Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and AICC general secretary and ex-Deputy CM Sachin Pilot have greeted DK Shiv Kumar on being sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka.
The Congress leadership is expected to unveil the first set of ministers alongside DK Shivakumar's swearing-in, with a broader cabinet expansion likely after June 18.
The smooth transfer of power in Karnataka has been hailed as a rare display of discipline in contemporary Indian politics.
Senior Congress leaders, including Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah, have been holding a series of meetings with the party high command to iron out the final contours of the new government amid competing claims from various factions and aspirants.
With Karnataka set for a leadership transition on June 3, Chief Minister-designate D K Shivakumar and caretaker Chief Minister Siddaramaiah spent Monday in New Delhi engaged in crucial consultations with the Congress high command as the party moved to finalize the contours of a new government that could reshape the political balance within the state unit.
"Karnataka is on the way to becoming the global creative capital." This big claim comes from Karnataka IT, BT and Panchayati Raj Minister Priyank Kharge after the culmination of a three-day global congregation of experts from cutting-edge technologies and professionals from the creative fields of the arts, films, gaming, and the entertainment world from across the globe.
The unseeded Indian pairing of Siddhant Banthia and Parikshit Somani dismantled Nicolas Mejia and Bernard Tomic 7-5, 6-0 to reach the Bengaluru Open doubles semifinals on Thursday.
At a time when speculation is rife that Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar could be playing ball with the BJP—given his recent actions like attending a religious function in Coimbatore where Union Home Minister Amit Shah was also present—the Karnataka BJP leadership has begun fishing in troubled Congress waters.
Some years back in a series of highly inspiring actions, Himalayan villagers in many parts of what is now present day Uttarakhand prevented the axing of forest trees.
Six pilgrims from Karnataka, returning after attending Mahakumbh at Prayagraj, were killed and two others were left injured when their jeep collided with a bus in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday.
