Bengaluru : Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew into Bengaluru on Monday night and paid respects to Union Minister Ananth Kumar at the latter’s residence in the city’s southern suburb where his body has been kept for public to pay homage. Landing at the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) airport in the city’s eastern suburb from […]
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Ananth Kumar helped build BJP in Karnataka (Obituary)
Bengaluru : Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.N. Ananth Kumar, who died on Monday, was widely regarded as an able political organiser who helped build the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka to expand the party’s reach in the country’s south. Along with the party’s state unit president B.S. Yeddyurappa, Union Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda and […]
Union Minister Ananth Kumar dead; 3-day mourning in Karnataka
Bengaluru : Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar died on Monday at a private hospital here due to multiple organ failure, a BJP spokesman said. He was 59. “Kumar passed away at around 3 a.m. at Shankara Cancer Hospital three weeks after he was admitted on return from the US on October 21,” party’s […]
Union Minister Ananth Kumar passes away in Bengaluru
Union Minister Ananth Kumar, 59, passed away in Bengaluru during the wee hours on Monday. Kumar was unwell and was on ventilator for the last few days, reported news agency PTI. He was admitted in a private hospital in Bengaluru and undergoing treatment for cancer. Kumar was Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs since 2016 in […]
No move to shift Bengaluru air show to Lucknow: Ananth Kumar
Bengaluru : There is no move to shift “Aero India 2019” from Bengaluru to Lucknow, as clarified by Defence Ministry officials, said Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar on Monday. “I have spoken to (Defence Minister) Nirmala Sitharaman, who has confirmed the same — no decision on shifting Aero India 2019 venue out of […]
Government slams Congress on triple talaq bill, appeals to women groups to fight
New Delhi : The government on Saturday accused the Congress, its President Rahul Gandhi and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi of betraying Muslim women by thwarting the passage of the triple talaq bill in the Rajya Sabha, and appealed to women organisations across the country to start a peaceful agitation against the Opposition to create moral […]
Congress blames government for Parliament logjam
New Delhi : The Congress on Friday blamed the government of exerting pressure on Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to not let the no-confidence motion being taken up, and held it responsible for not letting the Parliament function. Responding to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar holding the party responsible for the parliament not functioning, Congress […]
Congress has become marginal party: Ananth Kumar
New Delhi : Terming Congress a “marginal party”, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar on Friday said that its actions in the two houses during the budget session did not follow parliamentary logic. Addressing the media on Friday, Kumar blamed the Congress for the washout of the second half of budget session. He alleged that Congress […]
Congress gives breach of privilege notice against Ananth Kumar
New Delhi : The Congress has given a breach of privilege notice against Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar for “misleading” the Lok Sabha over disruptions in the house. The notice was given by party member K.C. Venugopal to the Lok Sabha Speaker on the concluding day of the budget session of Parliament, where the second part […]
Sonia says Ananth Kumar lying, blames government for Parliament logjam
New Delhi : Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday lashed out at Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar and accused him of “lying” and said it is the government that did not allow the Parliament to function. Earlier in the day, Kumar accused the Congress of being the “main culprit” for the washout of second-half […]