Bangalore: Farmers across Karnataka will get interest free small-term loans up to Rs 100,000 from state cooperatives in the ensuing fiscal (2012-13) besides free energy for their irrigation pump sets up to 10 horse power. Presenting the 'Agriculture Budget' for the next fiscal in the state legislative assembly Wednesday, Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda told lawmakers that the state government would continue to facilitate farm credit above Rs 100,000 at...
01:58 AM, Mar 22, 2012
New Delhi: Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday reached New Delhi to meet the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) high command over the ongoing political crisis in Karnataka following the loss of the party in the Udupi-Chikmagalur bypoll. On his arrival in the national capital, when asked about his becoming the new Chief Minister of Karnataka, Yeddyurappa said, "I have no idea. I can only tell after meeting...
10:47 PM, Mar 21, 2012
Bangalore: The loss of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha bypoll for the Udupi-Chikmagalur seat may prove to be a gain for former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa. The win by the Congress in the Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha bypoll by a margin of 40,000 votes over the BJP candidate is being seen as a huge setback for Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda, who is already facing a rebellion...
03:56 PM, Mar 21, 2012
Bangalore: In a major setback for the BJP and Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday, K Jayaprakash Hegde of Congress beat V Sunil Kumar of BJP by huge margin of over 40,000 votes in the bypoll of Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat. Hegde secured 3,98,723 votes as against 3,52,999 by Sunil Kumar. Sadananda Gowda gave up the seat earlier this year upon his elevation as Chief Minister, and the...
12:15 PM, Mar 21, 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
Bangalore: Counting for the March 18 bypolls to Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat will be taken up on Wednesday, election officials said. With BJP government in Karnataka facing turmoil, there is intense anticipation and anxiety in ruling and Opposition Congress circles over the outcome of the bypolls. Electoral authorities said tight security arrangements have been made for the counting. About 66 per cent of 12.53 lakh electorate had cast their votes....
05:04 AM, Mar 21, 2012
Bangalore: The leadership crisis in ruling BJP in Karnataka worsened on Tuesday when loyalists of former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa boycotted the budget session on the opening day, insisting on an early legislature party meet to elect a new leader. The legislators, lodged in a private resort since Sunday, decided to extend their stay till the BJP Central leadership accepts their demand for an early decision to re-instate their leader...
02:42 PM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to Delhi. However, Yeddyurappa remained adamant and refused to leave Bangalore. Yeddyurappa loyalists said the BJP top brass hold the meeting in Bangalore. Yeddyurappa is claiming the support of 70 MLAs, saying after the state Budget, the party high command should come to Bangalore. Meanwhile, the Karnataka Law Minister has also said that Chief Minister...
10:36 AM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: The 48-hour deadline set by BS Yeddyurappa to be reinstated as Karnataka Chief Minister ends on Tuesday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will have to give its answer on whether they will reinstate him or continue with DV Sadananda Gowda. Yeddyurappa, who doesn't see eye to eye with Gowda, has threatened to break away and form his own party. Yeddyurappa claims to have the support of a majority...
06:22 AM, Mar 20, 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: The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) maiden rule in Karnataka is set to end as a sordid tale of scandals and compromises. Two days ahead of the budget presentation, more than half the party's 23 ministers are holed up in a resort on the outskirts of Bangalore, devising a strategy to get rid of Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda. The assembly session starts on Tuesday. The budget presentation is...
05:53 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Bangalore: The Congress in Karnataka on Monday demanded dismissal of the state government and imposition of President's rule, saying there is 'zero governance' in the wake of internal bickerings in the ruling BJP over the leadership issue. "We urge Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj to recommend dissolution of the state Assembly as governance has hit a roadblock in the wake of internal bickerings in BJP over the leadership issue," Karnataka Pradesh...
05:41 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) top brass is looking to resolve the crisis in Karnataka with senior party leader Arun Jaitley coming to former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's support. "Yeddyurappa was removed form his post on the basis of the Lokayukta report and complaint, but now that this report and the complaints have been quashed, we will resume talks with him and resolve the matter," Jaitley said. BJP President...
02:19 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Gandhinagar: With the Yeddyurappa camp adamant in its demand for reinstating him as Karnataka Chief Minister, the BJP on Monday said the party is in touch with him and that the issue will be resolved. BJP leader Arun Jaitley said he did not see the crisis in the party-ruled state as a serious problem, adding he is also personally in touch with BS Yeddyurappa. "The party is in touch with...
01:37 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Tumkur: Feigning ignorance about his predecessor BS Yeddyurappa convening a meeting of loyalists, Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Sunday said the issue of change of leadership was left to the BJP central leadership. "The issue of change in leadership is left to the central party leadership to decide and I would present the state budget on March 21. The copy of it has already gone for printing," he...
03:11 AM, Mar 19, 2012
Bangalore: The bypoll to Karnataka's Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat ended peacefully Sunday with over 60 percent of 1.24 million voters casting their ballots. "Around 60 percent voting has taken place and the process was peaceful," a spokesperson for the state election office told reporters in Bangalore. Booths opened at 8 am and voting closed at 5 pm. The bypoll has been caused by Bharatiya Janata Party's DV Sadananda Gowda vacating...
07:08 PM, Mar 18, 2012
Udupi: About 12.53 lakh voters are expected to seal the fate of 14 candidates in the by-poll to Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat on Sunday, where three major parties Congress, BJP and JDS have gone on a high voltage campaign. This is the second by-poll being held in Karnataka after DV Sadananda Gowda assumed office as Chief Minister. The by-poll was necessitated after Gowda vacated the seat following his elevation as...
09:58 AM, Mar 18, 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: Anything is possible in politics. This may sound like a cliche, but it could come true in Karnataka with strong speculation about BS Yeddyurappa's dramatic return as chief minister, that too, before the start of the Budget session. Political circles in Karnataka, particularly the BJP, are abuzz with talk that the Lingayat strongman has struck a deal with the party high command and is set to return as CM...
10:44 AM, Mar 16, 2012
CHIKMAGALUR: In what seemed a veiled taunt to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa for his reported comment that he will not campaign in the Lok Sabha byelection as it may embarrass the CM and K S Eshwarappa, D V Sadananda Gowda said that the byelection was not about any individuals prestige but that of an organisation. On Yeddyurappa setting March 20 as a deadline for reinstating him in the...
07:55 AM, Mar 15, 2012
