Yeddyurappa vows to topple BJP govt in Karnataka Eager to stall presentation of an election budget by the Jagadish Shettar Ministry, Karnataka Janatha Party of BS Yeddyurappa is holding its executive committee meeting in Bangalore on Friday to finalise 'an action plan' to bring down the first BJP government in the south. ...  
06:01 AM, Jan 04, 2013

Karnataka: BJP and its Yeddyurappa conundrum
by IANS
Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party's south India foray is turning out to be a tale of slow growth and rapid decline. As assembly polls near in Karnataka, the only state in the south it has managed to come to power in, the party presents itself as an outfit that prefers playing a waiting game when faced with a poor choice. The party's handling of its corruption-scarred first chief minister, B...  
11:47 AM, Oct 06, 2012

AP: MLAs loyal to Jagan add to Cong woes
by IANS
Hyderabad: A day after the arrest of a cabinet minister, the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh received another jolt with a state legislator switching loyalty to YSR Congress Party leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and some more legislators were reportedly in touch with him. Daring the Congress leadership, state legislator Alla Nani and MP Sabbam Hari accompanied Jagan on Friday when the latter drove to the CBI camp office for...  
05:35 PM, May 25, 2012

Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits South Pacific Paris: Geological monitoring services say a magnitude 7.1 earthquake had hit in the South Pacific off the French territory of New Caledonia on Tuesday. No injuries or damage were immediately reported. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre says there was no threat of a widespread tsunami based on historical earthquake and tsunami data. The US Geological Service and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said the quake hit at 14:25 IST on Tuesday,...  
06:26 PM, May 10, 2011

Cell phone users are not a loyal lot Study says 30 percent cell phone users will change their service provider for a better offer. ...  
01:20 PM, Oct 06, 2006