Hd Deve Gowda

H.D. Deve Gowda continues to trail by nearly 18,000 votes against BJP candidate G.S. Basavaraj in Tumakuru parliamentary seat at 12.10 pmGowda has served as a member of the Karnataka legislative assembly since 1962 for seven terms

Gowda, who appears only to have aged in numbers and not in spirit, has been relentlessly campaigning for himself, his two grandsons and even other candidates of the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular), or JD(S)

While such projects could jump-start economic activity, the enhanced connectivity provides strategic succour to India as the region had become a prisoner to Chinese whims

A proposed meeting of opposition parties scheduled on Thursday has been postponed until early December

The Congress-JD(S) combine has won four out of five by-polls in the state, defeating the BJP

Chandrababu Naidu's move has surprised many, given his party's anti-Congress origins. The two parties have also decided to join hands for the upcoming state elections in Telangana

The alliance partners are likely to hold a rare joint press conference on Saturday in Bengaluru, to boost its image, which had taken a hit over alleged differences

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday released a book by M. Venkaiah Naidu on his first year in office as the vice president of India

The issue of the Karnataka caste census has not been tabled before the coordination panel of the Congress-JD(S) coalition govt as other bigger issues such as farm loan waiver has taken precedence

Satish Laxmanrao Jarakiholi was one of the many senior Congress leaders of Karnataka who were left out of last Wednesday's cabinet expansion