Maya Sharma

Actor Ambareesh's Wife Sumalatha Gets BJP Backing In Karnataka's Mandya

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Saturday March 23, 2019

The latest candidate announcements from the BJP on Saturday evening had some good news for an independent candidate in Karnataka.

HD Deve Gowda To Contest Lok Sabha Polls From Karnataka's Tumakuru: Party

India News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Saturday March 23, 2019

After weeks of suspense, the announcement was finally made on Saturday. Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from the Tumakuru constituency in Karnataka as the candidate for the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and Congress alliance, his party said.

"Yet To Decide": HD Deve Gowda Keeps People Guessing About Lok Sabha Seat

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Saturday March 23, 2019

Prajwal Revanna of the Janata Dal Secular today filed his nomination in an event marked with a procession and crowds in Karnataka's Hassan, considered a JDS stronghold.

"Why The Pressure?" Prakash Raj On Whether He Will Divide Anti-BJP Votes

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Saturday March 23, 2019

Actor Prakash Raj is experimenting with a new role - trying to be the man to break the BJP stronghold in parliamentary seats in Bengaluru.

Ola Cabs Banned In Karnataka For 6 Months, Calls Order "Unfortunate"

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Saturday March 23, 2019

App-based cab aggregator Ola cannot run taxis in Karnataka for the next six months, the state transport department has said in a notification. The licence has been suspended for "operating bike taxis" without permission, which were already banned in the state since the last one year.

Actor Ambareesh's Wife Sumalatha To Contest As An Independent From Mandya

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Thursday March 21, 2019

Sumalatha Ambareesh filed her nomination papers for the Lok Sabha seat of Mandya in Karnataka on Wednesday. Sumalatha, the wife of late superstar Ambareesh is contesting as an Independent, even though her husband was a Congressman. The Congress has given the ticket for Mandya to its coalition partner, the Janata Dal (Secular), which is fielding Nik...

JDS, Congress Work On Unity As Template For Opposition

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Tuesday March 19, 2019

All is well with the ruling coalition in Karnataka. That was clearly the message that the Congress and Janata Dal Secular wanted to send out at a crowded press conference on Tuesday.

JDS, Congress Work On Unity As Template For Opposition

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Tuesday March 19, 2019

All is well with the ruling coalition in Karnataka. That was clearly the message that the Congress and Janata Dal Secular wanted to send out at a crowded press conference on Tuesday.

"Techies" Arrested For Pro-PM Slogans At Rahul Gandhi Event, Alleges BJP

India News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday March 19, 2019

As Congress president Rahul Gandhi addressed start-up entrepreneurs at an event in Bengaluru on Monday, a large number of people raised slogans in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi outside the venue.

Mandya Set For Cinematic Clash As Ambareesh's Wife Announces Candidature

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Tuesday March 19, 2019

Sumalatha, the wife of late Kannada superstar Ambareesh, today announced that she will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Karnataka's Mandya as an independent candidate. It is a seat that the actor represented before his death last year, and Sumalatha's decision to follow in his stead will result in a direct contest between her and Janata Dal (Se...

"Scrap The Tender": Bengaluru Citizens Protest Against Elevated Corridor

Bangalore News | Written by Maya Sharma | Saturday March 16, 2019

Citizens of Bengaluru held a protest on Saturday against state government plans to construct a series of elevated roads.

"With HD Deve Gowda's Blessings", JDS' Danish Ali Switches To Mayawati's Party

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Saturday March 16, 2019

General Secretary of HD Deve Gowda's Janata Dal (Secular), Danish Ali made a surprising move today as he joined former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Lucknow today.

Ambareesh's Wife Meets BJP's SM Krishna As Congress Lets JDS Fight Mandya

Bangalore News | Written by Maya Sharma | Saturday March 16, 2019

Sumalatha has been in the news for declaring that she would contest next month's Lok Sabha elections from Mandya - a seat her husband had represented both as MP and MLA. Complicating the issue, Ambareesh's party, the Congress, agreed to let its coalition partner in the state, the Janata Dal Secular, contest Mandya. And it is chief minister HD Kumar...

Azim Premji Does It Again - Donates Over 50,000 Crore To Charity

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Friday March 15, 2019

Azim Premji is no stranger to making incredibly generous donations - mostly to help the less fortunate to receive a good education.

3 Generations Of Deve Gowda Family Are Poll Candidates; Some Tears And Complaints

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Friday March 15, 2019

Family matters can get emotional. Janata Dal (Secular) chief HD Deve Gowda could barely keep his tears in check while handing over his seat - Hassan in southern Karnataka - to grandson Prajwal Revanna at a public event in the parliamentary constituency on Wednesday.