Karnataka Porn Scandal

Karnataka Porngate report: 1 MLA guilty; ban high-tech cellphones inside Assembly

Reported by Radhika Iyer; written by Shamik Ghosh | Friday March 30, 2012

The probe panel that was investigating the Karnataka porn scandal has tabled its report and two of the three MLAs, CC Patil and J Krishna Palemar, have not been found guilty. However, the committee, set up by the Assembly, has found evidence to merit...

Gujarat Porngate: BJP MLAs deny watching porn inside Assembly

NDTV Correspondent | Wednesday March 21, 2012

Bad news all around for Narendra Modi and the BJP. On a day that it lost a sure seat in a by-election in Gujarat, it also has another porngate on its hands, this time in the Modi-ruled state.

Gujarat's porngate: BJP members allegedly viewed obscene photos on tablets in Assembly

NDTV Correspondent | Wednesday March 21, 2012

Bad news all around for Narendra Modi and the BJP. On a day that it lost a sure seat in a by-election in Gujarat, it also has another porngate on its hands, this time in the Modi-ruled state.

Karnataka porn scandal: Action against only one of three former ministers, says committee

NDTV Correspondent | Monday March 19, 2012

Of the trio of former ministers accused of watching porn in the Karnataka Assembly, two have reason to exhale. A committee, set up by the Assembly, has found there is evidence to merit action against only one of them - Lakshman S Savadi.

Justice Katju defends journalists who reported Karnataka Assembly porn scandal

Press Trust of India | Monday March 12, 2012

Defending journalists who reported the porn-gate scandal, Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju today wrote to the Karnataka Assembly Speaker urging him that proceedings initiated against media persons be dropped.

More MLAs involved in Karnataka's porn scandal?

NDTV Correspondent | Thursday March 8, 2012

'The Dirty Picture' of the Karnataka Assembly is only getting dirtier. The probe report on the porn scandal, in which three MLAs were captured on camera watching porn on a mobile mobile during assembly proceedings, is now getting delayed because the...

Karnataka porn scandal: MLAs appear before probe panel

NDTV Correspondent | Thursday March 8, 2012

The three BJP MLAs who were caught watching porn in the Karnataka Assembly appeared before the members of the committee probing the scandal.

Karnataka's porn scandal: MLAs suggest media share blame

Radhika Iyer | Wednesday February 29, 2012

In Karnataka, seven MLAS are investigating the politics-and-porn scandal. Their committee's task is to investigate how and why three former ministers were watching porn on a cellphone while the Karnataka Assembly was in session earlier this month. Bu...

Civic body bans use of mobile phones during council sitting

Press Trust of India | Saturday February 18, 2012

Mangalore City Corporation today decided to ban use of mobile phones by its Corporators during council meetings.

Porn scandal: No need for House panel to probe, says Kumaraswamy

Press Trust of India | Thursday February 16, 2012

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and state JDS President H D Kumaraswamy dismissed the need for a House inquiry panel to probe the porn scandal involving three former BJP ministers.

After porn scandal, crackdown on cameras in Karnataka Assembly

Radhika Iyer | Thursday February 16, 2012

It was a particularly candid camera. A private TV channel in Bangalore caught three ministers watching porn on a cellphone in the Karnataka Assembly. The trip was forced to resign last week. They cannot enter the Assembly till a committee completes i...

After porn, what? A big birthday party for an ex-minister

Radhika Iyer | Tuesday February 14, 2012

As one of a trio of ministers who were caught watching porn while at work - in the state legislature - Laxman Savadi could be forgiven for wanting a bit of cover.

Karnataka porn scandal: MLAs seek a week's time to explain to Speaker

NDTV Correspondent | Monday February 13, 2012

The three Karnataka MLAs, who were caught allegedly viewing porn in the state assembly nearly a week ago, today sought a week's time to file their replies to Speaker KG Bopaiah on the episode. The trio was supposed to give their explanation in writin...

Porn scandal: Congress demands Karnataka chief minister's resignation

Press Trust of India | Thursday February 9, 2012

Congress today demanded resignation of Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on moral grounds in the wake of two out of three ministers in his government found watching a porn clip on a cellphone in the state legislative assembly. "BJP which t...

Porn controversy: Karnataka no stranger to sex scandals

Press Trust of India | Thursday February 9, 2012

Karnataka is no stranger to sex scandals involving politicians, exemplified by the latest porno episode in the assembly that has claimed the scalp of three ministers. The alleged escapades of former BJP ministers Haratal Halappa and Renukacharya and ...