Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah handed over the symbolic 500th crore ticket to a woman here on Monday under the Shakti scheme, the State's free bus travel initiative for women.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said that he, his cabinet colleagues, and Congress MLAs will not participate in the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Kalasavalli-Ambargondlu Bridge, which is scheduled to take place later today. He said that it was a mark of protest as h
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Monday said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah requested Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari to postpone the inauguration of the newly built Sigandur bridge in Shivamogga.
"I have not been intimated about this programme in advance, and an inauguration programme of various developmental schemes is already scheduled under my Chairmanship in Indi Taluka, Vijyapura District on the same day," Siddaramaiah said in a letter.
"There are so many chairs, come and sit. It is difficult to find a chair. When you find a chair, you have to come and sit on the raft. If you look at yourself, you look like tyagis," he said, addressing lawyers present at the event.
Amid the speculation about a change in the state's leadership, Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Saturday said there is no discussion on this within the party, and the Congress high command would make any such decision.
Refuting BJP leader Amit Malviya's allegation that Rahul Gandhi 'humiliated' him by denying a meeting, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said his primary purpose in Delhi was to discuss Mysuru's Dasara Air Show with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Siddaramaiah said that the retired High Court judge D'Cunha submitted the report on the stampede in two volumes, whose recommendations would be discussed in the forthcoming cabinet meeting.
Casting doubts over the claims made by CM and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, Bommai said, "Some people are saying that he will not stay for five years. Who should give the final verdict on this? Why has the high command not said that he will continue? No one is ready to believe what the Chief M