Bengaluru: With the JD(S) getting eight out of the twenty eight Lok Sabha (LS) seats in the State as per a seat sharing pact signed between the ruling coalition partners-JD(S) and Congress, the regional party is finding it difficult to get candidates in some seats allotted to it for the LS polls. Even as JD(S)…
Temperature may be rising and Cauvery may be drying up but on Wednesday, Holenarasipura taluk in Hassan district saw heavy rains. Why? Because the first family of JD(S) let their lachrymal glands run wild. Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, while vacating his Hassan Lok Sabha seat to his grandson Prajwal Revanna, cried saying he…
Bengaluru: The Congress in Karnataka managed to secure 20 seats out of 28 to fight the coming Lok Sabha elections after several rounds of talks with the JD(S) leaders. The JD(S) climbed down from its initial demand of 12 seats and settled for eight. Former Chief Minister and the Chairman of the JD(S)-Congress Co-ordination Committee,…
Bengaluru: After a prolonged delay, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday appointed eight JD(S) MLAs and a party leader to various Boards and Corporations. The CM also appointed four Legislators as Parliamentary Secretaries and a former MLA as his Political Secretary. Though his coalition partner, the Congress, had made these appointments two months ago, Kumaraswamy…
Bengaluru: Even as the ruling alliance partners are yet to decide on contesting the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls jointly through a seat sharing agreement, three members from the family of JD(S) Supremo and former PM H.D. Deve Gowda are likely to enter the fray. Apart from H.D. Deve Gowda himself, his grandsons Prajwal Revanna and…
Mandya: Nine persons, followers of JD(S) National General Secretary Zafrullah Khan, charged with murdering a rice merchant in 2010, were sentenced to life imprisonment by the IV Additional District and Sessions Court in Mandya yesterday. According to the Mandya West Station Police, Rafi Ulla was brutally attacked by the gang with lethal weapons on Jan.18,…
Bengaluru: Former Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, who was once a close aide of former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, is said to be knocking on the doors of the JD(S) after reportedly being sidelined by the Congress leadership. Dr. Mahadevappa is said to have met JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda (HDD) through an influential leader in the…
Mysuru: With just a day left for the Mayoral election, the contest to occupy the top post in the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Council has intensified with neither Congress nor the JD(S), which have forged a post-poll alliance to take control of the urban local body, willing to relinquish their claim to the Mayor’s post….
Bengaluru: In a bid to dismiss reports that all is not well between the ruling JD(S)-Congress coalition partners, top leaders of both the parties held a press meet at a private hotel here this morning. This was the first platform where former CM Siddharamaiah of the Congress and JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda came together…
Bengaluru: With just two-days left for the deadline (Oct.16) for filing of nominations, the JD(S) announced its official nominees for Mandya and Shivamogga Lok Sabha by-polls today. The by-poll to Mandya, Shivamogga and Ballari Lok Sabha seats along with Ramanagar and Jamkhandi Assembly constituencies is scheduled to take place on Nov. 3 and the counting…
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