Karnataka: Govt will send fresh proposal to Centre to include Kurubas in ST list, says SiddaramaiahKarnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced a renewed effort to include the Kuruba community in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) list, submitt...
Karnataka: Govt initiates discussion to include Kuruba subsect in ST list, BJP sees redThe Karnataka government is trying to include a Kuruba sub-caste in the Scheduled Tribes list. This move has sparked opposition from the BJ...
Dharwad Karnataka Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3: Date, schedule, result, party-wise candidates and other key detailsAt the forefront of this electoral battleground stand Pralhad Joshi of the BJP and Vinod Asooti representing the Indian National Congress (...
Congress leader B K Hariprasad's veiled dig at Karnataka CM sparks disquiet within ruling partyCongress leader B K Hariprasad's veiled criticism of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, at a meeting of several communities in Bengalur...
Siddaramaiah gets Rahul Gandhi’s nod for Ahinda Conventioniddaramaiah met Rahul Gandhi in Delhi on Tuesday touching off speculations over the purpose of the meeting. The former CM has kept away fro...
JDS not contesting bypolls as it wants its "marginal" votes to go to BJP: SiddaramaiahBypolls for Belgaum (Belagavi) Lok Sabha, and Basavakalyan, Sindgi and Maski Assembly seats are due and the schedule is expected to be anno...
Reservation demands: Govt will do whatever is possible within the ambit of law and constitution, says YediyurappaThe Chief Minister said the matter was being discussed and after consulting legal experts, the Advocate General and other important people,...
Will talk to Cabinet on raising SC, ST quota: CM YediyurappaChief Minister BS Yediyurappa, who is under pressure from the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe communities to increase the reservation q...
Bengaluru: Kuruba rally unlikely to upend Congress vote bankThe backward community accounts for an estimated 7% of Karnataka’s population and as its political influence rises, there is a scramble amo...
Two big communities’ quota clamour puts Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa in a tight spotPanchamasalis are the dominant subcaste grouping within Lingayats. There are 13 Panchamasali MLAs including two ministers in the government...
BJP MP’s son makes going tough for party hereSharath Kumar Bache Gowda, the 37-year-old son of veteran BJP leader BN Bache Gowda, has rebelled against the party’s decision to give tick...
It's a Kuruba-Gowda showdown at Hosakote in Bengaluru's backyardIt remained a safe citadel of the Gowda family as long as Siddaramaiah and HD Deve Gowda were together
Badami: Who will bite the dust?The heritage town is supposed to be a safe seat for Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, but the BJP’s decision to field OBC mascot B Sriramulu has...
CM Siddaramaiah faces ‘local vs outsider’ hitch in BadamiThe BJP, on the other hand, has been discussing the names of B Sriramulu, PC Gaddigoudar and BS Yeddyurappa for the same constituency.
Amit Shah woos Kurubas in CM’s bastionThe BJP chief continued his reach-out to the community by visiting Rayanna’s tomb in Nandagad village of Belgaavi district.
Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi hail the same OBC iconThe Kuruba community, to which CM Siddaramaiah belongs, is considered to be the biggest OBC group, accounting for about 7% of the state’s p...
Siddaramaiah to contest from JD (S) stronghold; counting on consolidation of Dalits, Kurubas, minoritiesHis opponent, GT Deve Gowda, who was Siddaramaiah’s campaign manager earlier, appeared equally confident. “I will defeat him without any pr...