Yeddyurappa In Shimoga

The supporters of BJP's chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa in the Karnataka assembly election are wary of seeing their leader sidelined. Standing in the sweltering heat, 45-year-old Shantappa is waiting for a bus to Shikaripura. The weather does not stop him from discussing the state assembly election with fellow passengers

Invoking the name of Narendra Modi, a mellowed B S Yeddyurappa is fighting a critical electoral battle of his career from Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency to re-establish his dominance within BJP and state politics.

BJP is hoping BS Yeddyurappa will work the magic in Karnataka. Mr Yeddyurappa, the former Chief Minister of Karnataka, is now fighting parliamentary elections for the first time from his home turf Shimoga.

BJP leader LK Advani had taken money from erstwhile Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to allow him to remain in office after corruption scandals involving him surfaced, Mr Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) alleged Monday. The BJP rubbished the allegations.

JDS Karnataka unit President and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy and his wife Anita, contesting the May 5 Assembly elections, have together declared assets worth Rs 123 crore.

After former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa demanded release of funds for drought relief work, his son B Y Raghavendra, MP, too has now shot off a letter, seeking funds for development programmes in his home district.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who stepped down following his indictment by the Lokayukta report on illegal mining, today described himself as a "free man relieved of burden" and said he would focus on building the BJP in the state as an ordinary worker."I am a free man relieved of burden. I will strive for building the BJP in the...

Despite an array of allegations of corruption against some of its senior-most members including the chief minister, the BJP has delivered strong results in the zilla panchayat elections in Karnataka.The BJP won 12 of the 30 zilla panchayats while the Congress and JD(S) won four each.    The Chief Minister said the resulted should sil...

The supporters of BJP's chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa in the Karnataka assembly election are wary of seeing their leader sidelined. Standing in the sweltering heat, 45-year-old Shantappa is waiting for a bus to Shikaripura. The weather does not stop him from discussing the state assembly election with fellow passengers

Invoking the name of Narendra Modi, a mellowed B S Yeddyurappa is fighting a critical electoral battle of his career from Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency to re-establish his dominance within BJP and state politics.

BJP is hoping BS Yeddyurappa will work the magic in Karnataka. Mr Yeddyurappa, the former Chief Minister of Karnataka, is now fighting parliamentary elections for the first time from his home turf Shimoga.

BJP leader LK Advani had taken money from erstwhile Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to allow him to remain in office after corruption scandals involving him surfaced, Mr Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) alleged Monday. The BJP rubbished the allegations.

JDS Karnataka unit President and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy and his wife Anita, contesting the May 5 Assembly elections, have together declared assets worth Rs 123 crore.

After former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa demanded release of funds for drought relief work, his son B Y Raghavendra, MP, too has now shot off a letter, seeking funds for development programmes in his home district.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who stepped down following his indictment by the Lokayukta report on illegal mining, today described himself as a "free man relieved of burden" and said he would focus on building the BJP in the state as an ordinary worker."I am a free man relieved of burden. I will strive for building the BJP in the...

Despite an array of allegations of corruption against some of its senior-most members including the chief minister, the BJP has delivered strong results in the zilla panchayat elections in Karnataka.The BJP won 12 of the 30 zilla panchayats while the Congress and JD(S) won four each.    The Chief Minister said the resulted should sil...