Bangaluru: BJP legislative party pioneer B S Yeddyurappa was sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka on Thursday, May 17. Governor Vajubhai Vala regulated the oath at Raj Bhavan. All recently chosen BJP MLAs took part in the ceremony. BJP has the help of just 105 MLAs, which is far from the magic numbers to […]

Shimoga: BJP’s chief ministerial candidate B S Yedyurappa filed his nomination papers for Shikaripura Assembly constituency in the afternoon around 1:25pm on Thursday. The returning officer of Shikaripura taluk accepted his nomination. Yeddyurappa performed ‘puja’ at Huchurayaswamy Temple in the town after which he submitted his nomination papers. He was accompanied by Chhattisgarh Chief Minister […]

Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has challenged BJP State President B S Yeddyurappa to contest from Varuna Assembly if he is so sure of victory. Siddaramaiah’s son Dr Yathindra, is likely to be the Congress candidate from Varuna to facilitate which the CM will compete from Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysuru. When reporters asked the CM about […]

Mysuru: BJP National President Amit Shah paid a visit to the famous Amba Vilas palace in Mysuru on Friday morning and spent some time interacting with the members of the Wadiyar royal family of Mysuru. Amit Shah, arrived in Mysuru at midnight on Thursday for his next phase of pre-election campaigning, arrived at Amba Vilas […]

Mangaluru: When BJP’s Jana Suraksha Yatra culminated in Mangaluru on Tuesday, former CM and party state president B S Yeddyurappa announced that the saffron party would withdraw all cases filed against its cadre within 24-hours of coming to power. He said not only will the BJP ensure that all 6.5crore Kannadigas lead a respectable life, […]

Byndoor: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Jana Suraksha Yatra entered Udupi district here on Monday. Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi flagged off a padayatra held as part of it at Shanishvara temple. Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Gandhi said many Sangh Parivar activists have been killed in the State in the past […]

Mangaluru: As many as 15 national leaders from Bharatiya Janata Party will speak at each one of the 15 public meetings to be held during the party’s three-day long Jan Suraksha Yatra in Mangaluru that starts on March 6, said Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel here on Wednesday. Talking to reporters, Mr. Kateel said […]

Udupi: Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah and the former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa had a “dailogue on Hindu religion and culture” at Sri Rama Vittala Hall on Pejawar Mutt premises in Udupi on Tuesday. Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt, Vidyadheesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Palimar Mutt and about 15 seers from different parts […]

Udupi: Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah said on Tuesday that the Siddaramaiah government in the State was mired in corruption and welfare measures were not reaching the people. He was speaking at the mega convention of fishermen of Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada districts organized by the BJP at the Malpe beach, here. […]

Bangaluru: CM Siddaramaiah said Narendra Modi was “morally unfit” to hold the post of India’s prime minister. CM Siddaramaiah said that Congress led Karnataka was the best-performing state across various sectors. “Modi has made negative statements about our government which are not true,” Siddaramaiah told a press conference here. “What moral right does Modi have […]