Mayor Tasneem of JD(S) set to end in a week (Jan. 17) and the Mayoral polls round the corner, the Congress and the BJP have set their eyes on JD(S) for bagging the post of Mayor for the next term. At present, the Congress- JD(S) coalition is ruling the…
JD(S) to become part of NDA?
December 31, 2020Bengaluru: Setting the tone for a new political alignment in the new year, the JD(S), which had formed a coalition Government with the Congress in 2018, is most likely to shift its political stance and move closer to the BJP. As a first move in this regard, the JD(S) may become part of the BJP…
Legislative Council Deputy Chairman dies by suicide
December 29, 2020Severed body found on Railway track Chikkamagalur: In a shocking late night development, Karnataka Legislative Council Deputy Chairman S.L. Dharme Gowda (65) allegedly died by suicide after leaving a death note. The JD(S) Legislator was found dead on a Railway track near Gunasagara in Kadur taluk of Chikkamagalur, his home district. Confirming the news, top…
JD(S) may part ways with Congress in MCC
December 27, 2020Likely to forge alliance with saffron party in forthcoming Mayoral polls Mysore/Mysuru: In a changed political scenario, Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) is likely to end alliance with Congress in the forthcoming Mayoral elections of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and align with the Opposition BJP. In the election held on Nov. 17, 2018, the Congress sealed an…
High drama in Council as Congress MLCs heckle, unseat Dy. Chairman
December 15, 2020‘Elders’ end up in fist-fighting and hurling abuses Bengaluru: The Karnataka Legislative Council, which is considered as the House of Elders, witnessed a new low as its members pushed, pulled and abused each other this morning. High drama prevailed as Congress members physically dragged Deputy Chairman S.L. Dharmegowda (JD-S) from the Chairman’s Chair in a…
Miffed Cong. MLC Ibrahim to join JD(S) soon?
December 8, 2020Former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy calls on Ibrahim at the latter’s house Bengaluru: Eyebrows are raised over the meeting of Congress MLC C.M. Ibrahim with former CM and senior JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy in Bengaluru yesterday. This has generated a lot of heat and dust in the State political circle whether Ibrahim will go back to…
Siddu has soft corner towards BJP: HDK
December 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Former CM and JD(S) leader, H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) accused Opposition Leader Siddharamaiah of having a soft corner towards BJP and said this has been proved on many occasions on the floor of the Assembly. Talking to reporters at Sa.Ra. Convention Hall before addressing party workers convention ahead of Gram Panchayat (GP) polls here this…
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