Former minister, Challakere’s former legislator Thippeswamy passed away this morning. He was 76 years old. Thippeswamy breathed his last at Columbia Asia Hospital in Bengaluru where he was admitted following a severe illness.

Thippeswamy was Excise and Irrigation Minister in the governments led by HD Devegowda and JH Patil respectively. He was elected as MLA from Challakere Assembly constituency in 1985 for the first time.

Food and Civil Supplies Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan clarified that as earlier, the BPL card holders would be given 7 kg rice under the Anna Bhagya scheme.

Leaders of the state including former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and others condoled the death of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, M Karunanidhi.

Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda and other leaders from the state on Tuesday paid homage to DMK patriarch M. Karunanidhi, who earlier passed away in Chennai.

KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao made a strong allegation that the BJP leaders who claim themselves as the owners of the god and religion, have been conspiring to topple the JDS-Congress coalition government unethically, for which they have been inducing more than 80 Congress MLAs.

Following the death of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi, the KSRTC has suspended the service of its buses to Tamil Nadu for two days as a precautionary measure. 

Kavitha Lankesh, sister of Gauri Lankesh, said that it was not fair to exaggerate the accused arrested in Gauri Lankesh murder case as the murderers were always murderers.

Municipal Administration Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi said that “I am born Congressman. There is no question of going to BJP. If needed, I have the capacity of bringing 10 MLAs from BJP”.