Manipal : Former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar threatened that BJP will launch State wide protest, if the government fail to withdraw affidavit submitted through Advocate General and Revenue Secretary in connection with the acquisition of illegal encroachments of revenue and forest land to the High Court. He was speaking after addressing the protest organized in […]

Bangalore : BJP MLAs today staged a dharna in the Assembly demanding action against sugar mill owners for not paying the State Advisory Price of Rs 2,500 per tonne with an additional incentive of Rs 150 to sugarcane farmers. Raising the issue, Opposition BJP leader Jagadish Shettar criticised the government for not taking action against […]

Hubli : BJP was today left red-faced as it inducted Pramod Muthalik, the controversial chief of Sri Rama Sene linked with the attack on women at a pub in Mangalore in 2009, only to dump him within hours after opposition from within and severe flak from other parties. Muthalik, who is facing some 45 cases […]

Bangalore: Within hours of the announcement of the schedule for the Lok Sabha polls on Wednesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party top leaders had meetings and finalised the names of candidates for at least 21 constituencies. The names were discussed at a meeting of the party State election committee. A meeting of the party’s highest decision-making […]

Bangalore: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday, defended the 2014-15 budget estimates saying its aim is to usher in social justice, economic progress and inclusive growth, apart from being pro-people. It is a “revolutionary” one fulfilling several promises of the Congress in its election manifesto, he said, seeking the approval of the members for vote-on-account until […]

Bangalore: Terming the Railway Budget (Vote on Account) presented by Railways Minister M. Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday as a “mere poll gimmick”, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has accused him of failing to properly utilise the “rare opportunity” to make any substantial contribution to the State. “He lost an opportunity to make a memorable contribution […]

Bangalore: The former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar will be the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly with Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa according him that status and announcing in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday that the Bharatiya Janata Party will be the principal Opposition party. This follows the four legislators from the B.S. Yeddyurappa-led Karnataka […]

Bangalore: With the merger of B S Yeddyurappa-led KJP boosting the BJP’s tally, the party’s former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar was today recognised as the opposition leader in the House by Speaker Kagodu Thimappa. PTI file photo With the merger of B S Yeddyurappa-led KJP boosting the BJP’s tally, the party’s former Chief Minister Jagadish […]

Bangalore : The Congress, still basking in the glory of the two Lok Sabha byelection victories on Saturday, had another reason to rejoice on Monday: the party won two of the three Legislative Council seats for bypolls were held. Congress won the Council seats from the local authorities’ constituencies of Dharwad (Nagaraj Chabbi) and Mysore-Chamarajanagar […]

Bangalore : The BJP Legislature Party meeting on Tuesday unanimously elected former chief minister Jagadish Shettar as its floor leader in the 14th Assembly. The meeting, held in the presence of former party national president Nitin Gadkari, decided that former home minister R Ashoka will be Shettar’s deputy in the Lower House. The BJP, which […]