Last Updated:February 22, 2025, 15:08 IST Amid the shadowboxing between the leaders, Siddaramaiah is backing incumbent KMF chairman Bheema Naik for another term, while Shivakumar is pushing for his brother and former MP DK Suresh to helm the federation The intense lobbying has exposed simmering tensions between Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar despite their recent attempts…
Last Updated:February 22, 2025, 10:09 IST Highlighting some of the alleged examples of mismanagement under the BJP, Siddaramaiah attacked the Centre, saying they stopped compensating Karnataka for GST losses, and that it led to the state seeing revenue losses to the tune of Rs 18,000-Rs 20,000 crore Siddaramaiah added that the BJP was criticising the state’s…
Last Updated:February 12, 2025, 15:45 IST As Defence Minister Rajnath Singh praised the Karnataka chief minister for rising above party lines and inviting him for the event, Congress colleagues Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi were reportedly miffed as their names in the invitation card featured below those of Union ministers from…Read More As Siddaramaiah —…
Last Updated:February 15, 2025, 19:32 IST The Congress government said that the Rs 28,623.89 crore figure cited by the Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti represents the total allocated budget for 2019-20 to 2024-25, not the actual released amount. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (PTI Image) The Karnataka government has dismissed allegations of underutilisation of…
Expressing his disappointment over the growth of the Kannada language, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said everyone who resides in the state should learn to speak Kannada. Speaking during the launch of the ‘Karnataka Suvarna Sambhrama’ logo, the CM called for the participation of Kannadigas in the initiative, saying we too have a responsibility…
Published By: Kavya Mishra Last Updated: October 16, 2023, 23:42 IST Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (File Image: X) Kumaraswamy ran a Congress-JD(S) coalition government for 14 months from 2018 to 2019 before it collapsed due to the disqualification of several MLAs after they crossed over to the BJP Blaming the previous BJP government for the…
Amid raging unrest over the Cauvery issue, the ruling Congress party in Karnataka is back to what it is good at — internal squabbling, palace intrigue, and one-upmanship that have become a routine in the last two months. After its spectacular win in the do-or-die Assembly elections in May, party cadre and the public had…
Karnataka’s ongoing legal and political battle with Tamil Nadu over the sharing of Cauvery river water has put the former in a Catch-22 situation, which has been further exacerbated by severe rainfall deficit leading to more than 80% of the state reeling under drought. The issue of sharing water from the Cauvery river between Karnataka…
A few minutes after JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy met the top BJP leadership in New Delhi to cement a deal with them for the next Lok Sabha elections, someone in Karnataka joked that JDS should change its name to JDC or Janata Dal “Communal”. Jokes apart, it was a serious statement, given that the JDS…
Last Updated: September 20, 2023, 16:27 IST DK Shivakumar wanted to keep the momentum till the Parliament elections and deliver yet another death blow to the JDS. However, the current Cauvery crisis has dashed his hopes. (PTI) The failed monsoon has made the deputy chief minister’s portfolios a big burden and any water scarcity will…