Siddaramaiah

Police in Mangaluru had opened fire as protests turned violent and protesters started throwing stones at them, injuring 49-year-old Jaleel and 23-year-old Nausheen. The two men later succumbed to their injuries. read more

The BJP’s sweep also clarifies that there was no ill-feeling in any of the constituencies against the defectors. As many of 13 of the BJP’s winners this time are candidates who represented either the Congress or the JD(S) in 2018. read more

The bypolls have been billed as a ‘mini-assembly’ poll as the outcome could decide the fate of the B S Yediyurappa-led BJP government. The results will be declared on December 9. A total of 219 candidates are in the fray in the 15 seats. read more

The reference was to the rally to welcome Shivakumar back to Bengaluru from Delhi, where he had been in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate for 50 days in connection with a money laundering case. read more

Former Karnataka CM and leader of opposition Siddaramaiah said the raids were “politically motivated”. read more

The unease that exists between the former alliance partners ever since the fall of the coalition government in July has now come out in the open with the announcement of bypolls for the 15 Assembly constituencies, in which both parties will contest ... read more

In an earlier incident, Siddaramaiah had lost his cool while taking to a woman in Mysuru in January. That time too, a video of the incident had gone viral. read more

“A prostitute who can’t dance says the floor isn’t right to dance,” the Congress leader had reportedly said when a reporter asked his reaction to JDS workers blaming him for the collapse of the alliance government. read more

The Congress high command is yet to take a call on the vacant Leader of the Opposition post in the Assembly, and the party’s Karnataka unit president Dinesh Gundu Rao’s tenure is set to end in a year. read more

On Tuesday, N Manjunath Prasad, the outgoing commissioner of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, said there were no funds to run the scheme as neither the state government nor the civic body had allocated funds for it. read more

Former Karnataka chief minister and Congress legislature party leader Siddaramaiah traded barbs with JD (S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda and hinted that he may not be keen on the allaince between teh two parties anymore. read more

The animosity between the two had appeared to have been dealt with while the two parties were in power, although there were signs of simmering anger on both sides. This came out into the open as Deve Gowda turned up the pressure over the past two days,... read more

Siddaramaiah sought to know whether the Governor, who sent “letter after letter” to the previous government to prove majority, was not aware of the “plight of the people” under a one-man cabinet in the state where different regions were reeling from... read more

The allegation by rebel MLA Shivaram Hebbar came after weeks of speculation that sections of the two former coalition partners were unhappy with Siddaramaiah’s role in quelling the rebellion that ultimately toppled the 14-month government. read more

During the resumed debate on motion of confidence moved by chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, Yeddyurappa told Siddaramaiah, the Congress Legislature Party leader, that the whip he has issued against the rebel MLAs has no value. read more