Bengaluru: Soon after Siddharamaiah and Dinesh Gundu Rao stepped down as Opposition leader and KPCC President respectively, senior Congress leader and former Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) and another former Minister M.B. Patil are said to have started lobbying for the KPCC President post, the top-most position in the Congress party in organisational matters. While Shivakumar…
Mysore: Asserting that the Government will not spare anyone involved in the IMA (I Monetary Advisory) jewels scam, Home Minister M.B. Patil said that the Government will do its best to render justice to investors. Speaking to press persons after taking part in the Passing Out Parade of Jail Warden probationers at the Central Jail…
Mysuru: Karnataka Home Minister M.B. Patil has said that the Government is mulling establishment of Karnataka Prisons Development Authority with an objective of improving prisons infrastructure and functioning. He was speaking after receiving the Guard of Honour at the passing out parade of the 52nd batch of Women Jail Wardens at the Prison Staff Training…
Bengaluru: Days after Cabinet expansion, the Congress High Command gave a final nod for the allocation of portfolios of its newly-inducted Ministers on Thursday night. M.B. Patil, who was inducted into the H.D. Kumaraswamy led coalition Government on Dec.22, was given the plum Home Ministry, which was hitherto held by Deputy CM Dr. G. Parameshwara….
Vijayapura: The agitation for separate Lingayat religion tag which remained dormant for a couple of months post Assembly polls, is all set for a re-start again, with Babaleshwar MLA and former Minister M.B. Patil saying that there was no question of giving up the agitation for a separate religion tag for Lingayats. Speaking to press…
Bengaluru: Even as there are widespread protests by the farming community demanding the State Government to release Cauvery water to their canals for them to take up agricultural activities, the Government has indicated that it will not be releasing water to the fields in the basin areas. Water Resources Minister M.B. Patil said yesterday that…
Activists of the Karnataka Janapara Vedike yesterday performed mock obsequies ceremony (Thithi) of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and Water Resources Minister M.B. Patil in Maddur to vent their ire against the State Government for its failure to respond to their demands. The residents of surrounding villages took part in the rituals and built graves out of…
Bengaluru: A faction of the Lingayat community, who had gathered in Bidar on July 18, revived the demand for the formation of a separate religion for Lingayats. This has resulted in a controversy as Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has responded positively to their demand. And following the CM’s comments, former CM and BJP State President B.S….
Bengaluru: The State government yesterday defended the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and said that a small quantity was being released from the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) dam to comply with the Supreme Court’s order. Minister for Water Resources M.B. Patil said that to ensure victory in the legal battle in the Supreme…
Bengaluru: Severe criticism from various quarters has forced Water Resources Minister M.B. Patil to declare that he will personally bear the cost of conducting ‘homa’ to appease the Rain Gods. Patil had said that the government will conduct a ‘homa’ at Talacauvery where River Cauvery originates, considering the State was reeling under a third consecutive…
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