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  When Karnataka BJP Jumped The Gun With BS Yeddyurappa Swearing-In Tweet

  At 8.31 pm on Wednesday, a tweet put out by the official handle of the Karnataka BJP said the party's chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa would be sworn in on Thursday. The post also had a time --- 9.30 am. Except, there had been no official communication from the Raj Bhawan by then.

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  BJP's Yeddyurappa To Take Oath, Has 15 Days To Prove Majority

  BJP's BS Yeddyurappa will take oath as Karnataka Chief Minister at 9 am today after his party was invited to form government, and given 15 days to prove majority by the governor on Wednesday evening. The Congress, to ensure that does not happen, approached the Supreme Court late at night and asked for the swearing-in to be stopped. Three judges of ...

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  "I Made Mistake, But...": On Gaffe, Amit Shah's Sharp Comeback For Congress

  BJP president Amit Shah today spoke for the first time on his much-talked about slip in Karnataka, which embarrassed his party's chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa, and turned it around to take aim at the Congress.

• Karnataka election results: Congress to form govt in Karnataka, BJP loses its only southern state

  Karnataka has delivered an unambiguous verdict. The Congress will form the next government and will not need help. The party won 121 seats, which will give it a majority in the 224-seat Assembly.

• Despite a dozen resignations, Karnataka chief minister says govt is stable

  Despite a barrage of resignations, Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar says he's confident that the state's BJP government is not about to implode.

• No intention to topple Karnataka's BJP govt, says BS Yeddyurappa

  Days after 13 of his loyalist legislators in BJP announced their resignations, pushing the government into a crisis, Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) chief BS Yeddyurappa today said he has no intention to topple the Shettar govt.

• BS Yeddyurappa's party vows to topple BJP Govt in Karnataka

  Eager to stall presentation of an election budget by the Jagadish Shettar Ministry, Karnataka Janatha Party (KJP) of BS Yeddyurappa is holding its executive committee meeting in Bangalore tomorrow to finalise 'an action plan' to bring down the first BJP government in the south.

• Another land scam in Bangalore, govt land illegally sold to private buyers

  Despite the arrest of former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and several ministers in his cabinet after allegations of illegally 'denotifying' land in Bangalore, a sting operation by NDTV reveals the land scam, known to be the biggest in the country, is only getting bigger and murkier. Corrupt government officers are believed to be involved...

• Govt will not implement Lokayukta mining report: Hegde

  Former Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde today said he does not believe the Government will implement his report on illegal mining as "many skeletons will fall off (its) cupboard".The former ombudsman urged for an independent panel to probe the Lokayukta report further and implement it."Do you think the Government will ever implement the report?"...

• Press release: Karnataka Governor invites Sadananda Gowda to form Govt

  BS Yeddyurappa may have lost the chair, but he has had his way. His man, Sadananda Gowda, will be Karnataka's new Chief Minister.