Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 28: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said that there is no question of him becoming chief minister again. Speaking to media persons, here, on Monday, he reacted to the statement of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy. It has to be noted that, Kumaraswamy said he is ready to step down. His statement came as some Congress legislators, including ministers, hailed Siddaramaiah as

Bengaluru, Jan 28: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah hit out at the BJP on Sunday for predicting that the JD(S)-Congress government would fall and warned it against indulging in 'Operation Lotus' again, saying the saffron party was already in a state of 'coma' due to its past deeds. Siddaramaiah is the head of the Congress-JD(S) coalition co-ordination committee. 'Operation Lotus' is a

Bengaluru, Jan 28: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah landed in a controversy Monday when he engaged in a wordy duel with a woman and snatched the microphone from her, dislodging her dupatta in the process at an event in Varuna in Mysuru. The incident which occurred during a public interaction organised by Siddaramaiah, his MLA son Yathindra who represents Varuna assembly constituency

Belagavi, Jan 28: Karnataka Minister for Forest Satish Jarkiholi today said that there is no proposal for changing the Chief Minister in the JDS-Congress Coalition Government at present. "No Question of changing H D Kumaraswamy who was posed as the Chief Minister by the Congress High Command and he will continue as Chief Minister of the Coalition government," he added. Addressing a press

Bengaluru, Jan 28: Amid the ongoing political turbulence in Congress-JD(S) alliance in Karnataka, senior Congress party leader Mallikarjun Khargehas advised his party MLAs "not to speak against the wishes of the party high command". "They (Karnataka Congress MLAs) should not react openly to the media. We have all come together to fight BJP-RSS. It is not advisable for any member to speak against

Mangaluru, Jan 28: Karnataka Minister for Home M B Patil today alleged that Union Minister Ananth Kumar Hegde's statement on chopping the hands of those who dared to touch Hindu girls aimed at perpetuating communal clash ahead of Lok Sabha polls. Speaking media persons here on Monday, he said "Ananth Kumar Hedge wishes to be in news always through his controversial statements." Minister said "he

Bengaluru, Jan 28: Hours after he said that “hands that touched Hindu girls” should be eliminated, Union Minister for Skill Development Ananth Kumar hit a new low while addressing a Congress leader as “a guy who ran behind a Muslim lady”. The fresh communal remark, this time against Karnataka Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao, came after the latter condemned Hegde’s provocative statement and

Thane, Jan 28: All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi asked Dalits, Muslims and Adivasis to come together and reject national parties in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Speaking at a rally of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi Sunday in Kalyan in the district, he said it was time for the "deprived" to hit back rather than continue "suffering" as was the case in the past 70

Kasaragod, Jan 28: A group of women, mothers of Endosulfan-victims in this district will once again launch a fast-unto-death agitation from January 30 to invite the attention of the Kerala government against its neglect on them. The mothers of the children affected by endosulfan-induced deformities, have since for long been demanding early implementation of the orders of the Supreme Court and the

Bengaluru, Jan 28: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday said he was ready to step down, in what has become yet another indicator that all was not well in the Congress-JD(S) coalition. Kumarswamy’s rant of irritation came a day after some Congress legislators, including Cabinet ministers, publicly hailed Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah as their chief minister. They even