Chennai/Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said he welcomed the black flags shown to him by the BJP when he reached Chennai on Saturday. Mr Shivakumar was in Chennai on an invitation by DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin to participate in a meeting to discuss the fallout of delimitation. Some … Read more
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday alleged that the city MLAs across political parties are “blackmailing” the government over Bengaluru’s garbage crisis. Referring to them as “blackmailers” in the Legislative Council, he claimed that these MLAs are demanding Rs 800 crore in development funds. He further alleged there is a “big mafia” … Read more
Bengaluru: A massive row has erupted in Karnataka after the Siddaramaiah government appointed Congress workers as office-bearers of the panel set up to fulfill pre-poll guarantees and earmarked funds for their salaries and allowances. Opposition BJP and JD(S) have accused the ruling Congress of looting taxpayers’ money to pay its workers. Deputy Chief Minister DK … Read more
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar’s “nuts and bolts” comment about cine artistes has drawn indignant protests from the state’s Opposition BJP. The state’s Leader of the Opposition R Ashoka said it was up to the artistes whether they join a political protest or not and it showed a “bad mindset” on his part. … Read more
Bengaluru: Amid a row over his visit to the Maha Shivaratri celebrations at Isha Foundation, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that it is his personal belief and Sadhguru, who hails from Mysuru, personally invited him. “I attended the Maha Shivarathri celebrations at Isha Foundation. It is my personal belief. I can’t reply to … Read more
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday termed as rumours the reports suggesting that he is getting close to the BJP, saying that there are no such developments. When asked about the Maha Kumbh Mela, however, Mr Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress chief, deviated from his party’s stand to praise the … Read more
As we reach almost the end of the first month of the new year, the Congress government in Karnataka completes 20 months in office—a third of its 60-month (five-year year) term. The next 20 months will decide the fate of the government in the state. One notices that most regimes in Karnataka tend to slip … Read more