Karnataka

K'taka porngate ministers now face police probe

Bangalore: A Bangalore court on Monday ordered police to probe Karnataka's three sleaze watching ministers on charges of transmitting and viewing porn films. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kiran Kheny directed the state police to complete the probe against Laxman Savadi, C.C. Patil and J. Krishna Palemar by Feb 27. Savadi and Patil watched the porn clip in the assembly on the cell phone belonging to Palemar last Tuesday. They resigned...

K'taka MLAs seek more time to reply to showcause

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...

Sleaze row: K'taka MLAs to reply to showcause

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...

K'taka to begin fresh Lokayukta selection process

Mangalore: After its vain bid to install former Kerala Chief Justice SR Bannurmath as the Lokayukta, Karnataka Government is set to start afresh on Monday the consultation process for picking a new candidate and hoped to complete the exercise in about ten days. The government has decided to scout for a new candidate in view of Bannurmath's choice being rejected by Governor HR Bhardwaj and the former judge himself opting...

TWTW: Cyrus's take on UP Assembly polls

Cyrus Broacha also talks about BJP ministers caught watching porn in Karnataka Assembly, Lalit Modi, Cricket and much more. ...

K'taka to provide Indian medicine at hospitals

Bangalore: Government hospitals in districts and local bodies across Karnataka will provide the Indian system of medicine as an alternative treatment, Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda said on Friday. "Our government has recognised the importance of yoga in daily life and has given priority to promote the Indian systems of medicine through state-run hospitals in districts and local bodies for extending natural health services to the public," Gowda said at...

BJP makes Karnataka turf for scams, self-goals

Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be turning Karnataka from its 'gateway to the south' into its playground for scandals and self-goals. As of now scams outnumber self-goals but both appear to impact the party with the same intensity. As the outrage over three ministers being involved in sleazegate continued, came the shocker that the party tried to pressure a senior advocate to give up prosecuting Tamil Nadu...

How cameras caught ministers watching porn

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...

Karnataka illegal mining: CEC to submit report today

New Delhi: The Central Empowered Committee is all set to file its report in the Karnataka illegal mining scam on Friday. Sources say that the Supreme Court appointed Committee has reportedly recommended that 45 lessees be allowed to resume their mining operations. The Congress had on Wednesday reiterated its demand for a CBI probe into the scam which caused a whopping Rs 17085 crore loss to the states exchequer, and...

K'taka Advocate General issue: Karuna slams BJP

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...

India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

A 15-year-old Chennai schoolboy allegedly stabs his teacher to death inside the classroom of a leading city school. ...

K'taka: Advocate General quits under BJP pressure?

Bangalore: Weeks after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa was forced to appear in front of trial court in Bangalore in a 1996 disproportionate assets case against her, a controversial twist in the tale. Special public prosecutor BV Acharya claims the BJP government in the state is trying to weaken the case against her and had tried to make him quit as prosecutor. Acharya claims that the...

News 360: Student stabs teacher to death in Chennai school

Upset with the teacher for pulling him up, a class 9 student stabs his teacher inside the classroom in front of his classmates. ...

Opposition demands Central rule in Karnataka

Bangalore: Upping the ante following the porn scandal, opposition Congress and JDS on Thursday demanded imposition of President's rule in the state. The opposition offensive comes a day after an embarrassed BJP central leadership gave marching orders to the three ministers in the wake of all round criticism. "We have met Governor HR Bhardwaj and requested him to recommend to the Central government to dissolve the Assembly and dismiss the...

Karnataka sleaze row: Is the BJP in trouble?

The BJP has been facing serious problems in Karnataka and Gujarat. Experts discuss whether the party is in trouble. ...