Maya Sharma

Upset Ministers Force BS Yediyurappa To Reassign Portfolios In 24 Hours

Karnataka News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday January 22, 2021

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, fighting resentment in his party BJP after including new ministers in his cabinet, has been forced to change their portfolios in a matter of 24 hours. Some ministers had complained about their departments.

5 Dead In Explosion At Quarry In Karnataka's Shivamogga, Area Sealed

Karnataka News | Reported by Nehal Kidwai, Maya Sharma, Edited by Debanish Achom | Friday January 22, 2021

Four people were killed in an explosion at a stone mining quarry in Karnataka's Shivamogga district, the police control room said. The possibility of subsequent explosions at the quarry at Hunasondi near village Abbalagere has not been ruled out by the police since some dynamite sticks are still live, the police said. Bomb disposal squads have been...

VK Sasikala Tests Coronavirus Positive, Shifted To Intensive Care

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by Nehal Kidwai, Maya Sharma, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Thursday January 21, 2021

Expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala has tested positive for the coronavirus and shifted to the COVID-19 intensive care unit, doctors treating the 63-year-old jailed aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said on Thursday.

Key Portfolios Go To New Ministers In BS Yediyurappa's Cabinet

India News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday January 21, 2021

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa today distributed portfolios to the seven new ministers who took oath last week -- almost a year-and-a-half after he took over the state's top post for a third time. There are now 33 ministers in the cabinet, whose total strength is 34 -- H Nagesh, who was holding the Excise portfolio, was dropped.

No Threat To Government: Karnataka Minister Amid Cabinet Expansion Row

India News | Written by Maya Sharma, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Wednesday January 20, 2021

The Karnataka BJP legislators, who were left out of the recent cabinet expansion and have criticised the decision, are hoping to draw the attention of the party's high command to their complaints. It is, however, unlikely that their criticism will impact the stability of the BS Yediyurappa government that enjoys a comfortable majority in the Assemb...

In Karnataka, Congress Protests Against Farm Laws; BJP Hits Back

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Wednesday January 20, 2021

As the deadlock between the farmers and the centre over the three contentious farm laws continues, the Karnataka Congress today took out a huge rally in the state capital Bengaluru against the legislations.

"No Choice Of Vaccines": Karnataka Health Minister On Doctors' Demand

India News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday January 20, 2021

Karnataka healthcare workers will not be allowed their choice of coronavirus vaccines, Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said Tuesday, hours after an association of resident doctors said they were "very suspicious" about the safety and efficacy of Covaxin

Karnataka, Maharashtra Spar Again Over Decades-Old Belagavi Border Issue

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Tuesday January 19, 2021

The decades-old Karnataka-Maharashtra border issue has been fanned yet again as the two states spar amid remarks by the chief minsters and other political leaders. There are many Marathi speakers in the border district of Belagavi in north Karnataka.

On Day-2 Of Vaccine Drive, Karnataka Hopes More Will Overcome Fears, Get Covid Shots

India News | Written by Maya Sharma, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Sunday January 17, 2021

After witnessing a 62% turnout of potential recipients on day-1 of the national inoculation drive against Covid-19, the Karnataka government today hoped more people will show up and get themselves vaccinated today. The target for the day, which saw private hospitals joining the mission, is to get around 4,000 frontline workers to get the jab in two...

Missing Kannada On Central Force's Karnataka Unit Plaque Riles HD Kumaraswamy

India News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Sunday January 17, 2021

Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today launched a broadside against Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Karnataka's BJP leaders over Kannada not being used on a plaque unveiled at a Rapid Action Force unit's foundation stone-laying ceremony in Shivamogga district. The use of only English and Hindi on the panel was an "insult to the prid...

Bengaluru Metro: Way Behind Schedule But Still On The Right Track

India News | Written by Maya Sharma, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Friday January 15, 2021

For an urban transport system meant to de-clog one of India's most liveable cities, Namma Metro is still only beginning to make a difference to Bengaluru which continued to add over 1,500 vehicles to its clogged roads every single day till pandemic struck. Even the addition of 6 km today on the north-south Green Line still only means a cumulative 4...

"CD And Blackmail," Allege BJP Leaders In Karnataka Cabinet Expansion Row

India News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday January 14, 2021

A fight has exploded in Karnataka's ruling BJP with several leaders hitting out at Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa over a cabinet expansion seen to favour his camp heavily.

New 6-Km Metro Line Inaugurated In Bengaluru, Public Access From Today

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Friday January 15, 2021

A new stretch of Bengaluru's Namma Metro train service was inaugurated on Thursday, on the occasion of Makara Sankranti, and will be thrown open to the public from today.

Karnataka Makes First Arrest Under Controversial Cow Slaughter Bill

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday January 13, 2021

The driver of a truck transporting cattle in Karnataka's Chikkamagaluru has become the first to be arrested under a new ordinance that prohibits the slaughter of cows

As BS Yediyurappa Expands Karnataka Cabinet, 7 Ministers Take Oath

Karnataka News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Wednesday January 13, 2021

As Karnataka Chief Minster BS Yediyurappa expands his 17-month old cabinet, seven ministers took oath today; at least three of them are the Chief Minister's loyalists.