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Congress Protests Against Bengaluru Civic Body Over Hike In Taxes

Bangalore News | Written by Maya Sharma, Edited by Stela Dey | Monday January 4, 2021

Congress leaders and workers staged a protest in Karnataka capital Bengaluru today against hikes in taxes and rate charges by the city's civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). They walked from the Mysuru Bank Circle to the corporation's headquarters in the city. The police prevented all but a few representatives from entering the BBM...

BS Yediyurappa's Repeated Assertions Show "Danger" Worrying Him: Congress

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 2, 2021

Congress Karnataka president DK Shivakumar on Friday said Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's self-certification about completing his tenure was an indication about the "danger" that is worrying him.

"We're Taught Covid, Covid, Covid": Karnataka Resident Doctors Protest

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Monday December 7, 2020

Resident doctors across Karnataka are holding a symbolic protest to remind the government of what they say are deficiencies in the medical education department. The doctors claim that the government is using their services for Covid-related work due to which their has been no proper clinical academic activities in their post-graduate course for whi...

DK Shivakumar Gets CBI Summons In Disproportionate Assets Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday November 21, 2020

Congress Karnataka unit president DK Shivakumar on Saturday said he has received summons from the CBI in connection with a disproportionate assets case, and he will be appearing before the investigating agency on November 25.

Pics: DK Shivakumar's Daughter Engaged To Cafe Coffee Day Founder's Son

Karnataka News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday November 19, 2020

Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar's daughter today got engaged to the son of coffee baron VG Siddhartha, the founder of Cafe Coffee Day, who died last year. Amartya, the groom-to-be, is also the grandson of former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader SM Krishna.

Congress Wants Judicial Probe In Bengaluru Professor's Death By Suicide

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Friday November 13, 2020

The recent death by suicide of a former professor at the Bangalore University, Prof (retired) NS Ashok Kumar, is taking a political turn with the Congress demanding a judicial probe into the November 8 incident, alleging corruption.

CBI Takes Former Karnataka Minister Into Custody, State Congress Backs Him

India News | Written by Maya Sharma, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Thursday November 5, 2020

Vinay Kulkarni, a former Congress minister in Karnataka, has reportedly been taken into custody by the CBI in connection with a 2016 murder case in which BJP zilla panchayat member Yogeeshgouda Goudar was killed inside a Dharwad gymnasium in northern Karnataka. Goudar's relatives had subsequently asked for the case to be handed over to the CBI.

Bengaluru Riots: Charging Our Leaders Motivated, Says Congress. BJP Denies This

Bangalore News | Written by Maya Sharma, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Thursday October 15, 2020

As the investigation into the August violence in Bengaluru progresses, the involvement of some Congress party members is increasingly coming into focus.

Congress Leader DK Shivakumar's Brother Disputes CBI Claim On Cash Recovery During Searches

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 7, 2020

Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar's brother and MP from Bengaluru Rural DK Suresh on Tuesday claimed that the CBI has accounted for only Rs 6.78 lakh cash seized at their premises, though it said Rs 57 lakh was recovered during the searches.

Congress Karnataka MP, DK Suresh, Tests Covid +Ve Day After CBI Raid

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Tuesday October 6, 2020

Karnataka Congress MP, DK Suresh, has tested positive for COVID-19 a day after his house was raided by the central investigation agency CBI.

"Vendetta": DK Shivakumar On Rs 75 Crore Disproportionate Assets Case

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Maya Sharma, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Monday October 5, 2020

The CBI began raids this morning at Congress leader DK Shivakumar's premises in Karnataka, Mumbai and other places in an alleged corruption case.

Karnataka Farmers Join Stir Against New Laws, Block Roads In Bengaluru

India News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday September 28, 2020

Thousands of farmers across BJP-ruled Karnataka joined the countrywide protest against the new farm laws this morning. Their other grouse was against changes to the land acquisition act -- which makes it easier for non-farmers to buy agricultural land -- and amendments to the APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committees) Act, which lists rules for ...

"BJP Wants Farmers As Slaves": Congress Walks Out Of Karnataka Assembly

Karnataka News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Stela Dey | Saturday September 26, 2020

The Congress tore up papers and staged a walkout today in the Karnataka Assembly over the land acquisition bill that had been taken up for discussion on the last day of the House.

DK Shivakumar Hospitalised With Fever Weeks After Recovering From COVID

India News | ANI | Saturday September 5, 2020

Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar, who was discharged from a Bengaluru hospital after recovering from COVID-19, has again been admitted to a private hospital in the city on Friday with fever.

DK Shivakumar Discharged From Hospital After Recovering From COVID-19

Karnataka News | Press Trust India | Monday August 31, 2020

Congress' Karnataka unit president DK Shivakumar who was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 infection has been discharged after recovery, the hospital treating him said on Monday.