The Karnataka ruling government ignored Governor’s deadline for the second time yesterday as the assembly was adjourned till Monday. Speaker Ramesh Kumar adjourned the assembly saying that the motion of confidence would be concluded on Monday and there that it wont be prolonged further. Continue Reading
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget yesterday said the central government followed 12th century social reformer Lord Basveshwara’s teachings, especially the principles of Kayaka and Dasoha. Continue Reading
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy yesterday lost his cool when employees of the Yermarus Thermal Power Station (YTPS) in Raichur district blocked his convoy to submit a list of their grievances. Continue Reading
The BJP Friday started its two-day round-the-clock sit-in here protesting the sale of 3,667 acres of land to JSW Steel at a throwaway price and governments insensitivity to the victims of an alleged ponzi scheme fraud besides the prevailing drought situation. Continue Reading
Yeddyurappa would be visiting Badami, Hungund, Koppal, Lingasugur, Yadgir and Gurmitkal among others to understand the drought situation and to meet officials to collect information on water availability, fodder and work being undertaken under MNREGA. Continue Reading
Cloud seeding used to be done by August earlier and by the time the monsoon would have almost ended, but the government has decided to go for the process at the onset of the monsoon this time around. Continue Reading
“BJP people are lying; no MLA will go with them…. the government that is there will be stable,” said former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah yesterday. Continue Reading
Former chief minister of Karnataka and State BJP President B S Yeddyurappa slammed the Congress-JD(S) party leaders by saying that the State was reeling under sever drought conditions. While 2,157 villages are facing shortage of water and were migrating, they were enjoying at resorts. His remarks drew contempt from Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy. Continue Reading
Even as campaigning for the coming Lok Sabha elections came to and end yesterday, a political row erupted over the separate religious tag for the Lingayats in Karnataka. Continue Reading
Pointing to repeated reference to charges against him over the controversial audio tapes, Karnataka assembly speaker Ramesh Kumar on Tuesday said, his “situation was like that of a rape victim, as they too are supposedly questioned about the incident repeatedly.” Continue Reading