Bengaluru, June 5 (IANS) Karnataka Water Resources Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Friday announced his resignation from the state Cabinet, alleging that Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar had gone back on an assurance regarding the allocation of the Bengaluru Urban portfolio. Speaking from his Koramangala office in Bengaluru, Reddy said he would submit his resignation and leave it to the party leadership to decide whether to accept it or not.He clarified that he would not withdraw his resignation and w…
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Bengaluru, May 29 (IANS) A day after Siddaramaiah resigned as Karnataka Chief Minister, former CM and veteran Congress leader Veerappa Moily asserted that there is no question of the former feeling aggrieved for stepping down since the party has always given him “due respect and privilege”.Speaking to IANS, Moily said: “He (Siddaramaiah) served as Chief Minister for practically two terms, since there were only two years left in one of them. It was only after he joined the Congress that he became…
Udupi (Karnataka), Feb 25 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Wednesday that vacant posts in various government departments will be filled in a phased manner.Speaking to reporters in Karkala, he said the government is committed to providing employment opportunities and added that the recruitment process, which had been delayed due to internal reservation issues, will now be initiated.Responding to a question about increasing incidents of elephant attacks in the Chikkamagaluru re…
Jaipur, Dec 30 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jogaram Patel on Tuesday hit back at former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s remarks on the Rajasthan Refinery project, stating that the agreement signed during the Congress government was not in the interest of the state, while the revised agreement under the BJP government safeguarded Rajasthan’s rights and benefits. Responding to questions at a press conference, Patel said that Ashok Gehlot was making statements merely to stay in the headl…