Mangaluru : Minister for Tourism, Environment and Ecology C.P. Yogeshwar said here on Saturday that Mangaluru is among six places identified for setting up heliports in the State for promoting tourism and improving connectivity under UDAN scheme. At an interactive session on ‘promoting tourism in the coastal belt’ organised by Dakshina Kannada Union of Working […]

Bangalore: Shankar Bidari, who is showing signs of veering towards the BJP, said on Saturday that he would decide his future course of action on October 21. Bidari has ended his association with the Samajwadi Party (SP) within three months of joining it. He quit the party’s primary membership on Saturday. Bidari, who started his […]

Kanakpura: Forest minister C.P. Yogeshwar had charged Congress MLA D.K. Shivkumar and his brother Suresh of illegal mining deals early this week, but in an explanatory note sent to a magazine, the Congress leader has flatly denied any illicit business activity on his part. He challenged the minister to hold a CBI probe, if needed. […]

Bangalore : Karnataka Forest Minister C P Yogeshwar has landed himself in another controversy over the allotment of a 4,000-square feet government site here allegedly in violation of rules. Yogeshwar, already facing opposition heat for his alleged involvement in Mega City real estate project scam, has been alloted ‘G’ category Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) site […]

Bangalore: C.P.Yogeshwar was elected in a by-poll with a thumping majority on a BJP ticket, by people who did no know his antecedents well, because they regret it. Now within a few months of his becoming a minister(for forests), on the strength of his remarkable win, several changes made against him, haunt him in court […]