Madikeri: Chief Minister  Jagadish Shettar has exuded confidence that the BJP government in the state would complete its five year term. Speaking to reporters on the occasion of his maiden visit to Madikeri, the chief minister claimed that the state has witnessed unprecedented development during the past four and a half year period. He also […]

Mangalore : The state government has taken due note of back to back deaths of two women of Karnataka origin abroad- Savitha Halappanavar and Jacintha Saldanha— and urged the centre to ensure that Indian citizens abroad get due protection, abroad said DV Sadananda Gowda, former chief minister. Chief minister Jagadish Shettar has written letters to […]

  Belgaum : Facing fresh turmoil, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today said BJP central leaders will take a decision on December 12 on initiating action against MLAs who defied the party and shared dais with B S Yeddyurappa at the launch of his new outfit. “The BJP central leaders will take a decision at […]

Belgaum : Amid reports that the Congress was planning to move a no-confidence motion following the exit of B S Yeddyurappa from BJP, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today said his government was ready for it and asserted that the ministry was stable. “BJP government is ready to face no-confidence motion. The government is stable […]

Bangalore : A delegation of news editors and senior journalists from a cross-section of print and television media met Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar here on Tuesday to express their concern over the imprisonment of Mangalore-based television journalist Naveen Soorinje. Mr. Soorinje, who reported on the July 28 homestay attack in Mangalore, was listed as a […]

Mangalore : Hundreds of people witnessed the Historic Kadri Devara Kambala, at the kambala fields at Kadri on December 2, Sunday. The event was inaugurated by several dignitaries present on the occasion including entrepreneur A Sadananda Shetty,  Karnataka Bank Chairman Jayaram Bhat and local corporator Roopa D Bangera. The event rekindled folk glory with various […]

Bangalore: Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Friday announced he has sent his resignation from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to party president Nitin Gadkari. “I have resigned from primary membership of BJP and sent letter to party president Nitin Gadkari,” announced Yeddyurappa at a public meeting at Freedom Park in the city centre. […]

Bangalore: Ahead of the meeting with his Tamil Nadu counterpart J Jayalalithaa, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Thursday expressed confidence of solving the Cauvery water sharing stalemate. “Both neighbouring states are in distress. We have to find a solution in the present circumstances. I am confident we would find so,” he told reporters after […]

New Delhi: With former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa announcing his decision to quit the Bharatiya Janata Party, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar is understood to have on Tuesday warned the party central leadership that the Lingayat leader may dent the party prospects in the coming Assembly elections. Shettar, who met BJP senior leader and Rajya […]

Bangalore: Two ministers loyal to BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa today engaged in a wordy duel in the presence of Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and in full view of a large gathering of officials at Vidhana Soudha, the state secretariat. The action of Housing Minister V Somanna and Minister for Cooperation B J Puttaswamy brought […]