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
New Delhi: BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Friday rejected the reports that there was any crisis in the party in Karnataka over BS Yeddyurappa's ultimatum to reinstate him as the Chief Minister of the state again. However, he said that question of changing Sadananda Gowda as Chief Minister does not arise. "There is no political crisis, party is united. After the UP polls, we have a Lok Sabha by-poll in...
01:04 PM, Feb 24, 2012
Bangalore: With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reeling under another crisis in Karnataka, party president Nitin Gadkari met former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda in Bangalore on Friday. This came after issued an ultimatum to his party. The BJP is now in a huddle with all its MLAs and MPs to try and solve the crisis. Sources have said that Gadkari has given no assurance to...
11:13 AM, Feb 24, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, indicted by the Lokayukta report on illegal mining, on Sunday claimed that he had been accused "unfairly" despite his efforts to preserve natural resources in the state. Reading out a statement in front of Raj Bhavan after tendering his resignation, Yeddyurappa said it was his government that unveiled a new mineral policy and banned export of iron ore. "Ours is the first state government...
07:50 PM, Jul 31, 2011
New Delhi: Notwithstanding Centre rejecting H R Bhardwaj's recommendation on imposing President's rule in Karnataka, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday said he would continue to demand the recall of the Governor, who "acted in a partisan manner". "I compliment the Government of India for taking the decision not to accept the Karnataka Governor's recommendation to keep the Assembly in suspended animation. It is a great victory for democracy...
03:00 PM, May 23, 2011
Mysore/Raichur: Both the Congress and BJP held protests across Karnataka on Saturday, BJP is demanding that the governor should convene an assembly session immediately and also that the union government should recall the governor. The congress, on the other hand, has demanded for the removal of the BS Yeddyurappa-led government. The BJP protests is being divided into two teams one led by chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and the other by...
06:02 PM, May 21, 2011
New Delhi: The Left parties and JD(S) on Thursday demanded the resignation of Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and Assembly Speaker KG Bopaiah contending that the Supreme Court decision quashing the disqualification of 16 MLAs was a "clear and severe" indictment of both. The Left parties had no objection to BJP continuing in power in Karnataka but wanted Yeddyurappa and Bopaiah to quit forthwith. "If the BJP wants to continue...
01:03 PM, May 19, 2011
Bangalore: The political crisis in Karnataka seems to be coming to an end after Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa hugged Governor HR Bhardwaj at a public event on Wednesday in Bangalore. At a public function in Bangalore the two shared dais which has been their first meeting after Bhardwaj sent a report asking for President's Rule in the state. After several rounds of verbal duels the two were seen hugging each...
12:47 PM, May 18, 2011
New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said he would meet Governor HR Bhardwaj soon to request him to convene the session of the state Assembly early next month. "I will meet the Governor along with a few of my Cabinet colleagues to request him to allow us to start the Assembly session," Yeddyurappa said here before leaving for Bangalore. He said it was for the second time...
11:29 AM, May 18, 2011
Bangalore: Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj has blamed Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and Assembly Speaker KG Bopaiah for the present political crisis in the state. In a statement issued on Tuesday after Yeddyurappa paraded the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs before President Pratibha Ptail in the Rashtrapati Bhawan to show that his government still enjoys majority, Bhardwaj claimed that Bopaiah and Yeddyurappa distorted the character and composition of the Assembly for...
06:58 PM, May 17, 2011
New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa paraded 121 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs before President Pratibha Patil at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Tuesday to show that his government still enjoys a majority in the state Assembly. Yeddyurappa reached the Rashtrapati Bhawan accompanied by senior BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu in a show of strength after Governor HR Bhardwaj sent a report to the Union Cabinet...
05:30 PM, May 17, 2011
New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa says he has full faith in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's judgement and hopes that he (Singh) will never take any undemocratic decision. Yeddyurappa is in New Delhi with 121 BJP MLAs and they will be paraded before President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday at 5:30 PM to show that his government still enjoys a majority in Karnataka Assembly after Governor HR Bhardwaj sent a...
12:23 PM, May 17, 2011
New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa says he has full faith in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's judgement and hopes that he (Singh) will never take any undemocratic decision. Yeddyurappa is in New Delhi with 121 BJP MLAs and they will be paraded before President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday at 5:30 PM to show that his government still enjoys a majority in Karnataka Assembly after Governor HR Bhardwaj sent a...
12:23 PM, May 17, 2011
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11:22 PM, May 16, 2011
Bangalore: There seems to be no end to the war of words between the BS Yeddyurappa government and Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj, who has sent a report to the Union Cabinet for imposition of Presidents Rule in the state. Unfazed by the report the state Cabinet on Monday passed a resolution to hold an Assembly session from June 2 for the period of 10 days to get the budget approved....
03:53 PM, May 16, 2011
New Delhi: The war of words between the Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj and Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa intensified after Bhardwaj wrote to the Centre saying the BJP government in the state should be dismissed and that Yeddyurappa has no moral right to continue in office. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is meeting External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, Home Minister P Chidambaram, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Defence Minister AK Antony in...
06:53 AM, May 16, 2011
Bangalore: Suspected JDS supporters attacked the residence of a key aide of Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa after he made allegations of land grabbing against former Prime Minister and their party chief HD Deve Gowda. Police said the supporters pelted stones at the house of Yeddyurappa's Political Secretary B J Puttaswamy on Tuesday night, damaging window panes and also a car, hours after he levelled the charge. They also raised...
12:16 PM, Dec 01, 2010
New Delhi: After being cornered in a series of land scams and almost on the verge of losing his job, the Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa ordered a judicial probe into the entire mess. But taking on the Chief Minister directly on the issue is the Lokayukta of the state Santosh Hegde, says there is no need for an independent judicial probe as the office of Lokayukta is already investigating...
03:24 PM, Nov 28, 2010
Bangalore: After defying BJP high command's summons, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is likely to reach Delhi on Monday evening. Amid indications that he may be asked to step down in the wake of alleged land scams, Yeddyurappa defied party leadership's summons and instead went to Puttaparthi for Sai Baba's birthday celebrations. Interestingly, he is likely to come to Delhi on Monday evening on the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's...
07:10 AM, Nov 22, 2010
