After witnessing the groundswell of support among Congress leaders and workers for senior leader Siddaramaiah, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi has reportedly assured the former deputy CM that he w

Umesh Vishwanath Katti, a familiar face from Belgaum district, is one of the staunch supporters of former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa. Mr Katti, who represents Hukkeri assembly constituency, has s

Chikmagalur MLA C.T. Ravi hit the limelight during the Datta Peetha controversy. One of the products of the Hindutva movement, Ravi has come a long way since then and is now leading a group of BJP MLA

Even as the Kuruba community pressed for making him Chief Minister, Opposition leader in the Assembly Siddaramaiah called on the community to win the hearts of Dalits, minorities and the oppressed cl

The message from the Kurubas’ Awareness Convention, held here on Sunday, was unambiguous: Kurubas want their poster boy Siddaramaiah to become the chief minister. Mr Siddaramaiah’s ambition is not on

He is no stranger to controversy. Last week, during a Congress rally, party leader D.K. Shivakumar openly contradicted Union minister of state for railways, Mr K.H. Muniyappa, over admitting leaders f

Karnataka Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda seems to be set for an easy victory over his Congress adversary, Anand Gaddadevaramath in Thursday’s crucial Legislative Council poll with five Independen

The Karnataka government and Governor H.R. Bhardwaj are on a collision course on the appointment of the new Lokayukta.

The post has been lying vacant for more than a month after Justice Shivaraj Pat

With the Ananth Kumar-Jagadish Shettar camp refusing to back down over demands for the posts of two deputy chief ministers as well as 18-22 portfolios including finance, the BJP government under its new chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda continued to be in crisis.
A party source said they

The BJP government in Karnataka came out firing on all cylinders in a desperate bid to discredit the second mining report, which reportedly indicts the state’s chief minister and four members of his c