Tag: Kumaraswamy

Bengaluru: HD Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular) took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka today administered by Governor Vajubhai Vala. #FLASH: JD(S)'s HD Kumaraswamy takes oath as Chief Minister of Karnataka, administered by Governor Vajubhai Vala. pic.twitter.com/8mdkcbX7dR — ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2018   Congress member G Parameshwara took oath as deputy chief […]

Bengaluru: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy today accused the BJP(Bharatiya Janata Party) of offering Rs 100 crore each to his party MLAs to join them. Speaking to reporters here after his election as leader of the JD(S) Legislature Party, he alleged that BJP was making attempts to lure his party MLAs with monetary offers. Addressing […]

Bengaluru: The tech-savvy Karnataka government would soon draw a new plan to consolidate the state’s leadership in the IT, biotech and science sectors, Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara said on Wednesday. “A future path for the state’s IT, biotech and related sectors would be drawn soon for which an interaction with the industry and government […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka’s JD-S-Congress government would waive farm loans amounting to Rs 10,000 crore, including interest, taken by farmers across the state, said an official on Monday. “The loans borrowed by the farmers from district cooperative banks and state cooperatives will be waived along with interest on them, costing the exchequer about Rs 10,000 crore,” a […]

New Delhi: A day after sparking a storm over his remarks that he was at the mercy of the Congress, JD-S leader and Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday said his ruling ally had numbers that made its voice stronger in the coalition government. “What mercy? They supported my party. According to their direction […]

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has reportedly warned KGF Star Yash to stay away from politics. According to media reports, Kumaraswamy warned him during a rally on Tuesday after finding Yash campaigning for Sumalatha, wife of late Congress MP and actor Ambareesh, in Mandya. Kumaraswamy said that actors like Yash won’t be able to survive […]

Bengaluru/New Delhi: The H.D. Kumaraswamy government in Karnataka could be asked to prove its majority in the Assembly on July 17 by Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar who refused on Tuesday to accept resignations of all the 13 Congress and JD-S legislators. The Speaker said the resignations of eight MLAs were not in the prescribed format […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday missed the 6 p.m. deadline for the floor test set by Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar to prove majority in the House, as he could not complete his reply to the confidence motion he moved on July 18. While adjourning the House late on Monday night, the […]

Mumbai: The rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs camping in Mumbai will leave for Bengaluru after BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa is sworn in as chief minister of the southern state, party sources here said on Tuesday. A BJP leader said the rebels, who have been staying at a luxury hotel since early this month are “very happy” […]

Bengaluru: All the 14 Karnataka rebel legislators, who were disqualified by Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar on Sunday for defying their party whips to attend the House on July 23, said they would challenge the Speaker’s decision in the Supreme Court on Monday. A day before the trust vote on the B.S. Yediyurappa government in the […]

Bengaluru: JD(S) patriarch H D DeveGowda on Sunday said the future of his party’s alliance with Congress would depend on the decision of the high command of the grand old party, based on the advice of their Karnatakaleadership. The former Prime Minister also made it clear that Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah woud officially be […]