Belagavi : Savadatti MLA Anand Mamani of the BJP has expressed his angst and displeasure for not being considered for the cabinet berth by party high command and Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa. He said that there was no place for party loyalists and it was an insult for the voters from the constituency. In […]

Bengaluru : Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday announced that Cabinet expansion will take place in January, most likely after Sankranti, and that he would visit Delhi at the end of December to hold discussions with the party high command. “Oath-taking ceremony is now complete. The party high command has asked me to come […]

Bengaluru : Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday said the the ministry expansion was likely to take place after December 20 or 22 after discussions with the party high command. “It maybe late by eight to 10 days. We will expand the cabinet and those promised will be inducted into the Ministry there is […]

Bengaluru: The Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) ministry in Karnataka would be expanded on 6 June, chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said on Friday, as the two parties announced a power-sharing agreement and decided to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as a pre-poll alliance. The Congress has also decided to concede the finance department portfolio, which had […]

Bangalore :  The Karnataka Cabinet on September 6, Thursday has decided to strengthen the existing legislation Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle Preservation Act, 1964  by including bull and bullock through an amendment. Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister S Suresh Kumar told reporters after the Cabinet meeting that the cabinet has also decided to […]

Bangalore : Five more ministers were inducted in the D.V. Sadananda Gowda ministry Thursday, taking the strength of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) second government in Karnataka to 27. The five lawmakers- Balachandra Jarkiholi, Anand Asnotikar, Raju Gowda, C.P. Yogeshwar and Varthur Prakash — were sworn-in by state governor H.R. Bhardwaj at a simple ceremony […]

Bangalore: The 34 member Karnataka Cabinet has remained what it is. The CM is the same. 15 Ministers hold the same portfolios as they had. But 3 vacancies have been filled up, and 3 more created and new Ministers have got in. Some portfolios have been changed, for instance, Dr. V.S Acharya moves from Home […]

Bangalore : Every MLA being an aspirant, who will pass the Exam this time is a million dollar question. But threats made so far have not deterred the state BJP chief who thinks BJP is a disciplined party. There are 34 ministers allowed the state cabinet and 3 vacancies at present. The tug of war […]