Former Home Minister and BJP leader Araga Jnanendra has said that the former Minister for Scheduled Tribes Welfare, B. Nagendra, may land in trouble again for his statements about the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after being released on bail. Answering a question in a press conference in Shivamogga on Thursday, Mr. Jnanendra said that Nagendra’s comments … Read more
Home Minister Araga Jnanendra distributing title deeds to farmers at Mattur near Shivamogga on Friday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, on Friday, distributed title deeds to 73 farmers, who were granted land at Mattur village near Shivamogga. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said the bagairhukum cultivators were identified by the … Read more
Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday challenged the BJP government in Karnataka to ban organisations like the SDPI, AIMIM, RSS, and Bajrang Dal, accusing them of disturbing peace in society, if it has “guts”. The Leader of Opposition in the state assembly also advised the government to do things that are necessary for the maintenance … Read more
Udupi BJP MLA K Raghupathi Bhat has said he has been receiving threat calls from unidentified persons after the hijab issue turned into a major controversy. Bhat, who is the president of the development committee of the pre-university college for women in Udupi where the hijab issue originated in Karnataka, told reporters in Udupi on … Read more
The contentious anti-conversion bill was tabled in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, amid stiff opposition from the Congress. State Congress President D K Shivakumar even tore papers on his table, in protest against the introduction of the bill, which his party called “draconian and anti-constitution”. The “Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion … Read more
A comment by Karnataka’s new home minister Araga Jnanendra that “the Congress was raping him” triggered a row with the main Opposition party pouncing on him for “trying to cover-up his failure to arrest the gang members who allegedly raped a 22-year-old student in Mysuru on Tuesday night. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, speaking to the … Read more