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Karnataka Chief Minister To Donate 1-Year Salary To Coronavirus Fund

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 1, 2020

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday announced that he will donate his one-year salary to fight the novel coronavirus.

BJP Workers Celebrate After Party Gets 105 Votes In Floor Test: Highlights

India News | Edited by Aditi Ghosh | Wednesday July 24, 2019

The 14-month-old JDS-Congress coalition in Karnataka lost the trust vote on Tuesday weeks after its 16 legislators and two independent lawmakers withdrew their support.

BS Yedyurappa Attacks HD Kumaraswamy For Accusing BJP Of Bribing Lawmaker

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 19, 2019

Hitting back at Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy for accusing the BJP of attempting to bribe one of his party legislators, state BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday asked him to clearly name those involved.

Karnataka Speaker Wants 'Bribery' Audio, Aired By HD Kumaraswamy, Probed

Karnataka News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Tuesday February 12, 2019

The speaker of the Karnataka Assembly has asked Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy to set up a special investigative team or an SIT to probe the issue.

As BJP "Wants To Work As Opposition", Karnataka Ready For Budget Session

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Tuesday February 5, 2019

The Budget session of the Karnataka legislature gets underway on Wednesday and political parties in the state are gearing up for the battle. The state has been through political turmoil in the last few weeks, with legislators being bundled off to resorts as allegations and counter-allegations were made about poaching attempts.

"Lost A Guru": BS Yeddyurappa As Leaders Pay Tribute To Karnataka Seer

Karnataka News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Monday January 21, 2019

Political leaders from across the spectrum mourned the death of Dr Shivakumara Swami, the 111-year-old seer from Karnataka and a prominent face of the influential Lingayat community.

Karnataka Ministers Will Get Portfolios After Taking Oath, Says Congress

Karnataka News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday June 5, 2018

Portfolios for the cabinet ministers in the Karnataka coalition government would be allocated after their swearing-in on Wednesday, a Congress leader said on Monday.

"Democracy Won, Operation Lotus Failed": Siddaramaiah After Karnataka's "Big Victory"

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Saturday May 19, 2018

Two days after he took oath as Karnataka's chief minister with a promise to form a BJP government in the state, BS Yeddyurappa resigned from the post, moments before the much-awaited trust vote as directed by the Supreme Court on Friday

BS Yeddyurappa Quits As Karnataka Chief Minister Before Floor Test: 10 Facts

India News | Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Saturday May 19, 2018

The BJP's BS Yeddyurappa today quit as Chief Minister just before a trust vote that, many said, he had a good chance of losing. Till an hour before the Supreme Court-ordered floor test, there was commotion over two Congress lawmakers who were missing from the assembly in the morning. The Congress alleged that they had been "held captive" by a BJP d...

116 Congress, JDS Lawmakers Shipped Out Before Karnataka Test: 10 Points

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday May 18, 2018

More than a hundred newly-elected Karnataka legislators from the Congress and the JDS reached Hyderabad this morning just as the Supreme Court ordered a floor test for the BS Yeddyurappa-led BJP government tomorrow at 4 pm. The BJP has 104 lawmakers and the support of one independent MLA - seven short of the majority mark of 112. Karnataka Governor...

All Including Rahul Gandhi Very, Very Confident Of Winning Karnataka: Siddaramaiah

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Saturday May 12, 2018

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, fighting to retain a state where no party has been re-elected for a second straight term in 33 years, described his chief rival BS Yeddyurappa as "mentally disturbed" for announcing a date for his swearing-in even before the election. He also said there was "no doubt" that the Congress would return to power wi...

BS Yedyurappa Named In Corruption Cases In Karnataka

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Friday August 18, 2017

Former Chief Minister and the BJP's face in Congress-ruled Karnataka, BS Yeddyurappa, has been named in a corruption case by the state's Anti-Corruption Bureau. The case involves the change of land use of a huge 257-acre tract in near Yelahanka in north Bengaluru in 2008, when Mr Yeddyurappa was the Chief Minister. From agricultural land, it was co...

Karnataka Government Celebrates Tipu Jayanti, Not Everyone Rejoices

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Thursday November 10, 2016

Karnataka government's celebration of Tipu Sultan's birth anniversary has passed off without any untoward event despite the unpopularity of the decision.

Karnataka Assembly polls on May 5, counting on May 8

Assembly | Maya Sharma | Tuesday April 9, 2013

Karnataka Assembly elections will be held on May 5, the Election Commission announced today. Election Commissioner VS Sampath today said that it will be a single-phase election and counting would take place on May 8.

BJP seeks disqualification of 13 Karnataka MLAs loyal to BS Yedyurappa

India News | Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Monday January 28, 2013

Two BJP legislators have submitted a petition to Karnataka Assembly Speaker KG Bopiah seeking disqualification of the 13 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs who have handed in their resignations.