Bangalore : Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar Wednesday resigned after his ruling BJP faced a humiliating defeat in the 14th state legislative assembly elections held Sunday. According to a Raj Bhavan communique, Governor H.R. Bhardwaj accepted the resignation of Shettar and his council of ministers. The governor has requested Shettar to continue in office till […]

Hubli : The asset value of Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has increased four times than that of his wife Shilpa Shettar, but he is literally indebted to her and brother Pradip Shettar, going by the affidavit filed by him along with his nomination papers here. Shettar, seeking a fifth win from a constituency here […]

Kundapur : Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar gave an open challenge to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to come up with the statistics of the achievements during the tenure of the Congress and the BJP parties in the State and debate it in a public platform. He was speaking at a public programme as a part of […]

Bangalore : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released a 19-point manifesto ahead of the May 5 Assembly elections, promising rice at Re. 1 for Below Poverty Line (BPL) families if voted to power. The party had promised rice at Rs. 2 before the previous elections in 2008 and made efforts to rush through […]

New Delhi : Jagadish Shettar will be the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate in the Karnataka Assembly polls, Rajnath Singh said today, even as he downplayed the issue of corruption that has plagued the party-led government in the southern state. Singh, who was addressing a Bangalore rally through video conferencing after his aircraft developed some snag […]

Bangalore : Minister Murugesh Nirani hinted on Wednesday that he was all set to quit the BJP, by taking part in a convention of KJP workers here, reports DHNS from Jamkhandi (Bagalkot). He was sitting in the front row, along with the audience. But soon, leaders on the dais demanded that he sit with them […]

Mangalore : Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar is in Mangalore on March 18 Monday to inaugurate various projects. The CM who arrived at the airport on Monday morning was accorded a warm welcome by a host of BJP leaders including MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, District Minister CT Ravi, Deputy Speaker Yogish Bhat,  former minister Krishna Palemar […]

Bangalore : Chief  Minister Jagadish Shettar on Thursday announced State film awards for the year 2011 and, ‘Prasad’, directed by Manoj Sati for AKK Entertainers, has bagged the award for the first best film. Arjun Sarja, who has played the lead role in the movie, won the best actor award while Master Sankalp has been adjudged […]

Bangalore : To placate sulking former chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda, the central leadership of the BJP is likely to accommodate him as a member of the party’s national executive. It is said that Gowda was planning to quit the BJP as he has been sidelined in the party. Therefore, the idea is to […]

Bangalore : Another ruling BJP MLA resigned his assembly membership, further jolting the party in the poll-bound state. H S Shankarlinge Gowda, who represents Chamaraja Assembly constituency, waited for more than 90 minutes for Speaker K G Bopaiah and submitted his resignation letter, official sources said. Bopaiah immediately accepted the resignation of Gowda, who is […]