Ramakrishna Upadhya

Karnataka-Tamil Nadu water feud peaks, protests sweep Bengaluru

  Even as Bengaluru, the IT capital of India, on Tuesday observed a total bandh to protest against the release…

7 months ago

Ahead of Lok Sabha elections next year, JD (S) reaches out to BJP for a poll alliance

Having convinced both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah that a BJP-JD(S) tie up in the May…

8 months ago

Congress alliance with DMK puts Siddaramaiah Govt in a fix over Cauvery dispute

Bengaluru: In the midst of a looming drought due to the failure of monsoon rains and fast depleting reservoirs, the…

8 months ago

Congress Govt in Karnataka under cloud as two ministers accused of corruption 

Bengaluru: Within three months of coming into power in Karnataka, the Siddaramaiah government has come under a cloud with at…

9 months ago

Karnataka running out of funds as cost of freebies soars

Bengaluru: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised the Congress governments in Karnataka and Rajasthan for “emptying the states’…

9 months ago

Siddaramaiah Govt runs into controversy over Udupi college sleaze video case

 Bengaluru: After facing the public wrath over its attempts to withdraw the murder and rioting charges filed against those accused…

9 months ago

Siddaramaiah Govt under fire over move to free 150 youths arrested in cases of communal riots

 Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka has strongly condemned the Siddaramaiah government’s move to release from police custody over…

10 months ago

Karnataka High Court to decide whether Congress’s ‘guarantee gifts’ in poll amounted to bribing voters

Bengaluru: The shadow of disqualification looms over Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah for “bribing the voters” in the recent Assembly elections,…

10 months ago

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah under attack over dictatorial style of functioning

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has come under pincer attacks on multiple fronts with the Opposition as well as his…

10 months ago

BJP leaders seek CBI probe into brutal murder of Jain monk in Karnataka 

Bengaluru: The back-to-back brutal killing of a Digambar Jain monk in Belagavi district and the murder of a Hindu activist…

10 months ago

Congress Govt under fire as 5 freebie guarantees fall flat in Karnataka

Bengaluru: Indicative of the fierce political battle ahead between the ruling and opposition parties in Karnataka after the Congress party…

10 months ago

Karnataka Govt floats cash in lieu of free rice offer but where is the Rs 10,000 crore going to come from?

 Bengaluru: Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi taunted the opposition parties about the offer of freebie guarantees to win elections…

10 months ago

Congress Govt freebies start boomeranging in Karnataka

Bengaluru: The ‘five freebies’, including “200 units of free supply of electricity to the poor” that propelled the Congress party…

11 months ago

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah appeasing jihadi forces with eye on Lok Sabha polls

In a clear sign of “encouragement” to jihadi forces who had a free run during his last tenure between 2013…

11 months ago

Siddaramaiah’s free rice scheme flops

Having made an irrational and impractical promise of supplying “10 kilos of rice per person per month, free of cost”…

11 months ago

In Karnataka, has the Congress unleashed its anti-Hindu agenda on steroids?

In less than a month after coming to power in Karnataka, the Congress government led by Siddaramaiah has begun to…

11 months ago

Siddaramaiah’s announcement on 5 mega freebies turns out to be a damp squib

Bengaluru: Akin to a fake magician promising to produce a rabbit out of the hat, but coming up with a…

11 months ago

Karnataka CM faces reality check as cash runs out for freebies promised during elections

Having ridden to power with absolute majority on the back of huge expectations raised by the “five mega freebies”, the…

11 months ago

With Gandhi family calling the shots role of Karnataka CM reduced to glorified manager 

Bengaluru: The much-awaited formation of the Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka shows that the “high command culture” of the Congress party…

12 months ago

Battle royale rages in Karnataka Congress over power sharing formula for CM’s post

Bengaluru: The supporters of Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar have started a “street war” on…

12 months ago

Congress’s poll promise on 5 guarantees for freebies from Day 1 falls flat in Karnataka

Bengaluru: The Congress party’s election promise of implementing five “guarantees” to the people of Karnataka from Day One of coming…

12 months ago