New Delhi : The BJP is set to get its new national president in place of Amit Shah on Monday, with its working president J P Nadda expected to be elected to the post unopposed. Top party leaders, including those from states, are likely to arrive at the BJP headquarters to file nominations in support […]

Bengaluru : Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday said he has had detailed discussions with BJP national President Amit Shah on the cabinet expansion and that the exercise would be carried out after his return from Davos. The Chief Minister told reporters before leaving for Davos to attend the World Economic Forum meet […]

Bengaluru : The Karnataka government would call on industry leaders and business tycoons for investments during the World Economic Forum summit at Davos in Switzerland from January 21 to 24, said Minister for Large and Medium Industries Jagadish Shettar on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, some central ministers and a few Chief Ministers would attend […]

New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged the BJP on Friday not to indulge in politics over the Nirbhaya case issue and instead work together in ensuring that justice in such cases is delivered at the earliest. Reacting to Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani blaming the AAP government for the “delay” […]

Bengaluru : Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Thursday said the BJP will be open to welcoming leaders from other parties and that there should not be any hesitation within the saffron party about this. The chief minister was speaking at a felicitation programme organised for Nalin Kumar Kateel, who was formally elected as the […]

Bengaluru : Following the arrest of six SDPI activists in connection with the assault on an RSS party worker on December 22 last year, the police have found that the arrested persons were planning to murder Hindu organisation leaders who had participated in a pro-CAA event. Irfan alias Mohammed Irfan (33), Syed Akbar alias Mechanic […]

Puducherry : Rebel Congress Legislator in Puducherry N Dhanavelou was on Thursday suspended from the party on charges of indulging in ‘anti-party activities.’ Addressing a hurriedly convened press conference here, PWD Minister and PCC president A Namassivayam said Dhanavelou had been indulging in ‘anti-party activities’ violating basic principles of party discipline. He said the suspension […]

Davanagere : Congress leader and former minister DK Shivakumar calimed that he is not an aspirant to become KPCC president and the news doing rounds with my name for the top post of Pradesh Congress is totally false and has no base. Addressing presspersons Shivakumar said that he has never made an attempted to become […]

New Delhi : Former chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and discussed several issues, including appointment of new state party president and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader. Siddaramaiah had stepped down as the CLP leader while Dinesh Gundu Rao had resigned as state Congress president on December 9 after the party’s […]

Bengaluru : In a series of curious developments, the State BJP unit called off its core committee meeting scheduled for Thursday in the city, after Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa – who was earlier scheduled to participate in the meeting – decided to launch development projects and participate in a fair at Vijayapura. Within a […]