Siddaramaiah

"Bonhomie & camaraderie"; has Bharat Jodo Yatra brought Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar together [details]

Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra is yielding the desired results for the party in Karnataka, which goes to polls next year, where bete noirs former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shivakumar are sharing the stage and walking side by side in the Yatra.

Oct 12, 2022

K'taka areca nut farmers in distress, Siddaramaiah slams Centre over imports from Bhutan

The areca nut growers are already in distress because of various diseases attacking the crop and areca trees. During this difficult hour, the central government has betrayed them, he said

Oct 7, 2022

'PayCM' posters row: K'taka Cong condemns arrests, to intensify campaign [details]

Congress state President D.K. Shivakumar said that from Friday all MLAs will post the PayCM posters at the government offices. "Where they will be posted, we will update you," Shivakumar maintained.

Sep 22, 2022

BJP, Congress in confrontation mode to lay siege SP's office in Karnataka

The ruling BJP and congress in Karnataka are in uncooperative mode with the conflict party's plans of lying siege to the office of SP in Kodagu

Aug 19, 2022

K'taka: Infighting in Cong escalates; both Shivakumar, Siddaramaiah eye CM post

The infighting in Congress in Karnataka has come out in open with both party's state unit president D.K. Shivakumar and senior leader Siddaramaiah staking their claim to the post of the Chief Minister, if the Congress is elected to power in the state.

Jul 19, 2022

Siddaramaiah, 63 others in K'taka get death threats

As many as 64 persons, including Karnataka Opposition leader Siddaramaiah, former Chief Minister Kumaraswamy and famous progressive litterateur K. Veerabhadrappa, have received death threat messages which are doing rounds on social media.

Apr 9, 2022

Puneeth Rajkumar's James Being Forcefully Replaced in Theatres by Kashmir Files, Siddaramaiah Accuses

Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah has accused the BJP government of pressuring theatre owners to replace Puneeth Rajkumar's last-week release James with blockbuster Hindi movie The Kashmir Files.

Mar 22, 2022

Migration of BJP MLAs is a lie: K'taka CM Bommai takes dig at DK Shivakumar [details]

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said insecurity is haunting former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as he thinks that "state Congress president D.K. Shivakumar has overtaken him".

Jan 27, 2022

Amid Covid surge, Cong launches Mekedatu 'padayatra' in K'taka [details]

The Congress launched its ambitious 10-day 'padayatra' on Sunday near Mekedatu sangama in Ramnagar district amid the curfew orders in Karnataka. Opposition leader in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge inaugurated the programme by beating drums.

Jan 9, 2022

K'taka Assembly approves Anti-Conversion Bill, Congress vows to roll back

The Karnataka Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill, 2021, was passed after a voice vote in the State Assembly.

Dec 24, 2021

Tension grips Belagavi: Kannada activists plan to lay siege to Suvarna Soudha

More than 3K police personnel have been deployed to restrain Kannada activists from disrupting law and order in the city. Maharashtra and K'taka governments have written to PM Modi seeking to ensure safety of people in the respective states.

Dec 20, 2021

Bommai vs Siddaramaiah: Moral policing debate picks heat; harsh words exchanged [details]

A war of tweets erupted over recent communal incidents in Karnataka. CM BS Bommai and Siddaramaiah minced no words as they both lashed out at eachother.

Oct 14, 2021

DKS, Siddaramaiah set out bullock cart journey to reach Vidhan Soudha in Bengaluru

Key Karnataka Congress leaders on Monday set out for the Vidhana Soudha (the legislative assembly) on bullock carts to register the party's protest against the ruling BJP government's failure to arrest price hike of fuel, LPG cylinder and daily commodities. The Congress leaders

Sep 13, 2021

Mysuru gang rape case: Siddaramaiah visits crime spot, questions Govt on not recording statement of victim

Taking objections to the Karnataka government's decision not to pressurise the victim of the Mysuru gang rape case took place, the Opposition leader Siddaramaiah questioned why her statement was not being recorded yet.

Sep 2, 2021

Pegasus row: Surveillance may have played role in toppling K'taka govt in 2019

The phone numbers of then-Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara, as well as the personal secretaries of then-Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and previous Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, were chosen as probable surveillance targets in Karnataka.

Jul 20, 2021

100 Not Out Campaign: Karnataka Congress leaders held for protesting fuel price hike

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D.K. Shivakumar, opposition leader Siddaramaiah and party's state unit leaders courted arrest on Friday for protesting against fuel price hike.

Jun 12, 2021

Siddaramaiah hospitalised in Bengaluru with high fever; cancels programmes for two days [details]

Siddaramaiah, 72, was in the same hospital in August 2020 for treatment after he tested Covid positive.

Jun 1, 2021

Congress calls One Nation, One Election an "RSS agenda"; protests in K'taka Assembly

Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri on Thursday gave his go-ahead to discuss 'One Nation, One Election', prompting protest by Congress party members who called it "an RSS agenda".

Mar 5, 2021

Ram Mandir being built on disputed land; Siddaramaiah says no to donation

Siddaramaiah's remarks came just a day after HD Kumaraswamy compared the situation to the time of Nazi Germany and said that the RSS has been separately marking those houses who aren't contributing to the Ram Mandir fund.

Feb 17, 2021

Siddaramaiah slams BJP, Yediyurappa after ex-CM, Kusuma booked for violating poll code

A day after Siddaramaiah, his security detail along with RR Nagar candidate Kusuma were booked for violating poll code, former CM has responded to the allegations.

Oct 15, 2020