The ruling BJP kicked off the campaign for the May five Assembly polls in Karnataka with a rally in Mysore on Friday and sought to downplay the threat posed by breakaway party headed by heavyweight BS Yeddyurappa. ...
11:59 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Eager to stall presentation of an election budget by the Jagadish Shettar Ministry, Karnataka Janatha Party of BS Yeddyurappa is holding its executive committee meeting in Bangalore on Friday to finalise 'an action plan' to bring down the first BJP government in the south. ...
06:01 AM, Jan 04, 2013
Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will Wednesday decide on action to be taken against 14 of its assembly members for defying a diktat to stay away from the formal launch of former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's new party. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, state Bharatiya Janata Party chief KS Eshwarappa, former chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda and other leaders will meet in Belgaum, about 500 km from Bangalore, to take the...
05:02 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Former Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Saturday said BS Yeddyurappa's 'hasty decision' to quit BJP and launch his party would boomerang on him and erode his political clout in the state. ...
03:02 PM, Dec 01, 2012
Kunigal: Stating that he would resign as BJP legislator from the Assembly by the month end, former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Thursday said he would focus on building his new party. "By month end I will tender my resignation as BJP legislator in the state assembly and focus on building my new party," he told reporters after worshipping at Yedyur Siddalingeshwarswamy Temple in Kunigal. Yeddyurappa said BJP ministers...
01:05 AM, Nov 23, 2012
Bangalore: With the impending exit of its rebel leader BS Yeddyurappa weighing heavily on its mind, the BJP on Saturday discussed its possible fallout and decided to take disciplinary action against those violating party discipline. At a day-long meeting to prepare the party for the assembly polls, most leaders voiced concern over Yeddyurappa forming his regional party and its impact on BJP and wanted the central leadership to retain him....
09:09 PM, Nov 17, 2012
Bangalore: Disgruntled BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Saturday came down heavily on some of his partymen who have been trying to create confusion on the issue of his exit from the party. "Let them wait with patience till December. There is no question of me staying in this (BJP) party. There is no change in my decision on quitting the party", Yeddyurappa said while speaking...
04:35 PM, Oct 13, 2012
Bangalore: Former Karnataka chief minister and BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said that he'll quit the party in December 2012. Determined to break away from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Yeddyurappa said that the time has come for him to either form a new political party or join another. "No one can change my mind now," said Yeddyurappa. Accusing the party leadership of deceiving him, the former Karnataka chief...
03:53 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Chickmagalur: Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday indicated he was determined to break away from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and float his own outfit. "It is a closed chapter," BJP's first chief minister in south India told reporters in this Karnataka town, about 200 km from Bangalore, when asked whether he would hold talks with his party leadership over defining his role in the state unit. Yeddyurappa,...
03:04 AM, Oct 04, 2012
Bangalore: The efforts of the state BJP to demonstrate unity during the statewide tour fell apart as senior leaders refused to go as a team. As a result, former chief ministers BS Yeddyurappa, DV Sadananda Gowda and BJP national general secretary HN Ananthkumar are now embarking on state tour separately on different dates. Yeddyurappas tour will start from Tumkur on Tuesday but the tour programmes of Gowda and Kumar are...
09:30 AM, Aug 21, 2012
Bangalore: The fight between two former Chief Ministers BS Yeddyurappa and D V Sadanada Gowda hit a new low on Friday. At a programme organised by State Vokkaliga Federation to give away scholarships to bright SSLC students, Gowda quoting business tycoon Dhirubai Ambanis well known statement said, One need not be worried about street dogs. If they bark, dont pelt them with stones. Instead, throw a biscuit and keep going...
11:33 AM, Aug 11, 2012
Bangalore: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani's honest assessment of his party's scandalous rule in Karnataka is a bitter pill to swallow for many of his colleagues in the state. The BJP veteran has spoken in the past as well about the way his party and its first chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa conducted themselves in the state, ever since it came to power for the first time in...
06:05 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Bangalore: Embarrassed by the ongoing spat between former chief ministers B S Yeddyurappa and D V Sadananda Gowda, the state BJP leaders are planning to approach the party high command seeking their intervention. The state leaders plan to demand the party high command to take both of them into central organisation of the party to avoid confrontation in the state unit. It (the spat) is turning uglier by each day....
11:47 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Bangalore: There appears to be no end to the cat fight between former chief ministers B S Yeddyurappa and D V Sadananda Gowda. Gowda on Wednesday accused Yeddyurappa camp of trying to implicate him in a corruption case to scuttle his chances of getting a position in the party. One should not be surprised if a case is filed against me in the Lokayukta court soon. They (Yeddyurappa camp) are...
01:07 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Bangalore: BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa on Tuesday hit back at former Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda for endorsing BJP leader LK Advani's comments on the state of affairs in Karnataka BJP unit. "Gowda is a former chief minister and I believe he will issue statements with a sense of responsibility. He should come out in the open and talk about corruption, if any, during my tenure as Chief Minister," Yeddyurappa...
01:50 PM, Aug 07, 2012
The special show of film 'Bhagirathi' directed by Prof Baraguru Ramachandrappa, which is based on the folk 'Kerege Haara' was attended by the top leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party in state on August 5 at Renukamb Digital theatre. Bharatiya Janata Party politicians - BS Yediyurappa with his son MP BY Raghavendra, former Chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda with his wife Daaty, current deputy chief minister R Ashok and close friends...
12:41 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Karnataka: For the already announced 2010-2011 Karnataka state film awards, High Court of Karnataka has ordered a stay on presentation of awards. Former KFCC President Basanthkumar Patil whos is producer of Bettada Jeeva and actress cum producer and director Priya Hassan of Bindhaas Hudugi filed a petition on injustice to their films. Justice S Abdul Nazeer has issued an order that the list submitted to government of Karnataka has to...
04:18 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Bangalore: DV Sadananda Gowda resigned as Karnataka Chief Minister on Wednesday to pave the way for Jagadish Shettar. Gowda met Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj in Bangalore and put in his papers after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday decided to replace him with Shettar. Gowda supporters staged protests in many areas of Bangalore as he reached the Raj Bhawan to submit his resignation. His supporters started gathering outside his...
12:30 PM, Jul 11, 2012
Bangalore: Showing that he still calls the shots, Karnataka BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa has played the caste card to the hilt, bringing in fellow Lingayat Jagadish Shettar to replace DV Sadananda Gowda as chief minister. Ironically, Yeddyuprappa had himself ensured the defeat of Shettar 11 months ago and installed Gowda as Chief Minister, but soon fell out with him. Since then he has stuck to a one point agenda of...
04:39 AM, Jul 09, 2012
New Delhi: BJP leader DV Sadananda Gowda on Sunday resigned from the post of Karnataka Chief Minister after a meeting with the party high command in New Delhi, thus ending a long fought battle between him and party strongman BS Yeddyurappa, whom he had replaced nearly an year ago. Sources said Gowda told Gadkari that he would hand over his resignation to the Governor soon. Within months of Gowda taking...
10:59 AM, Jul 08, 2012
