Karnataka

Mysuru, Dec 11: JD(S) MLA G T Devegowda on Wednesday said that JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy should be cautious before making any statement. Devegowda was speaking to reporters, at Jayapura village, here. He said, Kumaraswamy, who served as Chief Minister for two times, had a good number of followers. "No other CM had followers like him. But, he is losing popularity because of his irresponsible

Bengaluru, Dec 11: An experts’ committee constituted by the BJP government of Karnataka to look into the demand of its MLA Appachu Ranjan, who sought removal of content related to Tipu Sultan from textbooks, on Tuesday recommended against the demand by urging the government to retain the content on Tipu. The committee, comprising academicians and historians, had submitted the report to the

Mangaluru, Dec 10: Former Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada, S Sashikanth Senthil, who resigned from the civil services recently, has taken on Home Minister Amit Shah over his “ideology of hatred”. In a strongly worded letter to Mr Shah, the former IAS officer stated that the “tabling of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Parliament and the approval of it marks the darkest day in the

Mangaluru, Dec 10: Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy chairman Raheem Uchil has hailed the chief minister B S Yediyurappa as ‘pro-Beary’ as his government sanctioned Rs 6 crore for the construction the Beary Bhavan in the coastal city. Addressing a press conference at the Academy office today, Mr Uchil said the much the awaited Beary Bhavan will come up on a 25 cents plot at Neermarga in Mangaluru

Bengaluru, Dec 10: The dismal performance of the Janata Dal (Secular) in the December 5 byelections to 15 assembly constituencies in the state spells more trouble for the party as its fence-sitters from Tumkuru and Mysuru districts could now finally decide to leave it for greener pastures. The Janata Dal (Secular) party not only lost its bastion of Mandya to the Bharatiya Janata Party, but also

Bengaluru, Dec 10: The Congress party possibly reaped the benefits of extensive fieldwork done by the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) in the Shivajinagar assembly constituency. A win in the central Bengaluru segment was the only saving grace for the Congress party which was locked in a fierce battle with the BJP. While the Congress leaders did the fieldwork, the BJP carried out a high

Bengaluru, Dec 10: With 11 of the 13 disqualified legislators making the cut to become ministers, BS Yediyurappa's cabinet is set to see an overwhelming majority from the two districts of Belagavi and Bengaluru Urban. This includes the possibility of two more deputy chief ministers — Gokak MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi (ST) and KS Eshwarappa (Kuruba). This means Jarkiholi joins Laxman Savadi and CN Ashwath

Bengaluru, Dec 9: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday registered a thumping victory in the Karnataka by-elections, winning 12 out of the 15 Assembly seats, and secured a comfortable majority in the House with Congress managing just two and Janata Dal (Secular) (JD-S) failing to open its account. With these results, the BJP now has 117 MLAs and there are now 222 legislators in the

Bengaluru, Dec 9: Armed with resounding victory in the December 5 by-election, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa would be leaving to Delhi shortly to discuss with party High Command and senior party leaders about his Cabinet expansion on Monday. Beaming after his party won 12 MLA seats of the total 15 at stake, Mr Yediyurappa told the media at his residence here that " I am leaving for

Mangaluru, Dec 9: Senior Congress leader and Janardhan Poojary on Monday blamed arrogance of party leaders for the defeat it faced in the Karnataka by-election where it managed to win only two of 15 seats while the BJP swept 12 seats. "I had predicted it earlier that if the Congress leaders don’t set aside their arrogance, the party cannot defeat BJP anywhere. Nobody cared to listen to me. Now