Anant Kumar Hegde

BJP MP Anant Kumar Hegde has called officials of BSNL "traitors" who were "not ready to work" as he slammed "poor" network of the state-owned telecom operator in parts of Karnataka.

Karnataka BJP chief Nalin Kumar Kateel has said that national party president JP Nadda will look into Anant Kumar Hegde's remark on Mahatma Gandhi.

Former Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde, known for his outrageous remarks, today accused the Karnataka bureaucrat who quit, flagging concerns on democracy, of "treason".

The ruling BJP today launched damage control after a rash of comments in favour of Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, just two days before the final round of voting for the national election. Pragya Singh Thakur, Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde and Nalin Kumar Kateel, all contesting the election, have been asked for an explanation within 10...

After Pragya Singh Thakur, a second BJP leader has made shocking remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse. Nalin Kumar Kateel, a BJP MP from Karnataka, has compared Godse with former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, who has been a chief target of the ruling party in the national election campaign nearly 30 years after his assassination.

Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde has plumbed new lows in public discourse with a series of inflammatory and wild statements. On Sunday, he declared at a public event that any hand that touches a Hindu girl "should not exist". This morning, he hit out at a Congress leader by dragging his Muslim wife into a Twitter spat.

Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde has walked into a fresh row after he scoffed at the opposition unity moves to take on the BJP in the 2019 general elections, derisively comparing the opposition parties to "crows, monkeys and foxes". The minister was sharply criticised by the opposition and even the BJP's ally Janata Dal United that told him to mind...

The Udaan scheme for skill training to the educated unemployed youth in Jammu and Kashmir has been getting very good response, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Anant Kumar Hegde said.

In a series of tweets on Tuesday night, Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde alleged that an attempt had been made on his life and a truck that tried to hit his car had ended up ramming his escort car. He urged the police to investigate what he called "a bigger nexus".

Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde has alleged a "deliberate attempt on his life" by a truck that he said tried to hit his car and then rammed an escort car on Tuesday night in Karnataka. Posting multiple tweets and pictures, he has asked the police to investigate a possible conspiracy.

Taking potshots at Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde today said "kota (fake) hindutvavadis" are taking birth and people would get "good entertainment" with the Congress president's state tours.

Union minister and Dalit leader Ramdas Athawale today slammed his Cabinet colleague Anant Kumar Hegde for allegedly comparing his critics with "barking dogs".

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked the Narendra Modi government over Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde's "amend the Constitution" remarks, saying it was "distressing" to see the country's foundation under attack by BJP members both "directly and surreptitiously".

Days after union minister Anant Kumar Hegde stoked a controversy with his remarks that his party, the ruling BJP, will "soon change the Constitution" that mentions the word "secular", noted south India actor Prakash Raj demanded to know "what does this minister know about secularism" and suggested that the minister should "first read the preamble o...

Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde is in the centre of another controversy after he said that his party, the ruling BJP, will "soon change the Constitution," which mentions the word "secular." He was attacking what he called a "new fad where people project themselves as secular."

BJP MP Anant Kumar Hegde has called officials of BSNL "traitors" who were "not ready to work" as he slammed "poor" network of the state-owned telecom operator in parts of Karnataka.

Karnataka BJP chief Nalin Kumar Kateel has said that national party president JP Nadda will look into Anant Kumar Hegde's remark on Mahatma Gandhi.

Former Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde, known for his outrageous remarks, today accused the Karnataka bureaucrat who quit, flagging concerns on democracy, of "treason".

The ruling BJP today launched damage control after a rash of comments in favour of Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, just two days before the final round of voting for the national election. Pragya Singh Thakur, Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde and Nalin Kumar Kateel, all contesting the election, have been asked for an explanation within 10...

After Pragya Singh Thakur, a second BJP leader has made shocking remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse. Nalin Kumar Kateel, a BJP MP from Karnataka, has compared Godse with former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, who has been a chief target of the ruling party in the national election campaign nearly 30 years after his assassination.

Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde has plumbed new lows in public discourse with a series of inflammatory and wild statements. On Sunday, he declared at a public event that any hand that touches a Hindu girl "should not exist". This morning, he hit out at a Congress leader by dragging his Muslim wife into a Twitter spat.

Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde has walked into a fresh row after he scoffed at the opposition unity moves to take on the BJP in the 2019 general elections, derisively comparing the opposition parties to "crows, monkeys and foxes". The minister was sharply criticised by the opposition and even the BJP's ally Janata Dal United that told him to mind...

The Udaan scheme for skill training to the educated unemployed youth in Jammu and Kashmir has been getting very good response, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Anant Kumar Hegde said.

In a series of tweets on Tuesday night, Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde alleged that an attempt had been made on his life and a truck that tried to hit his car had ended up ramming his escort car. He urged the police to investigate what he called "a bigger nexus".

Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde has alleged a "deliberate attempt on his life" by a truck that he said tried to hit his car and then rammed an escort car on Tuesday night in Karnataka. Posting multiple tweets and pictures, he has asked the police to investigate a possible conspiracy.

Taking potshots at Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde today said "kota (fake) hindutvavadis" are taking birth and people would get "good entertainment" with the Congress president's state tours.

Union minister and Dalit leader Ramdas Athawale today slammed his Cabinet colleague Anant Kumar Hegde for allegedly comparing his critics with "barking dogs".

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked the Narendra Modi government over Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde's "amend the Constitution" remarks, saying it was "distressing" to see the country's foundation under attack by BJP members both "directly and surreptitiously".

Days after union minister Anant Kumar Hegde stoked a controversy with his remarks that his party, the ruling BJP, will "soon change the Constitution" that mentions the word "secular", noted south India actor Prakash Raj demanded to know "what does this minister know about secularism" and suggested that the minister should "first read the preamble o...

Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde is in the centre of another controversy after he said that his party, the ruling BJP, will "soon change the Constitution," which mentions the word "secular." He was attacking what he called a "new fad where people project themselves as secular."