Bangalore : Former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa dealt a body blow to the ruling BJP as it appeared set to slump to the third position behind the JDS, as the Congress was struggling towards majority in the Karnataka Assembly, latest trends showed. With trends available for 208 of the total 223 segments which went […]

Bangalore: Karnataka’s ruling BJP announced on Saturday that Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar would lead the party in the Assembly polls due in May, a move clearly aimed at blunting the caste advantage its former leader BS Yeddyurappa was hoping to benefit from. The decision to go to the polls under Shettar’s leadership was taken at […]

Bangalore:  It was a particularly candid camera. A private TV channel in Bangalore caught three ministers watching porn on a cellphone in the Karnataka Assembly. The trip was forced to resign last week. They cannot enter the Assembly till a committee completes its investigation against them. The Assembly will also be off-limits soon for TV […]

New Delhi : Anna Hazare Wednesday expressed “dismay” over the three Bharatiya Janata Party ministers in Karnataka viewing porn in the assembly and demanded that they should be “jailed” for bringing “disrespect to the Constitution”.  “I was dismayed after learning about the two Karnataka ministers watching porn inside the Karnataka assembly. I was more disappointed […]

Bangalore : The Karnataka assembly Wednesday witnessed noisy scenes over ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) attack on Governor H.R. Bhardwaj for his refusal to appoint the government’s choice as the state’s new Lokayukta (ombudsman).  Opposition Congress and Janata Dal-Secular members trooped near the speaker’s podium shouting slogans and protesting state BJP chief K.S. Eshwarappa’s statement […]

Bangalore : Karnataka Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah today appealed to the Opposition Congress and JD(S) to cooperate with him for smoothly conducting proceedings of the session commencing January 6, as the threat of its disruption looms large with the parties demanding resignation of chief minister BS Yeddyurappa over land scam charges. The session should […]

Bangalore : It is a tough time for the Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, to rescue himself from the political fate. After the 16 MLAs withdrew support to Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa government last week, he was given a chance to prove the majority with the trust vote and he was successful in the day […]