Davangere: Former chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda has expressed confidence that the BJP would return to power as his successor Jagadish Shettar is capable of continuing the good work of the BJP government. "I hope our party will come back to power again," said Gowda on Saturday. According to him, the BJP government in the last four years had given the best of development schemes and performances. "Under the leadership...
12:47 PM, Jul 22, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Sunday allotted portfolios to his ministers, three days after forming the cabinet, but the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party faced fresh trouble from those denied ministerial berths. Shettar and BJP leaders have played safe by allotting the same portfolios to 21 ministers who held them in the DV Sadananda Gowda government which fell last Wednesday due to dissidence. The portfolio distribution was delayed because...
08:58 PM, Jul 15, 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
Jagadish Shettar was on Thursday sworn as the Chief Minister of Karnataka. ...
11:43 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Jagdish Shettar replaced DV Sadananda Gowda, who quit following a rebellion by BS Yeddyurappa and his supporters, as the Karnataka Chief Minister. ...
10:47 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Bangalore: Jagadish Shettar has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka along with two Deputy Chief Ministers KS Eshwarappa, who is the state Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) President, and R Ashok. Shettar and his colleagues were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj in Bangalore on Thursday. A total of 34 ministers were sworn in and all those named in former Lokayukta Santosh Hegde's...
12:32 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Bangalore: Karnakata will get its third Chief Minister in a year on Thursday. BS Yeddyurappa loyalist Jagadish Shettar will be sworn in as the new Karnataka Chief Minister. The BJP legislature party in the state on Tuesday unanimously chose Shettar as their new leader in the presence of the party's central observers Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh. Shettar will meet Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj in Bangalore to stake claim to...
08:26 AM, Jul 12, 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: In a last minute hitch, the ruling BJP Legislature party meeting to elect Jagadish Shettar as the Karnataka Chief Minister was delayed on Tuesday with outgoing Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda's camp setting forth three conditions for his resignation from the post. Nearly 46 MLAs and 8 MLCs pledged their support to the outgoing Chief Minister saying they would resign enmasse if their demands were not met. The Gowda...
04:03 PM, Jul 10, 2012
New Delhi: Nearly 46 MLAs and 8 MLCs on Tuesday pledged their support to outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda saying they would resign enmasse if their demands were not met. The Gowda camp had earlier in the day set three conditions for the Chief Minister to resign. They said that Gowda should be made the state unit's President, that the Deputy CM of the state be Gowda's confidante Gobind...
12:58 PM, Jul 10, 2012
New Delhi: In a last minute hitch, the ruling BJP Legislature party meeting to elect Jagadish Shettar as the Karnataka Chief Minister was delayed on Tuesday morning with outgoing Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda's camp setting forth three conditions for his resignation from the post. Ministers and MLAs loyal to Gowda are believed to be pushing for making him the party's state unit President, and his close confidante Gobind Karjol...
11:46 AM, Jul 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Karnataka BJP is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to formally elect Jagadish Shettar as the new Chief Minister. Shettar is currently the Rural Development Minister and belongs to the pro-BS Yeddyurappa camp. Shettar and the outgoing Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda are expected to meet the Governor after the meeting. Senior BJP leaders Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh and Karnataka in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan are in Bangalore to oversee the...
08:15 AM, Jul 10, 2012
Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party's propensity to score self-goals has become legendary. Now it has shot itself, not in the foot but at what it flaunts as its soul - its discipline and nation first motto - by pandering to caste equations in Karnataka and bowing to pressure tactics. There was no other compelling reason for the party to shunt out Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda and replace him with...
10:48 AM, Jul 09, 2012
New Delhi: Senior BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh are expected to head to Bangalore on Monday to oversee the formal election of Jagadish Shettar as the new Chief Minister. Ex-CM Sadananda Gowda, who stepped down from the post on Sunday, is likely to be made the unit president or given a Rajya Sabha seat. Shettar is said to be close to former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, who insisted...
07:02 AM, Jul 09, 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: Congress on Sunday slammed BJP for replacing its Chief Minister in Karnataka terming the move as the "victory of corruption" and said the "cosmetic change" will not improve governance in the state. "Change of guard in Karnataka is victory of corruption. This is only a cosmetic change, which will not bring any substantial improvement in governance, which is at the receiving end there. The drama of Karanataka (Karnataka...
02:41 AM, Jul 09, 2012
New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has stepped down. After a meeting with BJP president Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi, Gowda has returned to Bangalore to demit office. BJP MLAs will formally elect Jagadish Shettar as the new Chief Minister on Tuesday. With this development, the non-stop political drama in Karnataka appears to be over, for the time being. "I am resigning. I am an obedient servant of...
09:14 PM, Jul 08, 2012
New Delhi: Congress on Sunday slammed BJP for replacing its Chief Minister in Karnataka terming the move as the "victory of corruption" and said the "cosmetic change" will not improve governance in the state. "Change of guard in Karnataka is victory of corruption. This is only a cosmetic change, which will not bring any substantial improvement in governance, which is at the receiving end there. The drama of Karanataka that...
05:37 PM, Jul 08, 2012
DV Sadananda Gowda on Sunday resigned from the post of Karnataka CM and BS Yeddyurappa loyalist Jagadish Shettar will replace him. ...
02:00 PM, Jul 08, 2012
DV Sadananda Gowda on Sunday resigned from the post of Karnataka Chief Minister, with the BJP high command announcing that BS Yeddyurappa loyalist Jagadish Shettar will replace him. ...
12:13 PM, Jul 08, 2012
