DC Randeep leads Flag March Victory has become imperative for former Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad in the forthcoming Nanjangud by-polls to salvage his pride after being unceremoniously removed from the State Cabinet. For this, Prasad is banking on Dalits, Lingayats and Brahmins, who constitute the majority of voters in the Constituency. The Nanjangud Assembly constituency…
R. Murthy is City Congress President
March 24, 2017The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has appointed former Karnataka Exhibition Authority Chairman R. Murthy as the President of Mysuru City Congress with immediate effect. KPCC President Dr. G. Parameshwara is seen handing over the appointment letter to R. Murthy, who replaces T.S. Ravishankar.
Violation of poll code: Cases filed against BJP and Congress leaders
March 22, 2017Even as BJP and Congress leaders continue to spar over Police lathi-charge at Gundlupet on Mar. 20, the Police have booked cases against BJP and Congress leaders for violation of poll code. The Police have booked cases against BJP leader Rajashekara Murthy for the presence of more than 3,000 workers during the procession taken out…
By-polls: Campaigning hots up
March 21, 2017Five persons file nominations in Nanjangud on the last day today; none in Gundlupet With the by-elections for Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly Constituencies round the corner, the leaders of BJP and Congress parties are leaving no stone unturned to ensure their party candidates emerge victorious. The party leaders, braving the heat, have been visiting villages…
Diary notings doesn’t match MLC Govindaraju’s hand-writing: Forensic report
March 21, 2017Even as the alleged ‘diary scam’ in which notings were made on payments to Congress leaders rocked the State, with the main Opposition BJP taking to the streets on the issue, the Congress seems to have got some relief with a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report saying that the hand-writing in the diary was not…
By-polls: Sreenivasa Prasad, Keshavamurthy file nominations at N’gud
March 20, 2017Geetha Mahadevaprasad and C.S. Niranjan Kumar file nominations under shadow of clashes between Congress and BJP activists at Gundlupet Nanjangud and Gundlupet are set to witness a high-voltage and acrimonious campaign as BJP and Congress candidates filed their nomination papers this morning. While V. Sreenivasa Prasad of BJP and Congress candidate Kalale Keshavamurthy filed their…
Leaders pay respects to ex-MLC N. Manjunath
March 17, 2017Former MLC and KPCC SC Wing President N. Manjunath (54) passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru yesterday. He leaves behind his wife Asha Manjunath, son Praful Kumar and a host of relatives and friends. He was the son of former Minister late T.N. Narasimhamurthy (TNN), who was associated with the Congress party for…
Digvijay out, Azad in?
March 17, 2017Taking serious note of senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh’s ‘failure’ to cobble up any post-poll alliance to attain power in Goa despite the party emerging as the single largest in the recently held Assembly elections, the Congress high command has decided to replace Singh with Gulam Nabi Azad as the party in-charge of Karnataka. According…
AICC General Secretary B.K. Hariprasad resigns
March 14, 2017All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary B.K. Hariprasad has resigned from the post. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, Hariprasad said that the defeat suffered by Congress in the local body election in Odisha had prompted him to quit. Referring to the results of Assembly elections in five States, he said that…
Congress holds ‘Janavedana’ prog. at Hunsur
March 13, 2017District Congress Wing had organised ‘Janavedana’ programme at the town Congress office here recently. Speaking on the occasion, District Congress President Dr. B.J. Vijaykumar alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had initiated demonetisation by flouting democratic norms and inconveniencing the common people. He added that the much-hyped action did not bring any positive result and…
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