
Bangalore: Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda on Thursday denied he was approached by middlemen over defence deals, the claim which was earlier made by his son HD Kumaraswamy. Speaking at a Press Conference in Bangalore, Gowda said, "I do not want to react more than what has been written by former cabinet secretary TSR Subramanian in his book. There is no need for me to give any explanation, this...

06:18 PM, Mar 29, 2012

Bangalore: Janata Dal Secular leader and former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy has claimed that his father HD Deve Gowda was offered bribes when he was the Prime Minister. "When my father HD Deve Gowda was the Prime Minister, middlemen used to approach him and try to bribe him to procure defence deals," Kumaraswamy claimed. Reacting to Kumaraswamy's claim, BJP leader Balbir Punj said, "It reconfirms the fact that bribes...

03:48 PM, Mar 29, 2012

Bangalore: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday began an indefinite fast pressing for a CBI probe into ruling BJP's charge that his family members amassed illegal wealth to the tune of Rs 1,500 crore. Kumaraswamy, son of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, accompanied by thousands of JDS workers marched from his party office to the Freedom Park, the venue of his fast. The BJP...

11:51 AM, Jul 09, 2011

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has called for an all-party meet on Wednesday to discuss the Women's Reservation Bill. Looking to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies, the Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha in 2010. The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj party have decided to boycott the meeting. The bill is being opposed by the Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya...

08:50 AM, Jun 22, 2011

Bangalore: JDS chief H D Deve Gowda on Friday demanded that the Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj exercise his constitutional powers and dismiss the Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa-led BJP ministry in the wake of Supreme Court setting aside disqualification of 16 MLAs. Terming the disqualification order as an act of "fraud played on the Constitution", the former Prime Minister appealed to Bhardwaj to take a decision whether "this government...

07:14 PM, May 13, 2011

Bangalore: In what could be seen as a counter to Governor HR Bhardwaj'sanction of prosecution against BS Yeddyurappa, a complaint was on Monday filed against four former Karnataka chief ministers, including SM Krishna, before a judicial commission set up by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government to investigate land scams. Vinod, an advocate, submitted the complaint seeking an investigation into denotification of lands during the rule of Krishna, now External...

11:43 AM, Jan 24, 2011

Bangalore: Suspected JDS supporters attacked the residence of a key aide of Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa after he made allegations of land grabbing against former Prime Minister and their party chief HD Deve Gowda. Police said the supporters pelted stones at the house of Yeddyurappa's Political Secretary B J Puttaswamy on Tuesday night, damaging window panes and also a car, hours after he levelled the charge. They also raised...

12:16 PM, Dec 01, 2010

Business tycoon Vijay Mallya filed his nomination papers as an Independent candidate from Karnataka on Monday. ...

11:27 PM, Jun 07, 2010

He also dared the BJP to take legal action with him. ...

11:24 PM, Jan 11, 2010

Former PM loses it at a protest by farmers in village near Bangalore. ...

10:14 PM, Jan 10, 2010

HD Deve Gowda says the Left leaders mainly want a new name. ...

01:19 AM, Mar 17, 2009

The tussle between the JD(S) and BJP seems to be taking a sensational turn. ...

10:26 AM, Oct 08, 2007

BJP says it's hopeful that JD-S will honour its agreement on power transfer. ...

08:55 PM, Sep 29, 2007