The Congress high command will take a call on who will be the Karnataka Chief Minister. The top three contenders for the post are Siddharamiah, Mallikarjun Kharge and Veerappa Moily.
After successfully uprooting the BJP from power in Karnataka, the Congress has started discussions as to who will be the chief minister. The newly elected 121 legislators of the party are meeting today to decide their new CM. Four Congress observers, led by de...
The people of Karnataka taught the corrupt BJP a deserving lesson, says Congress leader Siddaramaiah. The leader also had a landslide victory in his constituency - Varuna in Mysore district - where he won by a margin of 20,000 votes. Siddaramaiah is a possible...
Congress gets a landslide victory in Karnataka and is all set to form a government without any support. However, there is heavy competition amongst the leaders for the CM's post. It is expected that a high-level meeting will take place later today to decide on...
After a resounding victory in Karnataka state elections, the next big step for Congress is to find a chief minister acceptable to For now, Mallikarjuna Kharge and K Siddaramaiah are the front-runners for the post.
Newshour | Will Congress consider early elections to capitalise on the victory of Karnataka? Was it Rahul Gandhi's win or Narendra Modi's loss in Karnataka? Congress secured a thumping majority with 121 seats in the 224-seat strong Karnataka Assembly. This vic...
Though there are several contenders for the chief minister’s post in Karnataka, including central ministers Mallikarjun Kharge and M Veerappa Moily, the leading contender is Siddaramaiah, who was Leader of the Opposition in the state. Congress has secured a ...
BS Yeddyurappa's KJP split BJP votes and made a dent in the saffron party's vote bank, resulting in its massive defeat. BJP could only garner 40 seats. Congress secured a thumping majority with 121 seats in the 224-seat strong Karnataka Assembly. This victory ...
A confident Congress, after the convincing victory in Karnataka, take on BJP at the centre, mocks them and says that BJP would face a similar fate in the Lok Sabha polls in 2014. BJP's loss has also put a question mark on Narendra Modi's effectiveness as a nat...
Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar appeals people to stay calm and asks not to politicise the blast that took place outside the BJP office in Malleswaram. He reveals that investigation into the blast is underway and assures to bring to book those respon...
Karnataka Speaker KG Bopaiah has finally spoken up about the ongoing political crisis in the state. According to him, he will review the resignations of the MLAs before taking a decision and will have to review the letters of resignation given by the 13 BJP ML...
In Karnataka, the ruling BJP will seek immediate disqualification of the 13 rebel MLAs who handed their resignation to the party last week. Office bearers of the BJP will meet the Speaker at the Vidhana Soudha with their application, seeking removal of the dis...
Modi has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat for the third successive term. At the ceremony Modi made it clear that he had his political future mapped out. He also expressed his Delhi plans. Only time will tell whether the top brass of BJP agree wit...
Modi greets the Governor of Gujarat, Dr. Kamla Beniwal. The other leaders present at the swearing in ceremony are Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa, Sushma Swaraj, LK Advani, BJP president Nitin Gadkari, Shah Nawaz Hussain, Punjab CM Prakash Singh Badal, Madhya Pra...
Modi has taken the centre stage at the Sardar Patel Stadium and is greeting all the dignitaries arriving at the event. The leaders present at the swearing in ceremony are Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa, Sushma Swaraj, LK Advani, BJP president Nitin Gadkari, Punj...
Karnataka CM Jagadish Shettar writes to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stating that the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal should not be given before consulting the Karnataka delegation. He says that a civil appeal by Karnataka is pending in the...
Acting on a tip-off, the Lokayukta police raided the residence and alleged benami properties of Karnakata's Deputy CM KS Eshwarappa. Eshwarappa's house in Shimoga was also raided following accusations that he had amassed wealth disproportionate to his income.
Karnataka stops the release of water from Cauvery and approaches the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) to appeal against the Supreme Court order. The State had earlier filed a review petition in the Supreme Court on its recent directive that related to Cauvery wat...
Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa sent his resignation to the BJP president Nitin Gadkari. He and his supporters will now have a grand procession to the Vidhana Soudha on Friday afternoon, in his usual dramatic style, to resign from the Assembly. ...
The Chief Ministers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu met in Bangalore on Thursday for talks over the issue of release of water from Cauvery to the lower riparian State of Tamil Nadu. Jayalalithaa wants 30 tmc of water for her State, but Jagadish Shettar did not agr...
Talking to mediapersons just before he hands over his resignation from the Assembly, former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa says he has been tolerant of the party politics for a year. He also says he is not power hungry or looking at chief minister's p...
Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa is all set to resign from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He, along with his supporters, will march from Freedom Park in Bangalore to the Vidhana Soudha to hand in his resignation. The march will be a reminder of the ...
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa will arrive in Karnataka with a 10-member delegation to discuss the Cauvery water sharing with Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar. The meeting is the only second meeting of chief ministers in 15 years. Farmers in...
The last Cauvery River Authority (CRA) meet did not go as planned, as both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu had rejected the Prime Minister’s decision to award 9,000 cusecs of water to save standing crops. The CRA is again meeting today to discuss the Cauvery issue ...
The Supreme Court has directed the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) to make recommendations and examine all issues that would be raised by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over the sharing of Cauvery water at the panel’s meeting tomorrow. The bench with judges DK ...
KPCC president G Parameshwara demands that the BBMP be dissolved if they cannot solve the garbage issue in the State. Karnataka has been reeling under piles of garbage over the past few months because BBMP was prevented from dumping the waste in Mandur by the ...
MDMK leader Vaiko and his party cadre attempt to protest outside Neyveli lignite factory and demand that power supply to Karnataka be stopped immediately. He demanded that since Karnataka did not want to share water with Tamil Nadu, then it should not be givin...
Expressing anger over the Cauvery row, PMK leader Ramadoss demands that the Tamil Nadu government convene an all-party meet to resolve the issue. He has also said that the Karnataka government has betrayed the people of Tamil Nadu.
MDMK leader Vaiko and his party cadre protest outside Neyveli lignite factory and demand that power supply to Karnataka be stopped immediately. He demanded that since Karnataka did not want to share water with Tamil Nadu, then it should not be giving electrici...
Achil Vandhavai | The Cauvery Monitoring Committee met last night to discuss the findings. While the report submission, debates, Court pleas, and review pleas take their own time to process, the farmers in Tamil Nadu still have no water to save their standing ...
The Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) will meet in Delhi today to arrive at a consensus about sharing the Cauvery water between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The panel had already sent a delegation to purvey the dams and the flow of water in both the States.
Achil Vandhavai | While the Supreme Court has deferred the hearing of Karnataka's plea in the Cauvery water dispute, the farmers of Tamil Nadu still suffer with their parched lands. In the meanwhile, Tamil Nadu has also not decided to give up without a fight. ...
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will meet the Prime Minister to discuss the Cauvery water dispute. The Supreme Court will also hear Karnataka's plea in the dispute on Monday. The State has sought a stay on the Apex Court's order to release 9,000 cusecs of...
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will meet the Prime Minister to discuss the Cauvery water dispute. The Supreme Court will also hear Karnataka's plea in the dispute on Monday. The State has sought a stay on the Apex Court's order to release 9,000 cusecs of...
The tussle over Cauvery water reaches the Court again. The Supreme Court will hear Karnataka's plea in the Cauvery water dispute. The State has sought a stay on the Apex Court's order to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu. The State claims that due to...
Zero Hour | Protests in Karnataka touch their peak, with even vehicles from Tamil Nadu stopped at the border. The Supreme Court on Monday deferred the hearing of Karnataka's plea in the Cauvery river water dispute. With absolutely no improvement in the situati...
The Central government team that has visited both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to check the reservoir levels and water flow in the Cauvery delta, will now submit their findings. The report is expected to be tabled in two days. The team is being led by the Water Re...
Several protesters lay siege at the Kumbakonam railway station to protest the Cauvery water dispute. They allege that Tamil Nadu has been continuously cheated by Karnataka and that the fair share of water has not been released.
Protesting against the Karnataka government, for refusing to share water with Tamil Nadu, the farmers of Thiruvarur stage a road roko. The farmers allege that Tamil Nadu has been continuously cheated by Karnataka and stress on the importance of Cauvery water f...
As the dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu stands unresolved, a Central government team will visit both the States to see for themselves the reservoir levels and water flow. The team is being led by the wAter Resources secretary DV Singh and has reached C...
Several protesters in Karnataka take to the streets and stage demonstrations against releasing water to Tamil Nadu. The protesters stage an agitation near the Krishna Raja Sagar dam and demand that Karnataka show sharing water. The Karnataka government has bee...
Owing to the protests on the Krishna Raja Sagar dam by the people of Karnataka, all Tamil Nadu vehicles are being stopped at the border. This is being done to prevent any violent incidents from happening that might further the tension between the two States.
Close to 150 protesters in Karnataka take to the streets and stage demonstrations against releasing water to Tamil Nadu. The protesters stage an agitation near the Krishna Raja Sagar dam and demand that Karnataka show sharing water. The Karnataka government ha...
Close to 150 protesters in Karnataka take to the streets and stage demonstrations against releasing water to Tamil Nadu. The protesters stage an agitation near the Krishna Raja Sagar dam and demand that Karnataka show sharing water. The Karnataka government ha...
Achil Vandhavai | While the Karnataka government has been ordered to release 9,000 cusecs of water everyday to Tamil Nadu, the government has been vehemently opposed to the order. The Karnataka government has announced that it will file a review petition. In t...
The Karnataka government has submitted a letter to the Prime Minister-led Cauvery River Authority to review its decision of releasing water to Tamil Nadu. Karnataka had been ordered to release 9,000 cusecs of water a day to Tami Nadu until October 15.
Karnataka has finally released water to Tamil Nadu following the order that directed the State to release 9,000 cusecs of water a day until October 15. The Karnataka government has submitted a letter to the Prime Minister-led Cauvery River Authority to review ...
The Cauvery water dispute intensifies with the Karnataka government sending a review petition to the PM, following the Supreme Court setback. Protests have broken out in Mysore with several demonstrations being staged on the streets. Police protection has incr...
Karnataka flatly refuses to share the Cauvery water with Tamil Nadu at the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) meet. A visibly miffed TN Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said that the State would approach the Supreme Court again and demand their fair share of water from ...
Achil Vandhavai | Karnataka flatly refuses to share the Cauvery water with Tamil Nadu at the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) meet. A visibly miffed TN Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said that the State would approach the Supreme Court again and demand their fair sh...
Karnatake refuses to share water with Tamil Nadu at the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) meet. Tamil Nadu had asked for one tmc of water to save the standing crops in the Cauvery delta. However, Karnataka refused to share the water with the State citing shortage....
Chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) meet will take place between the two States - Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Karnataka had earlier been ordered by the Supreme Court to release two tmc of water to Tamil Nadu for irrigation...
Chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) meet will take place between the two States - Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Karnataka had earlier been ordered by the Supreme Court to release two tmc of water to Tamil Nadu for irrigation...
The MoS in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy says that the Centre will help Tamil Nadu in its quest for Cauvery water. He promises help and says that the Centre will convince Karntaka to release the one tmc water that it has promised to share with Tam...
Ahead of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) meeting, Karnataka refuses to release water to Tamil Nadu, leaving the farmers in distress. The State had earlier been ordered by the Supreme Court to release two tmc of water to Tamil Nadu for irrigation in the Cauve...
Karnataka CM Jagadish Shettar, in a goodwill gesture, agreed to release 10,000 cusecs of water from the Cauvery river to Tamil Nadu till September 20. Farmers in the Cauvery delta have expressed happiness over this decision.
Newshour | The Director General of the Computer Emergency Response team, confirms that as of Monday 245 websites that contain offensive and inflammatory messages have been blocked. However the shocker was that most of the content originated from Pakistan. Shou...
News Night | A CERT has been set up, 245 websites containing offensive and inflammatory messages has been blocked, and solid evidence against Pakistan's cyber war has been collected. But, what is the point of this after the damage is already done. Was the Nort...
Centrestage | Investigations have revealed that Pakistan is quietly waging a cyber war against India, while the country looks on helplessly at the North East exodus. While the MHA has solid evidence against Pakistan, why is the country still not confronting th...
The Director General of the Computer Emergency Response team, confirms that as of Monday 245 websites that contain offensive and inflammatory messages have been blocked. The Section 69 A of the IT Act has been invoked to block public access to any website that...
In an attempt to stop the rumours of hate crime being spread, the Ministry of Home Affairs identifies inflammatory content on social networking sites and asks the sites to block the messages as soon as possible. More than 249 URLs containing hate messages have...
Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai meets External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and briefs him on Pakistan's role in the recent unrest in India. He discussed the role of Pakistani groups in hate-mongering and spreading rumours, resulting in the exodus of North East...
Newshour | Bulk MMS and SMS has been banned for 15 days, and all efforts are on to allay the fears of the North East Indians. Karnataka Government has also arrested five alleged rumour mongers for spreading hate and inciting violence. While the Parliament stan...
Hot Pursuit | While several measures are being taken to ally the fears of North East Indians, not many have been very successful. More than 22,000 North East Indians have gone back to their homeland and several more are planning to go back. Has the Karnataka C...
After several days of intense pressure, the Karnataka Government finally swings into action and arrests five people responsible for rumour mongering and causing panic amongst the North East Indians.
Newshour | A mere rumour about hate crime against North Easterners sent half of Bangalore into a tizzy. Several North East Indians in the State wanted to go back to their homeland fearing for their lives. Shouldn't these rumour mongers who incite violence be p...
News Night | While half of Karnataka, terrified of being murdered, tried to flee to their homeland North East India, the political parties had no time for a comforting word. While the Congress passed the buck to the BJP and said that the BJP-ruled State should...
In an attempt to ease the tension building in Karnataka, L Pachau, DGP of the State says that there has been no mass exit so far and that there is nothing to fear. He says that we are all Indians first and there is no dispute about that. The DGP also says that...
Jagdish Shettar is sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka by Governor HL Bharadwaj. State BJP chief KS Eshwarappa is sworn-in as Deputy Chief Ministers along with R Ashok as the second Deputy Chief Minister.
BJP State president KS Eshwarappa and R Ashok are set to become Karnataka Deputy Chief Ministers. These two will be sworn in along with other 31 ministers who have been cleared by the BJP high command. Meanwhile the Yeddy camp has opposed the appointment of tw...
Karnataka political crisis deepens even after Sadananda Gowda recommends Jagdish Shettar's name as Chief Minister. Gowda in a last minute turn has placed a set of demands which include making him the Karnataka party president of BJP.
The BJP Legislature party meeting to elect Jagdish Shettar as the new Chief Minister was to start at 11 AM. But to the surprise of many ex-CM Sadananda Gowda, hitherto considered a loner, has got support from a group of MLAs, and is not doing what Yeddyurappa ...
Jagdish Shetter will be elected the new Chief Minister at the BJP's legislative party meeting in Bangalore. The focus now is at level ex-CM Sadananda Gowda will be accommodated. Will there be two deputy CM's for the state?
BS Yeddyurappa, emboldened by his recent successful venture of arm-twisting the BJP into kicking Sadananda Gowda out demands more. The leader is apparently eying the Karnataka BJP president's post and also wants his loyalists in the new Cabinet. Will BJP conce...
Following Sadananda Gowda's stepping down as Karnataka Chief Minister, his loyalists are now lobbying for an important position for him in the Karnataka BJP. They are set to press for him as Karnataka BJP President.
Sadananda Gowda is shown the door with the BJP falling for Yeddyurappa's blackmail. Will this cost them dearly? Has the party lost its credibility by supporting a rogue Yeddyurappa and sacrificing a loyal worker?
JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav slams the BJP for removing Sadananda Gowda and replacing him with Jagdish Shettar as the Chief Minister of Karnataka. He says that Gowda has been martyred and sacrificed for the sake of Presidential polls.
Ex-Karnataka CM Sadananda Gowda says that he wholeheartedly accepts the party's decision of replacing him with Jagdish Shettar. He also says that he will continue to serve the party loyally and give full cooperation to Shettar.
Ex-Karnataka CM Sadananda Gowda says that he wholeheartedly accepts the party's decision of replacing him with Jagdish Shettar. He also says that he will continue to serve the party loyally and give full cooperation to Shettar.
Following Sadananda Gowda's resignation, Jagdish Shettar becomes the third CM of Karnataka in less than four years. A formal announcement was made by BJP president Nitin Gadkari.
Sadananda Gowda steps down as the Karnataka CM, paving way for Jagdish Shettar. A formal announcement by the party is expected in a short while. This move will considerably placate BS Yeddyurappa who has been relentlessly pursuing the party's top brass for a p...
Following Sadananda Gowda's resignation, Jagdish Shettar becomes the third CM of Karnataka in less than four years. A formal announcement was made by BJP president Nitin Gadkari.
Following Sadananda Gowda's resignation, Jagdish Shettar becomes the third CM of Karnataka in less than four years. This is seen as a very strategic move as Shettar is from the Lingayat community and also a very close aide of BS Yeddyurappa.
A formal announcement by the BJP, about a change in leadership, is expected to take place after CM Sadananda Gowda meets party president Nitin Gadkari. Gowda might step down as the Karnataka CM to pave way for Jagdish Shettar and placate BS Yeddyurappa. This m...
BSY prevails over BJP A formal announcement by the BJP, about a change in leadership, is expected to take place after CM Sadananda Gowda meets party president Nitin Gadkari. Gowda might step down as the Karnataka CM to pave way for Jagdish Shettar and placate ...
Yeddy's relentless fight for power seems to have paid off. The BJP will soon make a formal announcement about the change of leadership in Karnataka. To placate Yeddyurappa, the top brass might consider replacing Sadananda Gowda with Jagdish Shettar.
Following the crisis in Karnataka BJP, Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda has reportedly resigned and the formal announcement about the resignation is likely to come soon. After the BJP core committee meet, a decision seemed to have emerged about the leadership ch...
We have found a solution to the issues plaguing the BJP in Karnataka, says BJP's central emissary Dharmendra Pratap in Delhi. Standing by his side were Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda, CM aspirant Jagdish Shettar and state BJP chief Eshwarappa. But there is cur...
BJP is leaving no stone unturned to save the Karnataka cabinet. The Party to brass has summoned Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda to Delhi. Sadananda Gowda is expected to meet BJP president Nitin Gadkari to discuss troubles caused after nine BS Yeddyura...
Following the mass resignation of BSY loyalists, the BJP central leadership will review the situation in Karnataka next week. BS Yeddyurappa and his supporters have demanded that Sadananda Gowda be replaced with Jagadish Shettar.
The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Sadananda Gowda, will meet the Governor HR Bharadwaj, to update him about the latest crisis in the State. Nine BJP Ministers in the Karnataka Assembly earlier resigned following CM Sadananda Gowda's refusal to step down. The ni...
Nine BJP Ministers in the Karnataka Assembly resign following CM Sadananda Gowda's refusal to step down. The nine Ministers are BS Yeddyurappa's supporters and they have also demanded that Jagadish Shettar be made the Chief Minister.
Following the resignations of nine BJP Ministers in the Karnataka Assembly, CM Sadananda Gowda's refuses to take any action and waits for a word from the BJP high command. The nine Ministers are BS Yeddyurappa's supporters and they have also demanded that Jaga...
Nine BJP Ministers in the Karnataka Assembly resign following CM Sadananda Gowda's refusal to step down. The nine Ministers are BS Yeddyurappa's supporters and they have also demanded that Jagadish Shettar be made the Chief Minister. This leaves the BJP in Kar...
BS Yeddyurappa's supporters threaten to revolt if the current CM Sadananda Gowda is not removed immediately. BJP leader and BSY loyalist BP Harish says that the party better get ready for mass resignations if Gowda does not step down immediately.
Miffed over the party's top brass sidelining him, former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa says he would not attend the party National Executive Meet.