Karnataka Mlas

The Karnataka Assembly has, over the years, seen members come in wearing helmets, nightclothes, and on one occasion an MLA ripping his shirt off. While all these were deliberate acts to make a point, what happened Wednesday was certainly unplanned.

BJP MLA Shrimant Balasaheb Patil on Sunday said he was offered money to leave Congress and join BJP before the toppling of the Congress-JDS government in Karnataka.

Karnataka BJP MLA Aravind Ballad has blamed "the Taliban crisis in Afghanistan" for a steady hike in fuel and gas cylinder prices - a hike that began in May - in India.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted searches against former Karnataka minister Roshan Baig and a Congress MLA in connection with a money laundering investigation into the alleged Rs 4,000 IMA ponzi scam, officials said.

BS Yediyurappa today congratulated on Twitter his proclaimed successor Basavaraj Bommai on being named the next Karnataka Chief Minister. The latter was picked at a meeting of party MLAs this evening.

Basavaraj Bommai, home minister in BS Yediyurappa's cabinet, was picked to succeed him as the Chief Minister of Karnataka at a meeting of party MLAs on Tuesday evening. The oath ceremony will be held at 11 am today.

The legislature party of Karnataka BJP is meeting to select a successor to BS Yediyurappa, who stepped down from the Chief Minister's post yesterday. Central observers Dharmendra Pradhan and G Kishan Reddy are attending the meeting in Bengaluru.

There are speculations within a section of the ruling BJP circles that BS Yediyurappa's exit as Karnataka Chief Minister is on the cards.

The Mekedatu dam initiative is a conspiracy to hinder water flow to Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister MK Stalin alleged today in a meet of all parties with MLAs in Tamil Nadu Assembly.

"The students of the school in Malleshwaram will be involved in a programme of launching 75 satellites as part of the 75th independence day celebrations, which will be held next year," Mr Narayan, who is an MLA from Malleshwaram, said.

Amid continued attacks by some within the BJP in Karnataka against Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, his political secretary M P Renukacharya on Thursday said the party MLAs will meet the high command in Delhi and demand for their expulsion.

Directly inviting 17 MLAs who toppled JDS-Congress coalition government, to rejoin the Congress, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President DK Shivakumar asserted that cheating and changing political party is a "common phenomenon in politi

BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, for long at loggerheads with Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa over a host of issues, on Tuesday hit out at his son and party state vice president BY Vijayendra's visit to Delhi.

Ruling out a change in leadership, Karnataka BJP chief Nalin Kateel asserted that Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa is a "unanimous leader" and will complete the term, as he instructed MLAs not to indulge in any activities other than COVID-19 management.

BJP National General Secretary Arun Singh on Friday said the party has "zero faith" in Basangouda Patil Yatnal who has been publicly criticising Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and his administration while repeatedly saying he will be changed

The Karnataka Assembly has, over the years, seen members come in wearing helmets, nightclothes, and on one occasion an MLA ripping his shirt off. While all these were deliberate acts to make a point, what happened Wednesday was certainly unplanned.

BJP MLA Shrimant Balasaheb Patil on Sunday said he was offered money to leave Congress and join BJP before the toppling of the Congress-JDS government in Karnataka.

Karnataka BJP MLA Aravind Ballad has blamed "the Taliban crisis in Afghanistan" for a steady hike in fuel and gas cylinder prices - a hike that began in May - in India.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted searches against former Karnataka minister Roshan Baig and a Congress MLA in connection with a money laundering investigation into the alleged Rs 4,000 IMA ponzi scam, officials said.

BS Yediyurappa today congratulated on Twitter his proclaimed successor Basavaraj Bommai on being named the next Karnataka Chief Minister. The latter was picked at a meeting of party MLAs this evening.

Basavaraj Bommai, home minister in BS Yediyurappa's cabinet, was picked to succeed him as the Chief Minister of Karnataka at a meeting of party MLAs on Tuesday evening. The oath ceremony will be held at 11 am today.

The legislature party of Karnataka BJP is meeting to select a successor to BS Yediyurappa, who stepped down from the Chief Minister's post yesterday. Central observers Dharmendra Pradhan and G Kishan Reddy are attending the meeting in Bengaluru.

There are speculations within a section of the ruling BJP circles that BS Yediyurappa's exit as Karnataka Chief Minister is on the cards.

The Mekedatu dam initiative is a conspiracy to hinder water flow to Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister MK Stalin alleged today in a meet of all parties with MLAs in Tamil Nadu Assembly.

"The students of the school in Malleshwaram will be involved in a programme of launching 75 satellites as part of the 75th independence day celebrations, which will be held next year," Mr Narayan, who is an MLA from Malleshwaram, said.

Amid continued attacks by some within the BJP in Karnataka against Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, his political secretary M P Renukacharya on Thursday said the party MLAs will meet the high command in Delhi and demand for their expulsion.

Directly inviting 17 MLAs who toppled JDS-Congress coalition government, to rejoin the Congress, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President DK Shivakumar asserted that cheating and changing political party is a "common phenomenon in politi

BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, for long at loggerheads with Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa over a host of issues, on Tuesday hit out at his son and party state vice president BY Vijayendra's visit to Delhi.

Ruling out a change in leadership, Karnataka BJP chief Nalin Kateel asserted that Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa is a "unanimous leader" and will complete the term, as he instructed MLAs not to indulge in any activities other than COVID-19 management.

BJP National General Secretary Arun Singh on Friday said the party has "zero faith" in Basangouda Patil Yatnal who has been publicly criticising Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and his administration while repeatedly saying he will be changed