Bangalore: Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Sunday held extensive talks with Congress leader and former minister Jabbar Khan Honnali in an attempt to woo him to join his party. Yeddyurappa is planning to pit Honnali against Jagadish Shettar from the chief minister’s home turf of Hubli Central constituency. A senior leader close to Yeddyurappa […]

Bangalore: Nearly 14,000 houses in Bangalore’s Yelahanka, Byatarayanapura, Mahadevapura and Electronics City areas will wake up to Cauvery water on Wednesday morning. Chief minister Jagadish Shettar will inaugurate the Cauvery phase II, stage IV project at the Jambu Savari Dinne reservoir site on the morrow, bringing to fruition a three-year wait for potable water. Some […]

Hubli: Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Saturday rubbished UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s claim that the Centre had released Rs 80,000 crore to the state in the last five years and said the state was ready to provide details of grants. “Karnataka has not received Rs 80,000 crore from the Central government as claimed by […]

Mysore: Religious fervour marked the beginning of annual Dussehra festivities in this city of palaces today. Bijapur-based Jnana Yogashrama pontiff Siddeshwara Swamiji performed pooja to the Mysore royal family’s presiding deity Chamundeswari atop the Chamundeswari Hillock in the presence of Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and other dignitaries. The Chamundeswari temple and main buildings across the […]

Mysore : Shaking off the long shadow cast by the Cauvery agitation, Mysore is decked out for the nine-day Dasara festivities starting on Tuesday. A melange of events will unfold in the next nine days, showcasing the city’s cultural heft of over 400 years. The event starts atop the Chamundi Hills on Tuesday morning. In […]

Bangalore : Protests against the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu took a new turn on Wednesday with farmers trying to make an entry into the heavily guarded KRS reservoir. Their fivehour effort didn’t yield results. They tried to break the security cordon to enter the dam site and stop outflow of water. With […]

Mangalore:  Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar who spoke to reporters at the Mangalore Airport enroute Udupi, has said his request to the union ministers hailing from the state, was to apprise the Centre on the plight of the state and its people who are reeling under drought conditions. By saying so, the CM hinted that the […]

Bangalore : Chief minister Jagadish Shettar’s personal website was found hacked on Wednesday. Hacker group Skywalkers claiming to be from Pakistan posted a quote of Nelson Mandela : “When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.” “I am a Pakistani! […]

Bangalore: Te state government has submitted an appeal to the Cauvery River Authority to immediately withhold the order of the PM to release 9000 cusex of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and to reconsider the decision. It has also appealed to the Centre to constitute a committee of experts to study the facts regarding the […]

Bangalore: Even as CM Jagadish Shettar instructed all the MLAs who have already left the nation on a foreign tour to return, another set of 13 MLAs is all set to go ahead with its foreign trip. Reports say none of the MLAs who are already on a  tour  are likely to return as they […]