Editorial – The latest crisis that rocked the BJP government in Karnataka has only added to the disillusionment of the people of the state who most probably are cursing themselves for bringing  a ‘party with a differnece’ to power only to get the state’s image tainted beyond repair. Karnataka, a once proud state today has […]

Bangalore : Karnataka assembly K G Bopaiah accepted the resignation of B Sreeramulu from his Assembly membership, which he had submitted last month unhappy over denial of ministerial berth to him. Sulking over the denial of ministerial berth following his indictment in a Lokayukta report on illegal mining,Sreeramulu, a close associate of mining magnates the […]

Bangalore: Outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday moved the high court against Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde’s recommendation to try him for graft. He also moved the ombudsman to reconsider his recommendation. The high court is likely to hear the petition Wednesday while the petition to the Lokayukta will have to be considered by Hegde’s […]

Bangalore: The BJP top brass on Friday failed to reach consensus over who should be the new Chief Minister of Karnataka after BS Yeddyurappa quits. Yeddyurappa supporters, however, kept the pressure building on the party high command to change its decision. Pro-Yeddyurappa MLAs claimed the support of 73 MLAs and 15 MPs and also demanded […]

Bangalore : The report on illegal mining in Karnataka is voluminous indeed! It runs into 25,228 pages and blames Chief Minister B.S.Yeddyurappa and his predecessor H.D. Kumaraswamy among others, said Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde soon after submitting the report to the state government. The Lokayukta officials sifted through 400,000 files and five million entries in […]

Mangalore : M. Veerappa Moily, the union corporate affairs minister, alleged that the government of Karnataka is using the phone tapping and mining report leakage episode to divert the attention of voters from the mining report and its contents. Visiting Mangalore for the first time with his new portfolio, Mr. Moily told reporters that CM […]

Bangalore: The 20,000 pages of loaded final report from Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N.Santosh Hedge, is expected to be presented (or submitted) by the Register in his office to the ruling state Government of BJP, by evening of Wednesday(today), July 27, in his(Hedge)  own words. The report ought to cover the entire gamut, of mining history […]

Bangalore : Facing more heat in the illegal mining scam, a defiant Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today asserted he would not quit but left it to BJP chief Nitin Gadkari to take a call on his fate in the light of the Lokayukta report.  Returning to Bangalore from a Mauritius holiday, Yeddyurappa also […]

 Bangalore: Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj on Sunday said he would send a report to President Pratibha Patil once the Lokayukta’s report on mining scam, that has indicted Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, “comes on record”. Asked by reporters if the mining scam report is a “fit case” for imposition of President’s Rule in Karnataka, he […]

Mangalore : The members and leaders of the DK District Congress Committee staged a protest in front of the DC’s office on July 23, Saturday condemning the act of state government of tapping of Justice N. Santhosh Hegde’s phone lines and the leakage of the Lokayukta report. Addressing the protestors, MLA Ramanath Rai flayed the […]