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D K Suresh, brother of Deputy CM D K Shivakumar, stated that Shivakumar is not in a hurry or under pressure to become Chief Minister. This follows CM Siddaramaiah's statement that he will complete his full term. Suresh dismissed reports of conflict within the Congress party. He emphasized that Shivakumar is fulfilling his responsibilities and respects the party's direction. Former Lok Sabha member D K Suresh on Saturday clarified that his brother and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakum ...Read More >
New Delhi: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday categorically rejected suggestions of a potential nuclear exchange with India during the recent military standoff, asserting that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is intended solely for peaceful purposes and national defence. Speaking to a gathering of Pakistani students in Islamabad, Sharif addressed concerns about the use of nuclear weapons amid the four-day military escalation triggered by the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, India, ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Former MP DK Suresh on Saturday said that his brother and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar is neither in a hurry nor under pressure to become the CM. Being a staunch Congress loyalist, there is no need for Shivakumar to show his strength (of MLAs), Suresh, the president of Bangalore Milk Union Limited (BAMUL), said. Suresh's remarks come days after Siddaramaiah asserted that he would remain the CM for a full term. "Shivakumar is the KPCC president, and this is not the time to ask ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Veteran character actor, comedian, and former MLA Kota Srinivasa Rao passed away due to ill health in Hyderabad on Sunday morning. He was 83. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2015. He joined the BJP and was elected as the Vijayawada East MLA in the erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh in 1999. Srinivasa Rao, popularly known as Kota, began his acting career as a theatre artist. He was born on July 10, 1942, in Kankipadu village, a suburb of Vijayawada city in Andhra Pradesh. He started a ...Read More >
BELAGAVI,BENGALURU,MYSURU : Even as the dust over the change in leadership in Karnataka has hardly settled, another storm seems to be brewing in the state Congress, with several leaders demanding that the high command appoint a new president to the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has beenheading the state Congress since 2020. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi said that the KPCC president must be changed. A strong ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Friday stayed the defamation case filed by the BJP's Karnataka unit against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for allegedly publishing advertisements during the 2023 assembly election campaign under the title "corruption rate card". Justice SR Krishna Kumar stayed the proceedings of the case against Siddaramaiah after hearing the petition filed by him questioning the legality of the case filed against him by the BJP. The BJP had filed the complaint against the ...Read More >
BELAGAVI: Close on the heels of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah asserting in New Delhi that there is no question of a leadership change in Karnataka, PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi said that the former's statement was a "clear and strong message" to those talking about him getting replaced. "From today, all discussions about any such change should end," the minister told a section of media on Thursday. Satish -- while claiming that no political discussion was held with any of the Congress MLAs who m ...Read More >
Bengaluru/New Delhi: Chief minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy, DK Shivakumar, are set to meet Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi Wednesday night, amid fresh demands from Shivakumar's supporters for a leadership transition in Karnataka.The meeting comes at a time when tensions within the Congress state unit have resurfaced, with several MLAs publicly backing Shivakumar to take over the chief minister's post later this year. Shivakumar told reporters in New Delhi Tuesday, "The CM, AICC genera ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday to meet with Union Minister of Jal Shakti CR Patil and Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav and discuss unfinished drinking water projects in the state. 'We have two pending projects, one is Kalsa Bhanduri and Yettinahole, One of them is 60% done, but was stopped due to some technical reasons, it was stopped by the Forest Department, so we gave them ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday to meet with Union Minister of Jal Shakti CR Patil and Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav and discuss unfinished drinking water projects in the state. We have two pending projects, one is Kalsa Bhanduri and Yettinahole, One of them is 60 done, but was stopped due to some technical reasons, it was stopped by the Forest Department, so we gave them an ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday to meet with Union Minister of Jal Shakti CR Patil and Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav and discuss unfinished drinking water projects in the state. "We have two pending projects, one is Kalsa Bhanduri and Yettinahole, One of them is 60% done, but was stopped due to some technical reasons, it was stopped by the Forest Department, so we gave them ...Read More >
Bengaluru, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Commenting on the rumours that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been appointed as Chairperson of the party's National OBC Advisory Committee, Deputy CM and State party President D. K. Shivakumar stated that his party is leveraging Siddaramaiah's leadership as a key backward class leader. Speaking to media in Delhi, he stated, "Siddaramaiah is an influential leader of the backward classes, and the party is making use of his leadership. On the 15th of t ...Read More >
Ramanagara (PTI): Rambapuri seer Rajadeshikendra Shivacharya has opined that Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar deserved a more prominent role after the Congress party's resounding victory in the 2023 Assembly elections in Karnataka. Shivakumar, who is also Congress state president, maintained a measured stance, saying he respected the wishes of party workers and seers, but would abide by the decision of the Congress high command. There has been speculation within political circles, especial ...Read More >
Ramanagara (Karnataka), Jul 7 (PTI) Rambapuri seer Rajadeshikendra Shivacharya has opined that Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar deserved a more prominent role after the Congress party's resounding victory in the 2023 Assembly elections in Karnataka. Shivakumar, who is also Congress state president, maintained a measured stance, saying he respected the wishes of party workers and seers, but would abide by the decision of the Congress high command. There has been speculation within political ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's office on Sunday clarified that he is not the chief of the AICC OBC wing advisory council, but is one of the members and is responsible for hosting its first meeting in Bengaluru on July 15. After it was reported that Siddaramaiah would be chief of the committee, Assembly opposition leader R Ashoka, his counterpart in Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy and BJP state president BY Vijayendra had taken a jibe at the CM, saying it is a ploy to make him resign i ...Read More >
New Delhi: The political fallout between US President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk escalated sharply on Sunday, with Trump slamming Musk's newly announced "America Party" as a recipe for "total disruption and chaos." In a blistering post on his Truth Social account, Trump said Musk had "gone off the rails," accusing the Tesla and SpaceX chief of pursuing a "third political party" that would never succeed in America's entrenched two-party system. The comments come a day after Musk for ...Read More >
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar urged party members to unite and follow Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's guidance. He refrained from commenting on his CM aspirations, emphasizing his prayers for the state's well-being after visiting Chamundi Hills.Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday called on everyone in the party to work together, abiding by the advice and message given by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, as he refused to comment on whether he wa ...Read More >
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced that the AICC's OBC Advisory Council will convene in Bengaluru on July 15. The meeting will see participation from about 50 former Congress CMs, sitting and former MPs and MLAs from various states. Anil Jaihind, head of the AICC OBC Cell, will preside over the event. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said AICC's OBC Advisory Council will meet in Bengaluru on July 15 while clarifying that the party leadership has appointed him on the 24-member panel, and ...Read More >
Kanakapura (Karnataka) [India], July 6 (ANI): Karnataka's Rambapuri seer Rajadeshikendra Shivacharya on Sunday praised the efforts of Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar to strengthen the party and the state and said that the Deputy Chief Minister deserved a higher position after the last elections. Speaking at an event organised to inaugurate the steps at the Siddeshwaraswamy hills in Kanakapura taluk, he said, 'He should have got a higher position after the last elections. May he get a higher ...Read More >
Kanakapura (Karnataka) [India], July 6 (ANI): Karnataka's Rambapuri seer Rajadeshikendra Shivacharya on Sunday praised the efforts of Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar to strengthen the party and the state and said that the Deputy Chief Minister deserved a higher position after the last elections. Speaking at an event organised to inaugurate the steps at the Siddeshwaraswamy hills in Kanakapura taluk, he said, "He should have got a higher position after the last elections. May he get a higher ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha on Sunday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) decision to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, which heads to elections later this year. In his writ petition, Jha contended that the process is "not only hasty and ill-timed, but has the effect of disenfranchising crores of voters, thereby robbing them of their constitutional right to vote." Jha's petition claimed th ...Read More >
Ramanagara (Karnataka), Jul 6 (PTI) Rambapuri seer Rajadeshikendra Shivacharya on Sunday said Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar deserved a higher position following the party's thumping win in the 2023 Assembly elections in Karnataka. Shivakumar, who is also Congress state president, maintained a measured stance, saying he respected the wishes of party workers and seers, but would abide by the decision of the Congress high command. There has been speculation within political circles, especi ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 6 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday clarified the confusion surrounding his appointment as the chairman of the All India Congress Committee's (AICC) Other Backward Classes (OBC) Advisory Council. According to Siddaramaiah, he is yet to receive official confirmation about his appointment. Earlier, he refuted any claims of being appointed the chairman of the AICC's Backward Classes Advisory Committee, saying that he will only host the meet ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jul 6 (PTI) The OBC Department of the Congress has proposed appointing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as one of the members of its Advisory Council, sparking a debate once again on the CM change in Karnataka. Though Siddaramaiah said it had nothing to do with him shifting to national politics, the opposition BJP said that the Congress top leadership's move is seen as a signal that the CM may vacate the post. There has been speculation within political circles, especially among the ruli ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Chief Minister's Office has issued a confirmation that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is a member of the Advisory Council for OBC Department, formed by the All India Congress Committee (AICC). The 50-member committee, formed to plan strategies for the development of OBC communities, will include former chief ministers, former and sitting MPs and legislators belonging to the Congress and will be headed by Dr. Anil Jaihind, Chairperson of the AICC OBC Department. The Council will hol ...Read More >
When Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar addressed a press conference in Bengaluru on February 26, he was a picture of confidence despite the rising clamour from some senior Congress leaders close to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah demanding his removal as president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). Amid speculation around leadership change and rift among the top leaders, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar sought to demonstrate their ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday granted interim relief to Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar by staying the trial court proceedings in a criminal defamation case filed against him by the State BJP unit over "corruption rate card" ads. The court also extended similar relief to the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), which is a co-accused in the matter. Justice S R Krishna Kumar, who presided over the matter, issued notice to the respondent and made it returnable on July 2 ...Read More >
Ravikumar said that he did not make any derogatory remarks against her. (File) Bengaluru: Karnataka Police have filed an FIR against the Chief Whip and BJP MLC N. Ravikumar on Thursday for allegedly issuing derogatory remarks on the Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh. The Karnataka IAS Officers' Association has condemned the derogatory remarks by Ravikumar. The body has demanded an unconditional apology. Ravikumar made the controversial statement on July 1 in the presence of the Leader of the ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Dismissing any dissatisfaction within the state unit of the Congress party, KPCC President and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said AICC General Secretary's visit was only about party organisation. Speaking to reporters at his Sadashivanagar residence, he said, "AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala has come to the state to discuss and prepare the ground for the next elections by delegating responsibilities." He was replying to a question if some of the MLAs e ...Read More >
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah assures stability for his government. He dismisses leadership change rumors. Siddaramaiah affirms strong relationship with Deputy CM D K Shivakumar. He criticizes BJP leaders for spreading false information. Siddaramaiah confirms he will inaugurate Mysuru Dasara celebrations. Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala will visit Karnataka. He will address concerns of party legislators.Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday asserted that the Congress go ...Read More >
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