Will there be a single party rule in Karnataka? Eminent social scientist and analyst Dr Sandeep Shastri joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
04:13 PM, Mar 25, 2013
About 500 companies of paramilitary forces will be deployed for conducting a free and fair election to the Karnataka legislative Assembly on May 5, state election officials said on Thrusday. ...
12:39 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Buoyed by its recent success in civic polls in Karnataka, Congress has begun steps to put its house in order to wrest power from the BJP in the May 5 Assembly elections. ...
12:27 PM, Mar 23, 2013
The Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP) headed by former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Friday released its first list of 69 candidates for the May 5 Assembly polls. ...
12:13 PM, Mar 23, 2013
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
Saritha Rai, contributing editor and columnist, Indian Express joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the Karnataka Assembly polls 2013. ...
05:06 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Top Karnataka Congress leaders will meet Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in Delhi on Thursday afternoon. They will finalise the list of contenders for the upcoming state elections. ...
06:34 AM, Mar 21, 2013
CEC VS Sampath on Wednesday announced the election dates for Karnataka Assembly and said the election for the 224-member House will take place in a single phase on May 5. The counting of votes will take place on May 8. ...
03:32 PM, Mar 20, 2013
It is a crucial day for Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar who will present his maiden budget in the assembly on Friday. The state goes to polls in April-May 2013 and the BJP has been putting up a brave front despite losing 14 of its MLAs to the BS Yeddyurappa camp. The ruling party still holds a wafer-thin majority in the house. ...
09:01 AM, Feb 08, 2013
As many as 21 of the 118 BJP MLAs in the 225-member Karnataka Assembly came out in support of former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and attended a breakfast meeting at his residence recently. ...
12:37 PM, Dec 11, 2012
In what may be termed a major blow to the Karnataka BJP, sources say that the party will decide on dissolving the state assembly in the next two-three days. Sources said that the Governor will likely put the assembly on suspended animation. The term is used by scientists to describe the slowing of life processes by external means without termination. ...
11:12 PM, Dec 09, 2012
Bangalore: Following the diamond jubilee celebrations in June this year, the Karnataka Legislative Assembly will now be witnessing a major renovation work adding a new and modern touch to the majestic two storeyed assembly hall of the Vidhana Soudha. Speaking to City Express, the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker, KG Bopaiah said, The works including civil, electrical and installation of audio-video systems will be completed by December end and the renovated...
01:56 PM, Sep 25, 2012
Bangalore: Amidst high drama in the Legislative Assembly, Kiran Thakur, editor of Marathi daily Tarun Bharat, who had been summoned by the House for a reprimand, said he was sorry for publishing fictitious and malicious reports against MLAs from Belgaum district Abhay Patil and Shyam Ghatge. It is said that the government chose to underplay the incident, following a phone call made by BJP national president Nitin Gadkari to Chief...
01:16 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Bangalore: The CBI has requested the state Legislature to provide transcripts of answers made by the former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on illegal mining in the House. Confirming the CBIs request, sources in the Secretariat said that they would consider giving the transcripts after verifying whether there is any provision to share these transcripts. All transcripts become properties of the Legislature. We are not clear whether such information could be...
12:23 PM, Jul 28, 2012
Bangalore: The state Assembly on Thursday passed an unanimous resolution opposing UNESCO heritage tag for Western Ghats and shot down Centres proposal to declare Kudremukh National Park (KNP) as tiger reserve. The state government will now approach the Centre to delist Western Ghats from UNESCOs world heritage site list. Despite state governments opposition, the Centre had approved UNESCOs proposal to accord heritage tag to Western Ghats. We will not accept...
12:18 PM, Jul 27, 2012
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
