Bengaluru : “The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against former Minister of Karnataka Government (presently MLA) DK Shivakumar on the allegations of possession of disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs. 74.93 crore (approx) in his name and in the name of his family members, on Monday The CBI, in a statement, said it […]

Bengaluru : JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday said he would not get involved in any ‘wicked act’ of bringing down the B S Yediyurappa-led government in Karnataka, amid claims that 15 to 20 BJP MLAs were ready to come out. Clarifying that he would not disturb the government, the former Chief Minister said […]

Bengaluru : The state government has declared a holiday to all government offices, schools and colleges on December 5 in view of the bypolls to the 15 Assembly constituencies. The holiday will be applicable only in the constituencies going for bypolls. However, Vidhana Soudha, Vikas Soudha and offices in MS Building would function as usual, […]

Bengaluru : Alleging that the ruling BJP, fearing defeat in the December 5 bypolls, has tried to contact some of its MLAs with an intention to engineer defections, the Congress in Karnataka Monday warned the saffron party of a backlash from the party and people if they went about it. The principal opposition party also […]

Bengaluru : Former IPS officer KC Ramamurthy of the BJP is likely to get re-elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka unopposed, with neither the Congress nor the JD(S) nominating a candidate Monday, which was the last day to do so. Two other candidates – independent Dr K Padmaraj and Sri Venkateshwar Mahaswami of the […]

Bengaluru : BJP MP from Bengaluru South Tejasvi Surya salmming Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah said that the latter is living in a cocoon of his. “Siddaramaiah Ji is living in a cocoon of his own. After the results of bye-elections come next month, Congress will come to know that they will have to continue to […]

Mysuru : JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda will campaign for JD(S) candidate for Hunsur Assembly bypolls Devarahalli Somashekar. Deve Gowda will tour 22 villages under four garm panchayats on the day, as per the schedule. The party leader will also address the party workers at a few villages. Congress leader D K Shivakumar will […]

Mysuru : CLP leader Siddaramaiah lambasted BJP leader and Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Saturday. Speaking to reporters, he said, the chief minister has violated model code of conduct by stating that all the disqualified MLAs will be made as ministers after bypolls. “Being a chief minister, Yediyurappa has violated model code of conduct […]

Bengaluru : JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda on Wednesday said Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa can complete his term as he no longer has to worry about how to manage the disqualified MLAs, who have been allowed by Supreme Court to contest coming bypolls. “With common sense, I can say that Yediyurappa was […]

Bengaluru : The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the disqualification of 17 Congress-JD(S) MLAs in Karnataka on orders of the Speaker but allowed them to contest the December 5 bypolls. The court struck down the portion of the Speaker’s order by which the legislators were disqualified till the end of the 15th Karnataka Assembly. The […]