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According to the sources, the agency, during the initial probe had allegedly found unaccounted and misreported assets linked to Shivkumar. (Photo: ANI)

Cente 'harassing' Shivakumar to demoralise him and his supporters: Malikarjun Kharge

The Income Tax department had conducted raids at Shivakumar's house in August 2017.

04 Sep 2019 4:16 PM

' Shivakumar is cooperating with the agencies. Is he absconding? Why are they doing this? Just to harass and mentally torture him. I condemn this,' Kharge said. (Photo: File)

'Central government harassing DK Shivakumar,' says Mallikarjun Kharge

According to the sources, the agency, during the initial probe had allegedly found unaccounted and misreported assets linked to Shivakumar.

04 Sep 2019 1:12 PM

On Wednesday, supporters of Shivakumar set a bus on fire and blocked parts of the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, forcing the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation to divert traffic from the arterial road. (Photo: ANI)

Karnataka bandh: Bus torched, roads blocked as Cong workers protest Shivakumar’s arrest

Immediately after his arrest, protests broke out in his Kanakapura Assembly constituency with supporters pelting stones at some buses.

04 Sep 2019 12:48 PM

The Youth Congress leader also claimed that the Karnataka leader was suffering from high blood pressure. (Photo: ANI)

Shivakumar's health deteriorated due to harassment: Youth Congress President

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Shivakumar on Tuesday evening in connection with an alleged money laundering case.

04 Sep 2019 11:04 AM

Yeddy also said that he would be the 'happiest' to receive the news of Shivakumar's getting out. (Photo: File)

Arrest of Shivakumar didn't bring any happiness, hope he is out soon: Yeddy

Yeddy said: 'I haven't hated anyone in my life and haven't mean to harm anyone. Justice will have to take its own course.'

04 Sep 2019 9:03 AM

Most of the leaders of the party want Siddaramaiah as the Leader of Opposition as he is strong and hails knowledge of finance and other issues of the state, a party leader said. (Photo: ANI)

'Internal fight' in Congress for post of Leader of Opposition in Karnataka

Siddaramaiah, G Parameshwara and DK Shivakumar are said to be playing their cards with central leaders to be Oppn leader.

03 Aug 2019 8:40 AM

Earlier in the day, Shivakumar had attacked the BJP saying the party is in a hurry to come to power in the state and using the Governor of Karnataka for the same. (Photo: ANI)

Why BJP not accepting they are behind 'operation lotus' in K'taka: DK Shivakumar

DK Shivakumar said, "Why is the BJP not accepting it wants the chair?'

22 Jul 2019 3:38 PM

Citing the law, Shivakumar observed the MLAs were elected on Congress ticket and voting against the party during a confidence motion in the Assembly would lead to loss of membership of the House. (Photo: ANI)

Cong willing to settle demands of MLAs, hope they will support govt: DK Shivakumar

Shivakumar had visited the residence of his party's dissident MLA M T B Nagaraj on Saturday to convince him to take back his resignation

14 Jul 2019 1:34 PM

'We will wait until Monday, when we are ready to face the no-confidence motion,' Yeddyurappa said. (Photo: File)

'Ready for no-confidence motion': Yeddyurappa after K'taka CM seeks trust vote

This statement came a day after Kumaraswamy made a surprise announcement in the Assembly that he would seek a trust vote.

13 Jul 2019 5:11 PM

Congress leader D K Shivakumar visited the residence of Congress MLA and state minister MTB Nagaraj early on Saturday morning. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Karnataka crisis: 1 Cong MLA to stay back, Shivakumar works on others

DK Shivakumar said they should live together and die together because they had worked for 40 years for the party.

13 Jul 2019 12:09 PM

He said they are trying to convince the legislators and despite pressures they are facing, the party is still hopeful that the MLAs will come around. (Photo: File)

‘No question of fresh polls, confident govt would continue,’ says DK Shivakumar

'We have to save this secular government at any cost,' DK Shivakumar said.

12 Jul 2019 9:42 AM

'I feel that the present situation is worse than the Emergency,' he said. (photo: File)

'Present situation worse than Emergency,' says Deve Gowda

Gowda urged political parties to come together, setting aside their differences, to 'save democracy', which, he alleged, was under threat.

10 Jul 2019 5:39 PM

'Gandhi family is the only strength to keep this party strong, united and rebuild this party to bring it back to power,' Shivakumar said. (Photo: ANI)

'If Congress is united, then India is united,' says DK Shivakumar

Gandhi on Wednesday announced that he was no longer the president of the Congress, and the party should decide on a new chief without delay.

04 Jul 2019 10:12 AM

Members of the community came from far away places to participate in the protest. (Photo: Representational | PTI)

K'taka: Valmiki community protests for 7.5 pc reservation, halts traffic for 5 hrs

The protest led to traffic congestion in several parts of the country on Tuesday.

26 Jun 2019 9:18 AM

I'm just following Gandhi ji's theory, 'Don't hear bad, don't speak bad and don't see bad,' Shivakumar told reporters. (Photo: ANI)

I just know who won and who lost: Karnataka minister Shivakumar

Earlier Siddaramaiah said BJP got mandate to run the government at the Center and not to destabilise the government in Karnataka.

28 May 2019 11:30 AM

Anand Singh was hospitalised after he was allegedly hit on the head with a bottle by JN Ganesh at Bengaluru's Eagleton resort, where Congress legislators were moved on Friday by the party, the local media reported. (Photo: File)

Will take legal action: Wife of hospitalised K'taka Cong lawmaker

'If it is true that Ganesh beat up my husband, my children and I will not keep quiet,' Laxmi Singh said.

21 Jan 2019 9:13 AM

Congress moved 76 of its 80 lawmakers to Eagleton resort on Friday after the legislature party meeting amid fears of poaching by the BJP. (Photo: ANI)

‘Chest pain, not fight’, says Cong after K’taka MLA hospitalised; BJP watches

Congress MLA Anand Singh was hospitalised after party colleague hit him on his head at Bengaluru resort, reports said.

20 Jan 2019 2:56 PM

'Our MLAs are with us, we are answerable to the people of the constituency, they are not doing any dirty politics. BJP is trying to create a hype in the country on Mahagathbandhan,' Shivakumar told ANI. (Photo: File)

‘Our MLAs are with us,’ says DK Shivakumar over Karnataka poaching row

The charges of horse-trading were triggered after 3 Karnataka Congress MLAs visited Mumbai on Monday, reportedly along with some BJP MLAs.

15 Jan 2019 3:13 PM

Hitting out at the BJP spokesperson, DK Shivakumar sought to know why he was dragging Congress leaders into controversy. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Ready to face torture, confident will come out clean: Shivakumar

DK Shivakumar accused BJP of misusing central agencies to harass him and pull down the Congress-JDS government in Karnataka.

20 Sep 2018 9:11 AM

A special court had given Shivakumar a conditional bail in this case sometime back and the next date of hearing is September 20. (Photo: File | PTI)

Case file against K'taka minister DK Shivakumar for money laundering

ED has booked Shivakumar, Haumanthaiah, an employee at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi, and others under the PMLA.

18 Sep 2018 12:20 PM

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