Belgaum: President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday expressed concern over frequent disruption of proceedings in parliament and legislatures. “It is a disturbing thing,” he said addressing Karnataka legislators, parliament members and central ministers from the state in this north Karnataka town at the new ‘Suvarna Soudha’, the state’s second secretariat, he inaugurated earlier in the day. Belgaum […]

Bangalore: Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj has appointed S Vijay Shankar as the new Advocate General of the state. Bhardwaj issued an order in this regard late last night following a recommendation by Chief Minister D V Sadanada Gowda, a Raj Bhavan release said. Shankar’s appointment was necessitated after B V Acharya resigned on Thursday […]

Bangalore: Former Karnataka High Court judge Chandrashekaraiah was on Saturday appointed as the second Upa Lokayukta, official sources said. The post had remained vacant after Justice R Gururajan resigned on October 12 last year citing family and health problems.  Chandrashekaraiah is likely to be sworn-in tomorrow at Raj Bhavan, sources said. Justice S B Majige […]

Mangalore: It is sad but true, that the former IGP of Western Range has decided to return his honorary doctorate degree conferred on him, by Mangalore University this year, following a sarcastic remark made by chancellor and state Governor, H.R.Bhardwaj. Ajay Kumar Singh had been repeatedly approached by senate members and the V-C of Mangalore […]

Bangalore: Governor H R Bhardwaj inaugurated ‘The Moon – A Scientific Story’, a new programme at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium in the city on Monday. The programme, a 40-minute audio-visual programme prepared by the Bangalore Association for Science Education, is the new attraction of the city based planetarium. Speaking on the occasion, former ISRO chairman U […]

Bangalore: Karnataka’s chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa finally resigned on a gloomy and cloudy Sunday amid high drama after keeping everybody guessing as he delayed his appointment with state governor H.R. Bhardwaj by over an hour. The 68-year-old Yeddyurappa submitted his one-line resignation letter to Bhardwaj at Raj Bhavan, three days after the Bharatiya Janata Party’s […]

Bangalore: In a new political development, state Governor H.R Bhardwaj has intervened in the present political pot-pourie, to ask chief secretary, S.V Ranganath to report to him on current position in Politics. Neith BJP High Command nor CM B.S Yeddyurappa had conveyed anything to the Governor on recent happenings. CM has agreed to resign only […]

Bangalore: Governor H R Bhardwaj on Wednesday granted sanction to the Lokayukta police to file a charge sheet against former IT and BT minister Katta Subramanya Naidu in a case relating to grabbing of KIADB land. “The governnor granted sanction on Wednesday. We will make necessary preparations and file a charge sheet against Katta Subramanya […]

Bengaluru:The BDA on the order of CM yeddyurappa (written or oral) had illegally provided a site measuring 16,100 Sq.ft. in Feb. 2010 to an educational institution called PES running colleges in Bangalore, due to which Karnataka High Court issued a notice today(July 6) on CM to explain the situation. Litigants has complained to the court […]

Bangalore: Governor H R Bhardwaj declared here on May 31, Tuesday, that he would not leave Karnataka until a specific purpose is served during his turm in the Raj Bhawan. He did not come of his own accord to this state, but had a responsibility to perform, after which he would return to Delhi. He […]