Shimoga : Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader K S Eshwarappa has landed in trouble with a local court admitting a complaint against him on charge of making a “hate speech.” Judicial Magistrate First Class Arjun Nallur admitted a private complaint here by the President of minority cell of the district Congress, Sayad W […]

Ugadi is celebrated with festive fervor in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. While it is called Ugadi in A.P. and Karnataka, in Maharashtra it is known as Gudipadawa. Ugadi marks the beginning of a new Hindu lunar calendar. It is a day when mantras are chanted and predictions made for the new year. The most […]

Bangalore: Around 45 percent of over 8.5 million voters in Karnataka had cast their ballots by 2 p.m. Thursday in the elections to 208 urban local bodies, an official said here. The polling booths opened at 7 a.m. and balloting has been largely peaceful, a spokesperson of the state election authority said. Counting of votes […]

Bangalore : An all-party delegation from Karnataka would meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday to apprise him of the state’s position on the Cauvery issue. The announcement to take a delegation of floor leaders of both Houses of the state legislature to New Delhi was made by Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar in the Assembly […]

Bangalore: Former Karnataka chief minister and Lingayat strongman BS Yeddyurappa continues to tear apart the ruling BJP with thirteen of its rebel MLAs, who had resigned from the party, set to take oath for membership of his Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) on Thursday. The resignations of 12 BJP MLAs was on Wednesday accepted by the […]

New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh met Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar Monday morning and said that there is no threat to the present state government. Rajnath Singh’s assurance comes after an hour long meeting with Shettar early morning today. The meet comes in the wake of 13 MLAs loyal to BS […]

Bangalore: Eager to stall presentation of an election budget by the Jagadish Shettar Ministry, Karnataka Janatha Party of BS Yeddyurappa is holding its executive committee meeting here Friday to finalise ‘an action plan’ to bring down the first BJP government in the south. “We may not allow this government to present the budget. We will […]

Bangalore : Lokayukta sleuths on Wednesday raided the premises of seven government officials across the state, a top official of the Lokayukta said. The raids were conducted on 22 premises spread over Bangalore city, Bangalore Rural, Chikkaballapura, Chikmagalur and Hassan, Additional Director General of Police, Lokayukta Satyanarayana Rao said. “Raids are continuing”, the ADGP added.-The […]

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 […]