Tag Archives: Karnataka

BENGALURÚ: While some pro-Kannada groups have called for a Bandh on Saturday to oppose the Maratha Development Board, transportation services in the city are unlikely to be affected. The bandh has been convened between 6 am and 6 pm and will witness a rally from KSR Bengaluru City train station …

Karnataka Agriculture Minister BC Patil said Thursday that farmers who commit suicide are cowards. “Farmers who commit suicide are cowards. Only a coward who cannot take care of his wife and children commits suicide. When we have fallen (into the water), we have to swim and win,” Patil said addressing …

New Delhi: Karnataka High Court (HC) ruled that BJP Legislative Council Member (MLC) AH Vishwanath is not eligible to be a minister in Chief Minister Yediyurappa’s cabinet as he was disqualified as an MLA last year under the law against defection. Vishwanath was one of 17 MLA rebels who resigned …

Bangalore: Some call it a masterstroke. Some call it a political hara-kiri. Karnataka’s beleaguered Prime Minister BS Yediyurappa has played a big gamble by proposing that his caste be Lingayats, Other Backward Class or OBC. It has played another gamble by setting up a separate body for them: Veerashaiva – …

NEW DELHI / CHANDIGARH / BATHINDA: Agitated farmers unions on Sunday rejected the Center’s offer of talks, saying they were ready for discussions, but not on the condition of the government to first move to the designated protest site in Burari in the capital despite the fact that the Center …

KPCC President DK Shivakumar has welcomed the decision of Interior Minister Basavaraj Bommai to carry out a detailed investigation into the alleged suicide attempt of NR Santosh, political secretary to Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. “Basavaraja Bommai has said that a detailed investigation will be conducted in the case of NR …

BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister BS YediyurappaPolitical secretary and relative NR Santosh, who was hospitalized after an alleged suicide attempt, is “stable and cheerful” and could be discharged in a day or two, doctors who treated him said Saturday. According to sources, Santosh is said to have attempted suicide by consuming …

Karnataka Prime Minister BS Yediyurappa’s Political Secretary NR Santhosh was hospitalized on Friday night after consuming sleeping pills, people familiar with the matter said. His condition was said to be stable, they added. Santhosh consumed the pills after apparently some videos of Yediyurappa leaked and allegedly showed him discussing who …

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday expressed deep disappointment with state governments for failing to take concrete action against the spread of the coronavirus in the country, saying that “the situation in the last three weeks has gone from bad to worse.” Attorney General Tushar Mehta said the Union …

MYSURU / BENGALURU: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa set another deadline for cabinet expansion, saying the delayed process will be completed in two to three days. Yediyurappa, who was in Mysuru on Wednesday, did not offer further details, prompting political circles and many in the BJP to wonder if the party’s …