Bengaluru: Filling up the key posts vacancy in the State Legislature, the BJP top brass on Monday appointed former Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary as the Opposition Leader in the Legislative Council. The post was vacant for the past eight months and this is the third time that Poojary is occupying the post. He had earlier…
Bengaluru: The by-election to three vacant seats in the State Legislative Council will take place on June 30. The by-elections have been necessitated following the resignation of Baburao Chinchanasur, Laxman Savadi and R. Shankar, who quit their seats to contest the May 10 Assembly elections. The term of Chinchanasur was to end on June 17, …
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Legislative Council has passed the Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion-2021 Bill, better known as the Anti-Conversion Bill. The Bill, which was passed in the Karnataka Assembly in December last year, sailed through the Legislative Council on Thursday with the ruling BJP having enough numbers, despite stiff opposition from the Opposition.
Hectic lobbying on; R. Raghu Kautilya, Sandesh Nagaraj, C. Basavegowda in the race BSY loyalist Raghu Kautilya has better prospects, say Political Observers Mysore/Mysuru: Of late there has been a continuous knock at the BJP’s doors from candidates who are lobbying for tickets to contest the biennial election to the Karnataka Legislative Council from 20…
Bengaluru: The Election Commission (EC) yesterday announced the biennial elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council for 25 seats from 20 local authorities’ constituencies, on Dec. 10. The elections have been announced as the term of 25 Council members (14 from Congress, 7 from BJP and 4 from JD-S) ends on Jan. 5. The Council has…
‘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…
Bengaluru: The biennial election to the Karnataka Legislative Council from two Graduates’ and Teachers’ Constituencies will be held on Oct. 28 from 8 am to 5 pm. The election was necessitated due to retirement of four members — R. Chowda Reddy Thoopalli from South-East Graduates’ Constituency, S.V. Sankanur from West Graduates’ Constituency, Sharanappa Mattur from…
Bengaluru: Fifteen members of Karnataka Legislative Council (MLC), who retired last month, were given a warm farewell at a programme organised at the Council Secretariat here on Friday. The retired MLCs — M.C. Venugopal, T.A. Sharavana, Dr. Jayamala, Jayamma, H.M. Revanna, Sharanappa Mattur, N.S. Bosaraju, D.U. Mallikarjun, Tippanna Kamakanoor, R. Chowdareddy Toopalli, K. Abdul Jabbar,…
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