Expressing concern that the development and commerce in Coastal Karnataka had taken a beating over the years, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday hoped that the people would vote for a change in the upcoming general elections.
In the run upto Lok Sabha elections, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday called upon the Congress cadre to go from door to door to mobilise the party workers for the general elections.
The Baramati Lok Sabha segment has traditionally been a bastion of Sharad Pawar and his daughter Supriya Sule, however, Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar announced his intent to field a candidate against her.
The Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar on Friday ordered a probe to review the functioning of the departments under the state's former Deputy chief minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and his close ministers in the previous JDU-RJD government.
Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar backed up his decision to declare the Deputy CM Ajit Pawar-led faction as the real NCP on Thursday by saying that no stand in the decision is "unconstitutional" or "arbitrary".
After the Karnataka Congress Screening Committee meeting, state Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday said that the party would finalise candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in the state after another round of surveys.
Vibhakar Shastri, the grandson of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who is holding water resources and Bengaluru development portfolios, told the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday that the State Government will accord priority to irrigation projects and filling water in tanks and then concentrate on development of
"I have done nothing wrong. The then Advocate General told me that my case could not be given to CBI. I got the record of it through Right to Information. It was wrong for the Yediyurappa government to give it to the CBI. So our government withdrew the permission and gave it to the Lokayukta