New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi visited the Tumkur region in Karnataka on Saturday apparently in a bid to woo the Lingayat community ahead of the 2013 bypolls in the state. Sonia attended the birthday celebrations of the highly respected Lingayat seer Shivakumara Swami at 'Siddaganga math', which is reportedly one of India's oldest. However, a woman protestor at the rally waved black flags at the leader and was immediately...
01:12 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka Legislature Committee, which probed the infamous porn viewing scandal, has indicted a former minister and recommended his "admonition" but gave a clean chit to two others while proposing a ban on the use of mobiles in the House. The panel headed by BJP MLA, Srishailappa V Bidarur in its report tabled in the state assembly has concluded that there is a prima facie evidence that former minister...
07:58 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Bangalore: Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa hosted a breakfast meeting on Friday for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators. The timing is important as it's the last day of Karnataka Assembly's budget session. Most of his loyalists attended the meet. Yeddyurappa claims the support of 64 MLAs and is putting pressure on party president Nitin Gadkari to reinstate him as the Karnataka chief minister. Sources say that he has...
10:01 AM, Mar 30, 2012
Chennapatna: Former Karnataka minister M Varadegowda died in Chennapatna on Saturday following a brief illness, according to family sources. Varadegowda (68) leaves his wife, three sons and daughter. Varadegowda, a three-term MLA from Chennapatna Assembly constituency, had served in the ministry of late JH Patel. Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda expressed grief over the death. Forest Minister CP Yogeshwar and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy paid floral tributes. ...
05:33 PM, Mar 24, 2012
Bangalore: The BJP's trouble continues in Karnataka, with former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa refusing to budge and demanding reinstatement. However, a temporary truce seems to have been worked out about not disrupting the budget presentation scheduled on Wednesday. "I'm presenting the budget tomorrow. We'll do the budget discussion on March 26 and 27 and vote on account on March 28," Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda said. A temporary compromise...
06:22 AM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: Hitting out at BJP over the BS Yeddyurappa controversy in Karnataka, Congress on Monday said the "comedy, tragedy and farce" in the southern state was affecting the nation as the governance there was all about "corruption, loot and personal ambition." Describing the tussle for Chief Ministership in Karnataka as "internal matter" of BJP, party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said, "The affairs in Karnataka BJP government reflect a tragedy, comedy...
09:04 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Bangalore: Will D V Sadananda Gowda remain chief minister and present a full budget for 2012-13? Will this be the last session of the assembly though it has one more year of term left? How will ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's factional fights play out in the session? The list of questions grows as the Karnataka assembly session nears. A constant question hurled at Gowda, who took over on Aug 4...
05:38 PM, Mar 17, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka Assembly Committee appointed to probe the porngate case met on Thursday and decided to restrict the probe to just the three former BJP ministers caught watching porn in the state Assembly. No MLA from any other party will be investigated by the committee. The committee has sought another week's time and is expected to submit the report by March 20. The Speaker will take a final decision...
02:52 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka House Committee appointed to probe the porngate case met on Thursday and has decided to restrict the probe to just the three former BJP ministers caught watching porn in the state Assembly. No MLA from any other party is under the scanner. The committee has sought another week's time and is expected to submit the report by March 20. The speaker will take a final decision after...
02:52 PM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: Defending journalists who reported the porngate scandal, Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Monday wrote to the Karnataka Assembly Speaker urging him that proceedings initiated against media persons be dropped. "Some MLAs of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly were filmed watching porn in the Assembly. Instead of commending the mediapersons for their professionalism, proceedings have been started against them," he said. In his letter to Speaker KG Bopaiah,...
01:11 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Bangalore: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Nehru Olekar, who is a member of the panel that is probing into the Karnataka Assembly porn scan, has said that not just three, but as many as 15 MLAs watched porn in the Karnataka Assembly. The panel member also said that those watching porn included not just MLAs of the BJP, but also members of the Opposition. Reacting to the allegations, Congress MLA...
06:19 PM, Mar 04, 2012
Bangalore: The two local news channels who caught three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs watching porn inside the Karnataka Assembly have come under scrutiny for filming the incident. Ironically, media had to face questioning even before the tainted ministers, Krishna Palemar, Lakshman Savadi and CC Patil, were questioned. The legislature committee set up to inquire into it has begun its probe not by questioning the MLAs but instead the journalists...
06:48 AM, Mar 02, 2012
Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda assured that private channels won't be stopped from covering the assembly proceedings. ...
03:31 PM, Mar 01, 2012
Bangalore: Left embarrassed by its ministers viewing porn in the Karnataka Assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party government is reviving a three-year old plan for the legislature to have its own TV channel. However, the government is promising that private TV channels will not be banned from telecasting the proceedings in the Assembly and the legislative council, at least immediately. Private TV channels are presently allowed to telecast live the legislature...
06:33 AM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: Animal rights organisation PETA on Monday wrote a letter to the Karnataka assembly speaker urging him to screen "Kitty Porn" video in the house, to garner support of legislators for sterlisation of stray cats and dogs. "We have sent a letter to K.G. Bopaiah, speaker of the Karnataka assembly, urging him to show PETA India's 'Kitty Porn' video to the entire assembly to spur support for sterlisation of...
04:52 PM, Feb 27, 2012
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