Mangaluru: The Karnataka BJP is embroiled in dissidence and the party’s state unit President BS Yeddyurappa who has miserably failed in handling the situation, said MLC Ivan D’Souza. Speaking to reporters at his office here on September 29, Saturday, he said the BJP has failed four times in its attempt to dislodge the coalition government. […]

Mangaluru: Kota Srinivas Poojary, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, on Thursday condemned Congress workers for laying siege to the residence of president of the State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) B.S. Yeddyurappa in Bengaluru. Addressing presspersons here, Mr. Poojary said this only showed the “goonda culture” prevailing in the Congress. […]

Bengaluru: Former minister, Thippeswamy died after at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Wednesday. He was 76 years old and is survived by a son and a daughter. Thippeswamy played a key role in the establishment of Rajnahalli Valmiki Gurupet and received the Valmiki Prize in 2017. Thippeswamy had a political career of four decades […]

Bengaluru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy is depending is relying to run the JD(S)- Congress coalition government which has been definitely not steady from the swearing-in a month ago. Addressing a press meet on Tuesday the CM said “I am running a healthy government which will survive for full term of five years, I have an […]

Bengaluru : Yeddyurappa Friday warned of a state-wide stir if the Congress-JD(S) coalition government led by H D Kumaraswamy did not waive farm loans within 24 hours. Speaking to reporters before Kumaraswamy took the floor test to prove his majority in the assembly, Yeddyurappa said the JD(S) leader had promised to waive farm loans worth Rs […]

Bangaluru: Leader of the Opposition attacked the father-son duo, JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda and Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, during his address in the House. He alleged that he supported Kumaraswamy completely when he was the CM for 20 months (from 2006-2008). However, when he was to become the CM, the father-son began their politics, […]

Bengaluru : The BJP’s BS Yeddyurappa, who was sworn in yesterday as Chief Minister of a minority government in Karnataka, has to take a trust vote at 4 pm tomorrow, the Supreme Court said today, drastically slashing to 24 hours the time he has to win over more lawmakers. Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala had controversially […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today ordered a floor test in the Karnataka Assembly at 4 PM tomorrow, reducing the 15-day window given by the Governor to BJP Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to prove majority. “Let the House decide and the best course would be floor test,” a three-judge bench headed by Justice A […]

Bangaluru: The Karnataka BJP today welcomed the Supreme Court order on the floor test, asserting that Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa would prove his majority in the assembly with the support of over 120 MLAs. “The Supreme Court has ordered to prove majority in the assembly tomorrow at 4 pm. BJP welcomes this. We are […]

Bangaluru: Congress leaders today staged a protest in front of the Gandhi statue next to the Vidhana Soudha, the state secretariat, against the swearing in of B S Yeddyurappa as chief minister. Several senior Congress leaders, including former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ashok Gehlot, Mallikarjuna Kharge, party’s General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka K […]