New Delhi: Citing an Income Tax raid on a rural development department official and land grabbing charges against a Congress MP, BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday said rampant corruption was thriving in Karnataka and 10-20 per cent commission was being charged from contractors. He demanded answers from Congress President[Read More…]
Tag: Karnataka
600 all-women polling booths in Karnataka for LS polls
Bengaluru: A total of 600 polling booths of the 58,186 voting stations to be set up for the Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka on April 18 and 23 will be managed by women personnel, an election official said on Monday. “As part of ensuring gender equality and constructive participation of[Read More…]
Karnataka Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule: Constituency wise dates of voting for Karnataka General Elections
The constituency-wise dates of upcoming Lok Sabha polls 2019 was announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday. As per the schedule, voting for the general elections in Karnataka will be held in two phases. The elections in the first phase will be conducted on April 18 on[Read More…]
Karnataka: Congress-JDS alliance to win more than 20 seats in Lok Sabha elections, says Dinesh Gundu Rao
In an event which saw Thippeswamy join the Congress party, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president Dinesh Gundu Rao while interacting with media said, “Alliance of Congress & JD(S) will win more than 20 seats in the upcoming lok sabha elections & show the power of secular parties”. “Alliance of Congress[Read More…]
Fire at parking lot of Aero India 2019 in Bengaluru, nearly 50 cars gutted
Bengaluru: Parking lot of Aero India 2019 in Bengaluru caught fire on Saturday evening gutting nearly 10 cars. A twitter user with handle “@Vishu8527522679” has shared the images from the site. G5 gate Fire in parking@AeroIndiashow @nsitharaman @BangaloreMirror pic.twitter.com/YTVmFS1PYB — Vishwajeet Dubey (@Vishu8527522679) February 23, 2019 Fire engines and ambulance have[Read More…]
Karnataka Congress legislator held in assault case of fellow party MLA
Bengaluru: Congress legislator J.N. Ganesh has been arrested for allegedly assaulting fellow party MLA Anand Singh last month, Karnataka Home Minister M.B. Patil said on Wednesday. Arrested by Karnataka Police from Gujarat’s Somnath, Ganesh is being brought to Bengaluru and will be produced before a court on Thursday, Patil told[Read More…]
Four Karnataka Congress rebel MLAs, one JDS MLA comes back
Bringing the long-standing crisis in Karnataka to rest, four Congress MLAs and one Janata Dal-Secular returned to Bengaluru on Tuesday night. Influential Belgavi leader Jarkiholi, Umesh Jadhav, Kumathali and Nagendra were issued show cause notices by Congress Legislative Party chief Siddaramaiah after they skipped the CLP meeting in January as well[Read More…]
Modi dubs Kumaraswamy punching bag of everyone in Karnataka
Hubballi (Karnataka), Terming the 8-month-old JD-S-Congress coalition government in Karnataka a ‘majboor sarkar’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday dubbed its Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy a “punching bag” of everyone in the state. “Kumaraswamy has become a punching bag of everyone in the state, especially the Congress leaders, who have[Read More…]
Audio tape row: Yeddyurappa admits meeting Gurmitkal MLA’s son
Earlier, Yeddyurappa had claimed that the audio clip was fake and that he had not met anyone.
PM Modi to unveil development projects in Karnataka
Hubballi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil development projects in Karnataka’s twin cities of Hubballi and Dharwad northwest region and address a BJP convention on Sunday, a party official said. “Modi will fly to Hubballi from Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu later in the day to participate in 2-3 public programmes[Read More…]
Karnataka Budget Live Updates: HD Kumaraswamy increases excise duty on beer
Karnataka is bracing up for a 10-day stormy budget session
Karnataka set for stormy budget session in Bengaluru
Foiling an alleged opposition BJP’s bid to topple it recently, the ruling JD-S-Congress government in Karnataka is bracing up for a 10-day stormy budget session of the state legislature here from Wednesday. “The ruling allies are upbeat on holding the budget session and passing the finance bill after Chief Minister[Read More…]
DTE Karnataka Diploma result (November/ December) 2018 declared @ bteresults.net; check direct link here
DTE Karnataka Diploma result (November/ December) 2018 result update: The Department of Technical Education (DTE), Government of Karnataka, has declared the DTE Karnataka Diploma result (November/ December) 2018. While the DTE conducted the Diploma exam in 2018, the scores are available on the official website. Candidates, who appeared for the[Read More…]
“In giving, you receive happiness”: Abdul Kalam’s poem for Shivakumara Swamiji
On Monday, Shivakumara Swamiji, the senior-most Lingayat seer of Karnataka took his final breaths at Siddaganga Mutt, Tumakuru, Karnataka as he succumbed to lung infection. Swami was a presided the Sree Siddaganga Matt, providing education to people in a near to Bangalore location city of Tumkur. Thanks to the work[Read More…]
Congress saves its Karnataka government from BJP toppling bid
Ever since the Congress dealt a fast one on BJP by extending support to HD Kumaraswamy with his 38 JD (S) MLAs to form the government, the BJP could never stomach it.
Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy questions Modi’s commitment to remove corruption
Kolkata, Accusing the BJP of using money power to destabilise his government by poaching Congress legislators, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday questioned Prime minister Narendra Modi’s claims of fighting corruption. Speaking to media persons on his arrival here to attend the mega anti-BJP political parties’ rally convened by[Read More…]
Haryana resort housing Karnataka BJP MLAs turns into fort
Manesar: The five star ITC Grand Bharat resort in Haryana, where over 100 BJP MLAs are housed to guard against their poaching, resembles an impregnable fort with armed security men guarding the entire compound in the scenic background of the Aravali Hills. Sources in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on[Read More…]
Karnataka Minister alleges poaching of Congress MLAs by BJP
Bengaluru/New Delhi, Karnataka Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Monday alleged that the BJP was trying to poach the state’s Congress legislators. “Three of our MLAs are in Mumbai. We (Congress) are aware of the horse trading that is being attempted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Our legislators have also admitted[Read More…]
Karnataka: BJP MLAs taken to Gurgaon resort, Yeddyurappa accuses CM of “horse trading”
After a Karnataka minister alleged horse-trading, accusing BJP of meeting three Congress MLAs in a hotel in Mumbai and leader BS Yeddyurappa quashing the claims, say that it was JD(S) who was attempting poaching, in the latest the saffron party has decided to take the MLAs to a Gurgaon based[Read More…]
“I am working like a clerk, not CM”, claims Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy
It seems that the rife in the Congress-JD(S) alliance of is only intensifying with time. Reports suggest that during a party meeting the Karnataka Chief Minister Kumaraswamy told his party’s MLAs and MLCs that he was working like a clerk and not as the Chief Minister due to interference from[Read More…]
Karnataka: Man seeking government job forges PM Modi’s signature
People desperate for government jobs go to extreme lengths, Sanjay Kumar Uded being one, who forged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s signature, on a fake recommendation letter to get a government job of a typist. Sanjay Kumar, a 30-year-old BSc graduate hailing from Karnataka‘s Belagavi district, has been arrested on being complained by high[Read More…]
Karnataka Government declares 88.6% area drought hit
Bengaluru: Karnataka government has added more taluks in the drought-hit after the rain deficit hits the state second year in a row. The state is facing a major water crisis after the northeast monsoon disappointed the farmers. The government has declared 88.6% of the area as dry. 156 taluks out[Read More…]
Congress allots portfolios to its Ministers; MB Patil replaces Parameswara as Home Minister
Congress’ Karnataka in-charge KC Venugopal has released an official list of Ministers with their suggested portfolios and submitted it to the chief minister HD Kumaraswamy. Writing a letter to the Chief Minister, General Secretary Venugopal said that “the following ministers should be assigned portfolios as suggested.” As per the notice,[Read More…]
No relief in sight for Congress in Karnataka over cabinet expansion
Bengaluru: Congress leaders in Karnataka are reportedly fighting within the party in order to control the power center in the state, and former CM Siddaramaiah and Congress President G Parmeshwara are rubbing their shoulders against each other after the cabinet expansion of JDS-Congress-led government. Karnataka Congress MLA Ramalinga Reddy who was expecting a[Read More…]
JD-S worker killed in Karnataka over ‘personal rivalry’
Bengaluru: A Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) worker H. Prakash was killed by four assailants due to alleged personal rivalry in Karnataka’s Maddur town in Mandya district, police said on Monday. “Prakash, 50, was attacked by four men with a machete on Monday evening due to suspected personal rivalries. He succumbed to[Read More…]