Bengaluru : As many as 29 ministers inducted into the new council of ministers in Karnataka on Wednesday as CM Bommai expanded his Cabinet on Wednesday, exactly a week since he took over the reins from Yediyurappa. In short, 23 ministers are old faces who were part of the previous B S Yediyurappa cabinet, six […]

New Delhi:  Pranab Mukherjee today became the 13th President of India capping a five-decade career that saw him play significant roles in government, Parliament and party. 76-year-old Mukherjee was administered the oath of office to “preserve, protect and defend the constitution and law” by Chief Justice of India Sarosh Homi Kapadia at an impressive ceremony […]

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: DV Sadananda Gowda has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on Thursday. The swearing-in ceremony took place at 4.30 PM with Governor HR Bhardwaj administering the oath of office and secrecy to Gowda. But the swearing-in ceremony also brought to the fore differences within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as Jagadish […]

Bangalore : Two new BJP MLCs  were sworn in on Friday, who were elected from Graduate / Teachers’ constituency recently. Madhusudan is from Mysore teachers and Shahapur from Belgaum area teachers. The BJP strength in the 75 members-upper house is 38 now,  with Congress (18) and JD-S (16) and 3 Independents in the opposition. Motamma […]