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 after the committee submits its report.
Former ministers - Lakshman S Savadi, CC Patil and J Krishna Palemar - were caught by a private TV channel watching porn on their mobile phones while proceedings were on in the Assembly on February 7.
The ministers had to resign, and cannot enter the Assembly till the committee completes its inquiry....
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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: 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
Bangalore: The Bangalore police is expected to submit an official report on a court's orders on the Karnataka Assembly sleaze case. Three former BJP ministers were caught watching a porn clip on a mobile phone while the Assembly was in session. Krishna Palemar, Lakshman Savadi and CC Patil resigned after the case came to light. CC Patil and Lakshman Savadi were caught watching an obscene video on their mobile phones...
08:04 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Bangalore: The three tainted MLAs of Karnataka, in their reply to the Karnataka Vidhan Sabha Speaker in the obscene video case, on Thursday told Joint House Committee that they had no intention of watching obscene content on their mobile, and it opened up accidentally. Denying any intentional role, one of the three ministers even said he doesn't know how to send SMS and pictures on the mobile. Speaker KG Bopaiah...
09:33 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Bangalore: The three tainted MLAs of Karnataka have filed reply to the Karnataka Vidhan Sabha Speaker in the obscene video case. Speaker KG Bopaiah had issued showcause notices to the former BJP ministers after they were caught watching porn in the Assembly. Speaker KG Bopaiah has said that a committee will be formed to look into the matter and the probe committee will be named by Thursday afternoon. The trio...
11:56 AM, Feb 16, 2012
Bangalore: In Karnataka, the porn scandal continues to sting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The three tainted ministers are likely to submit their explanations to the Speaker on Thursday. Meanwhile, the state government is planning to ban news channels from covering Assembly proceedings from now on. An embarrassed BJP is now struggling to give itself an image boost. One of the first steps, it seems, will be to press the...
10:25 AM, Feb 16, 2012
Bangalore: Three former Karnataka Ministers on Monday sought a week's extension to file reply to the showcause notices issued by Speaker KG Bopaiah on the porn-watching episode in the Legislative Assembly. The three, Lakshman S Savadi, CC Patil and J Krishna Palemar sent a letter to the Legislative Assembly Secretariat in this regard. They were last week directed by the Speaker to file the reply by Monday. Assembly Secretary P...
01:13 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Karnataka Assembly ministers caught in the porngate scandal - CC Patil and Lakshman Savadi - are expected to reply to the showcause notices issued to them by Assembly Speaker KG Bopaiah, on Monday. The two ministers were caught last week watching an obscene video on former Mangalore in-charge Minister J Krishna Palemar's mobile phone, while the Assembly was in session. The incident caused a huge furore with...
07:59 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Bangalore: Allowing TV channels to cover the legislature proceedings from the visitors' gallery cost the BJP government in Karnataka dear, as video cameras caught its two ministers watching porn in the Assembly. The state legislature secretariat, which for security reasons banned video and photo journalists from covering the proceedings from the margins of the house, however, allowed them to record the current 10-day session from the visitors' gallery on the...
12:17 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Panaji: The Goa BJP on Thursday said that porn scandal involving ministers from the party in the neighbouring Karnataka will not affect its prospects in March 3 Assembly polls in Goa. "These are small things. We are not fighting the election in Karnataka," BJP leader and former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said. "There are people all across the country who do worse things. Congress leaders have chopped women and burnt...
08:57 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: A day after three Karnataka BJP ministers were caught watching an obscene clip in the Assembly, the party has shown them the door. Three ministers, CC Patil, Lakshmana Savadi and Krishna Palemar, who were caught watching porn in the Karnataka Assembly have been barred from attending the Assembly till the probe into the matter is over. But the question is whether we are hypocritical when it comes to...
09:38 PM, Feb 08, 2012
The people of Karnataka said that the behaviour displayed by the three ministers was unacceptable. ...
07:35 PM, Feb 08, 2012
Bangalore: A day after three Karnataka BJP ministers were caught watching an obscene clip in the Assembly, the party has shown them the door. Three ministers, CC Patil, Lakshmana Savadi and Krishna Palemar, who were caught watching porn in the Karnataka Assembly have been barred from attending the Assembly till the probe into the matter is over. A six-member committee has been formed to look into the matter and the...
06:50 PM, Feb 08, 2012
Bangalore: Three ministers, CC Patil, Lakshmana Savadi and Krishna Palemar, who were caught watching porn in the Karnataka Assembly have been barred from attending the Assembly till probe is over into the matter. A six-member committee has been formed to look into the matter and the Assembly was adjourned sine die on Wednesday. The six-member committee will submit its report by March 12. Earlier on Wednesday, there was a ruckus...
05:54 PM, Feb 08, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka Assembly was adjourned for half an hour on Wednesday amidst Opposition uproar over the sleaze row involving two BJP MLAs. The Opposition shouted 'Shame! Shame!' as soon as the Assembly proceedings began. BJP party members CC Patil and Lakshmana Savadi were caught on camera on Tuesday watching an obscene video on their mobile phones while the Assembly was in session. The Opposition demanded the dismissal of the...
12:51 PM, Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: In the last 44 months, nearly one-third of the BJP government has resigned on charges ranging from rape to corruption in Karnataka. It is a record and a shameful one at that: - The total sanctioned strength of Karnataka Cabinet is 34 including the chief minister. - 1 chief minister (BS Yeddyurappa) and 11 ministers have resigned till now. - 4 ministers resigned over sleaze. Ex-Chief Minister BS...
11:06 AM, Feb 08, 2012
Bangalore: Three BJP ministers "voluntarily" resigned on Wednesday over the shocking sleaze row to rock the Karnataka Assembly. Mangalore in-charge Minister Krishna Palemar, Co-operation Minister Lakshman Savadi and Karnataka Women and Child Welfare Minister CC Patil tendered in their resignation during a BJP core committee meeting that was held early on Wednesday morning. The ministers said they were resigning to save the party's image. This is not the first time...
08:55 AM, Feb 08, 2012
