Bangalore : Declaring its commitment to provide a “clean, efficient and transparent” administration, the Congress government in Karnataka today said it was taking action to “adopt” the Centre’s Lokpal Act that provides for formation of an anti-graft ombudsman. “My government welcomes the Lokpal bill of the government of India and action is being taken to […]

Bangalore  : Karnataka, hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons for months now, is witnessing a peculiar playout between the new Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda and Governor H.R. Bhardwaj these days. What Gowda vehemently denies, Bhardwaj coolly confirms. Early this month, Gowda asserted, more than once, that Bhardwaj had not asked him to […]

Bangalore: The BJP government in Karnataka headed by B S Yeddyurappa today won confidence vote in the Assembly 119-0 amid a walkout by the Congress and Independents and a boycott by the JDS. Law Minister S Suresh Kumar pressed for division of votes, as Congress members trooped out with Independents following suit. The JDS had […]

Mangalore: Old warhorse and KPCC leader B. Janardhana Poojary on Saturday asked Governor Bhardwaj to use his constitutional authority to sack the chief minister Yeddyurappa, in view of Supreme Court strictures passed on Friday against state CM, and also the speaker Bopaiah, in disqualifying 16 MLAs since October 2010 and quashing the speaker’s rule made […]

Bangalore: Since the CM has denied any land grab and distribution after denotification in the last 30 months, state Governor Bhardwaj has got suspicious and sought details in a report on his (CM’s) deals. Two letters sent to CM by state Governor remain unanswered, especially the mining affairs of Reddy group in Bellary borders. HRB […]

Mangalore : President of India Smt. Prathiba Patel visited the twin districts for the first time to preside over the Konkani Ekta Divas, the first programme of its kind conducted by Mandd Sobhann as part of its first World Konkani Cultural Convention, a 25-day cultural extravaganza. Sangeeth Guru Joel Pereira is leading the chorus of […]

Bangalore: They go wrong every where in every sense, not only for a ruling Party such as BJP, but for everybody. It is a comic situation in which whatever you touch becomes a stone or a snake and you stutter. You cant hurry, you wait and ponder over a failure, or a defeat in the […]

New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that the  Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj had disobeyed all the rule of political impartiality and this should be recalled. BJP leader Arun Jaitley said that, Bhardwaj has defied all norms of political detachment and constitutionality. He is the person who has also given permission to use […]