Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister

Sasikala, Asked To 'Surrender Now', Heads To Bengaluru By Road: 10 Points

Tamil Nadu News | Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Wednesday February 15, 2017

Time up, VK Sasikala must surrender in Bengaluru right away, the Supreme Court has told the AIADMK chief, whose lawyers appealed for more time. Ms Sasikala is still in Chennai and will travel the 345 km to Bengaluru by road today escorted by the police from both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to begin a four-year prison term ordered yesterday by the top ...

Siddaramaiah Rules Out CBI Probe In Suicide Case Involving Minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 19, 2016

Under attack from opposition BJP over the alleged suicide of a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today hit back at the rival party, rejecting its demand for a CBI probe into the case that led to the exit of K J George as a minister, and questioning continuance of central ministers facing FIRs.

CID To Probe Alleged Suicide Of Senior Police Officer In Karnataka

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 8, 2016

Karnataka government has handed over to CID the investigation into the alleged suicide of Mangaluru Deputy Superintendent of Police MK Ganapathy, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said today as he warned of action against seniors accused of harassing the police official.

Planning Commission approves Rs 47,000 crore plan size for Karnataka

South | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 26, 2013

The Planning Commission today approved a plan size of Rs 47,000 crore for Karnataka for the year 2013-14, up by 11.8 per cent from the previous fiscal. The plan size was discussed in Delhi in a meeting between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

The 12 heavyweights who fell as Congress crushed BJP in Karnataka

Assembly | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 8, 2013

As the Congress juggernaut rolled on in Karnataka, 12 Ministers of the Jagadish Shettar Cabinet, including Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa, fell by the wayside, rubbing salt into the wounds of the vanquished BJP.

Poll panel reprimands Karnataka deputy Chief Minister Eshwarappa for model code violation

Assembly | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 23, 2013

The Election Commission on Tuesday reprimanded Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa for violating the Model Code of Conduct in connection with his alleged hate speech and asked him to be cautious in future.

Alleged hate speech case: RR Patil, KS Eshwarappa expected to reply to poll panel notice today

Assembly | Edited by Surabhi Malik | Saturday April 13, 2013

The Election Commission has issued notices to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister KS Eshwarappa and Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil for allegedly making provocative speeches in poll-bound Karnataka in violation of the election code of conduct. The ministers have time till 5 pm today to file their replies.

In election-bound Karnataka, deputy chief minister KS Eshwarappa in trouble over allegedly provocative speech

Assembly | Edited by Mala Das | Friday April 12, 2013

In election-bound Karnataka, Deputy Chief Minister KS Eshwarappa has now landed in a spot for making an allegedly provocative speech. The Election Commission has issued a notice to the BJP leader on the matter and has asked him to file his reply by 5 pm tomorrow. The poll panel has also issued a notice to Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil, who was...

In election-bound Karnataka, deputy chief minister KS Eshwarappa in trouble over allegedly provocative speech

Assembly | Edited by Mala Das | Friday April 12, 2013

In election-bound Karnataka, Deputy Chief Minister KS Eshwarappa has now landed in a spot for making an allegedly provocative speech. The Election Commission has issued a notice to the BJP leader on the matter and has asked him to file his reply by 5 pm tomorrow. The poll panel has also issued a notice to Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil, who was...

Court grants anticipatory bail to KS Eshwarappa

South | Press Trust of India | Monday December 31, 2012

The Lokayukta Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa and two of his family members in a disproportionate assets case.

Embarrassment for BJP: 37 kg silver, 1.9 kg gold recovered from Karnataka state chief's house

Monday December 24, 2012

In a huge embarrassment to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Lokayukta officials seized Rs. 10.9 lakh in cash, 1.9 kg of gold and 37 kg of silver during searches at the residences of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa and educational and business establishments allegedly belonging to him today.

37 kg silver, 1.9 kg gold recovered from Karnataka BJP state chief's house

South | Press Trust of India | Monday December 24, 2012

In a huge embarrassment to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Lokayukta officials seized Rs 10.9 lakh in cash, 1.9 kg of gold and 37 kg of silver during searches at the residences of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa and educational and business establishments allegedly belonging to him today.

Won't hesitate to cut tongues of those trying to divide Karnataka, says deputy chief minister KS Eshwarappa

South | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 15, 2012

In a controversial comment, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister KS Eshwarappa said BJP would not hesitate to sever the tongues of those who try to divide the state on the basis of religion and caste.

Karnataka police on high alert following terror threat

South | Press Trust of India | Monday November 26, 2012

Police in Karnataka have been put on high alert and extra personnel deployed around vital installations following the threat of a terror attack in the state to avenge the execution of 26/11 attack convict Ajmal Kasab, Deputy Chief Minister R Ashok said on Monday.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister appeals to North-Eastern people to return

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 26, 2012

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister R Ashok today appealed to students and workers from the North-East, who had left Bangalore recently in the wake of "wrong" SMS messages on Assam violence, to return to the state and resume their work without fear. "The government of Karnataka has taken up full security measures to protect the people from the North-E...

Portfolio rejig likely this week: Eshwarappa

South | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 26, 2012

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa today said Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar might reallocate portfolios of ministers in a week's time. "As many as five portfolios might be reallocated by Shettar in a week's time," Eshwarappa told reporters at Belgaum, some 450 km from Bangalore.

Karnataka deputy chief minister in Assam, to meet Gogoi

South | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday August 25, 2012

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister R Ashoka arrived in Guwahati on Saturday on a three-day goodwill mission aimed at wooing back the northeast people who had left Bangalore and some other cities following rumours of attacks on them.

Women, children trafficking on increase in Karnataka

South | Press Trust of India | Monday July 30, 2012

The number of cases of women and children being trafficked in Karnataka has been on the increase in the last five years with over 3,000 such offences being reported during the period, Deputy Chief Minister R Ashoka said today.

Two Deputy Chief Ministers will facilitate administration says Eshwarappa

South | Press Trust of India | Monday July 23, 2012

The appointment of two Deputy Chief Ministers in Karnataka will only facilitate in providing better administration and not burden the exchequer as charged by the Opposition, State Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa on Sunday asserted.

Jagadish Shettar to be sworn in as new Karnataka Chief Minister on Thursday, no decision on his deputy yet

Cheat Sheet | NDTV Correspondent | Wednesday July 11, 2012

Jagadish Shettar has been formally elected leader of the BJP legislature party in Karnataka and as such will be the next Chief Minister of the state. His election was to have been a routine affair at 11 am this morning. But the day turned into one of hard political bargaining, this time by the Gowda camp, which wants its pound of flesh.

FIR registered against Yeddyurappa, Congress leader in land case

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 28, 2012

Lokayukta police registered an FIR against former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, Congress leader DK Shivakumar and a former Bangalore Urban Deputy Commissioner in connection with a complaint relating to alleged irregularities in denotification of land.

No deputy chief minister in Karnataka cabinet: Sadananda Gowda

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 10, 2011

New Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today ruled out the creation of a Deputy Chief Minister's post and re-induction of the controversial Reddy brothers in his Cabinet.On his first visit to Delhi after assuming office, Gowda said the central leadership was not in favour of a Deputy Chief Minister as none of the BJP-ruled states have suc...