Bengaluru: A strange incident occurred at the Shiggaon Constituency this morning, where Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is running for re-election for the fourth time straight, as the Assembly election votes were being counted in Karnataka. A snake entered the BJP Office premises in Shiggaon, spreading chaos among the people present there, but it was…
CM Bommai holds road show for V. Somanna in Varuna
May 6, 2023T. Narasipur: As the ruling BJP aims to turn on the tables against Congress candidate Siddharamaiah in Varuna Assembly segment, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday campaigned for party candidates V. Somanna (Varuna) and Dr. Revanna (T. Narasipur). Some parts of T. Narasipur taluk come under Varuna segment. Bommai began his campaign by offering special…
Sudeep adds ‘star power’ to CM Bommai’s road show
April 19, 2023Bengaluru (Agencies): Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai took out a mega road show, with BJP National President J.P. Nadda and Sandalwood actor Sudeep, at his Constituency Shiggaon in Haveri this morning. Bommai, who filed his second set of nomination at the Tahsildar’s Office, took out a road show after garlanding the statue of Kittur Rani at…
Varuna to be Taluk centre if voted to power: CM Bommai
April 18, 2023Nanjangud: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has promised that Varuna will be declared as a Taluk centre if the BJP is voted to power again. Addressing a BJP poll rally near Golur circle on Nanjangud-Chamarajanagar road yesterday, Bommai said that Varuna Constituency has been hitting national headlines after the BJP fielded Housing Minister V. Somanna to…
Despite Shettar and Savadi’s exit, BJP will increase stake in North K’taka: CM Bommai
April 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said the BJP is going to increase its stake in North Karnataka, despite the exit of senior leaders Jagadish Shettar and Laxman Savadi. “Mark my words. Nothing is going to change. We are going to increase our stake in North Karnataka and we will come back with a…
Battle for Ballot at Varuna Constituency: BJP’s Somanna files nomination accompanied by CM Bommai
April 17, 2023Nanjangud: The high stakes political battle between Opposition leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah of the Congress and Housing Minister V. Somanna of the BJP in Varuna Assembly segment of Mysuru district, the home Constituency of Siddharamaiah, shot off today with BJP candidate Somanna filing his nomination papers from Varuna at Taluk Panchayat Office in…
Actor Sudeep to canvass for Bommai in polls
April 5, 2023Bengaluru: Celebrated Kannada film actor Kiccha Sudeep will be canvassing for Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in the ensuing Assembly elections. This was announced by Sudeep at a press conference held this afternoon in Bengaluru, in the presence of CM Bommai and other Cabinet Ministers. However, Sudeep made it clear that he would not be joining…
On inauguration-spree, CM Bommai launches nine Universities virtually
March 29, 2023Bengaluru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai virtually inaugurated nine new Universities at an event held at Jnana Jyothi Auditorium in Bengaluru yesterday — Chamarajanagar University, Hassan University, Mandya University, Bidar University, Kodagu University, Koppal University, Bagalkot University, Haveri University and Raichur University. Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan, Minister for Large and Medium Scale Industries Murugesh…
Government hikes Lingayat and Vokkaliga reservation quota by 2 percent each
March 25, 2023Bengaluru: In a strategic move that comes days ahead of the announcement of Assembly elections, the State Government on Friday hiked the reservation quota for Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities by two percent each. The hike will increase their reservation in the OBC pool to 6 percent and 7 percent under categories 2(C) and 2 (D)…
State constitutes Kodava Development Corporation
March 21, 2023Community welcomes Government’s long-pending decision Madikeri: The State Government yesterday notified the constitution of the Karnataka State Kodava Development Corporation. This comes just days after Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai made an announcement in Kodagu during the inauguration of the Appachattolanda Hockey Festival that the Corporation will soon be constituted. The notification stated that the newly…
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