Accusing BJP of creating "instability" in Karnataka, Union Minister Rajeev Shukla said the current political situation has hurt the financial interests of the state on February 2. "The ongoing political crisis in Karnataka highlights the sorry state of affairs precipitated by an incompetent BJP government, which has been more focused in pulling out all stops to manufacture an artificial majority in the Assembly rather than providing effective governance to the...
06:41 PM, Feb 02, 2013
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the government to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Joint Commissioner Crime Pranab Mohanty to investigate into recent murder of Right to Information Activist (RTI) activist Lingaraju. Hearing the suo motu PIL on the matter, a division bench headed by Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen asked the government to submit its final report on the matter by February 10. ...
07:34 PM, Dec 12, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka government on Saturday said it has instructed the State Pollution Control Board to take action against United Breweries which was found to run its beer production unit at Nanjanagud in Mysore district without operational clearance by the Board. Ecology and Environment Minister Sogadu Shivanna, who visited the unit three weeks ago, told reporters in Bangalore on Saturday that it's confirmed from records of the Excise Department and...
08:53 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Mangalore: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson on Thursday targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka launching a sharp attack on the Opposition. Addressing a public rally, Sonia accused the BJP of spreading lies against the Congress-led UPA government and making attempts to defame them. The Congress president said, "The BJP is spreading lie against us, we should counter their lie with unity, by talking in one voice." She...
06:15 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Bangalore: Staring at its worst drought in 42 years, Karnataka government is now seeking divine intervention for rain. The Karnataka government has even sanctioned Rs 17 crores for temples across the state to pray to appease the rain gods. Endowments Minister Kota Srinivas Poojari said, "Rs 5,000 will be spent on each temple for a Varuna Mantra to the rain god and a Jal Abhishek." Government work is god's work...
06:23 AM, Jul 21, 2012
Bangalore: In a seemingly bizarre order in Karnataka, the state government has decided to spend Rs 17 crore on special rain prayers. Special pujas will be held at 34,000 temples each costing Rs 5000. While the Opposition says it is a waste of public money, the government has defended the order. The government has notified the order following a severely deficit monsoon this year, asking temples to hold special pujas,...
08:19 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Bangalore: With many city schools unsure about whether they would remain shut till Sunday night, scenes of confusion and chaos were witnessed outside school premises in prominent areas on Monday. The traffic police were seen trying to ease out the traffic jams on Monday morning. Since many school autos and vans had not turned up, parents were seen dropping off their children. The confusion began when the main gates of...
03:23 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Chennai: DMK president M Karunanidhi on Thursday slammed BJP for trying to "help" Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to come out of the disproportionate wealth case being heard in a Bangalore court by exerting pressure on Karnataka's Advocate General and the Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) BV Acharya. In a statement issued here, Karunanidhi said the BJP and the Karnataka government were trying to remove Acharya from the SPP post...
03:01 AM, Feb 10, 2012
Bangalore: In a fresh embarrassment for the Karnataka government, Advocate General B V Acharya has resigned from his post. The move came after Acharya was asked to quit as the Special Public Prosecutor in the Jayalalithaa Disproportionate Assets case. Acharya said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government had asked him to resign as the Special Public Prosecutor citing conflict of interest. Acharya quit after a public interest litigation (PIL)...
09:23 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Bangalore: The ruling BJP in Karnataka on Monday hit back at opposition Congress for criticising the performance of the B S Yeddyurappa-led government which completed three years in office. "The Congress has no moral right to criticise the BJP government as the people of the state have rejected that party in all the elections held so far since 2008", Minister for Home and Transport R Ashoka told reporters after a...
10:04 PM, May 30, 2011
Bangalore: The Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj on Saturday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh amid speculation that he would ask chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to take another floor test. The BS Yeddyurappa government could potentially lose its majority in the Assembly after the Supreme Court on Friday quashed the disqualification of 16 MLAs. Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj on Saturday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi to discuss the political...
08:11 AM, May 14, 2011
Panaji: The Karnataka government, it seems, could finally survive the crisis after a late night drama on Thursday at a Goa hotel after which rebel BJP MLAs have indicated that they'll return to the Yeddyurappa fold. Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy arrived late Thursday night at a five star Goa resort where 14 Karnataka rebel legislators were camping, literally pushed his way through a crowd of angry BJP workers...
08:15 AM, Oct 08, 2010
The doctors want to be treated in par with colleagues in medical colleges. ...
11:37 PM, Sep 29, 2009
The Government refused to accept the doctors' demand on salary hike. ...
02:37 PM, Sep 29, 2009
IAS officer Vijaykumar has been transferred six times this year. ...
05:24 PM, Jun 24, 2007
Karnataka Government notifies law barring organisations from employing women after 8 pm, says it’s for security. ...
10:02 PM, May 10, 2007
Whether women should be allowed to work in night shifts was discussed on the CNN-IBN show,
India 360. ...
10:11 AM, May 05, 2007
Congress leader Dharam Singh offers support to Chief Minister Kumaraswamy, who has not said no. ...
02:30 PM, May 01, 2007
The controversy over Infosys chief NR Narayana Murthy's comment on the national anthem gets worse. ...
11:48 PM, Apr 13, 2007
Karnataka govt says Infosys Chief Mentor N R Narayana Murthy has committed an 'unpardonable offence'. ...
06:33 PM, Apr 13, 2007
