Bengaluru: Amid COVID-19 lockdown, the State Government on Thursday effected some changes in District in-charge Ministers, according to which Co-operation Minister and Yeshwanthpur MLA S.T. Somashekar has been appointed as Mysuru District Minister, replacing V. Somanna, who however, continues as Kodagu District Minister. Somanna was appointed as In-charge Minister for two districts — Mysuru and…
10 Ministers sworn-in
February 6, 2020Mandya gets its first-ever BJP Minister K.C. Narayanagowda Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa inducted 10 BJP MLAs to his six-month-old Cabinet at a glittering ceremony held inside the Glass House of Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru this morning. They are among the 17 Congress-JD(S) MLAs who defected last year. The much-delayed expansion came almost two-months after…
Women of Gowda family humiliated me, says K.R. Pet rebel MLA
July 8, 2019Bengaluru: K.R. Pet rebel JD(S) MLA K.C. Narayanagowda yesterday held women members of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda’s family responsible for his decision to resign from his Assembly membership. Stirring a hornet’s nest, Narayanagowda told media that he was forced to resign because Deve Gowda’s family constantly interfered in the administration. “I was repeatedly…
Epicentre of political quake
July 7, 2019Mysuru: With two of its MLAs — A.H. Vishwanath and K.C. Narayanagowda — tendering their resignation in Bengaluru on Saturday, the JD(S) feels the heat in Mysuru region, the party’s stronghold. While Vishwanath, who recently quit as the State JD(S) Chief, was elected from Hunsur Assembly segment in Mysuru district, Narayanagowda was elected for the…
K.R. Pet MLA falls ill
April 24, 2018K.R. Pet: K.R. Pet JD(S) MLA K.C. Narayanagowda, who had filed his nomination as the JD(S) candidate yesterday morning, took ill later in the evening and was treated at a local hospital. Narayanagowda, who was upset after JD(S) Supremo issued the party’s ‘C’ form to another aspirant B.L. Devaraj, had staged a protest along with…
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