Striking a belligerent posture, Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Saturday ruled out stepping down following sanction for his prosecution by governor H.R. Bhardwaj, whom he dubbed as "a political agent of the UPA" trying to destabilise the BJP government.

Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj on Friday dismissed as "unwarranted" a resolution adopted by the state cabinet asking him to drop proceedings for prosecution of chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on corruption charges.

At least 20 people from Karnataka are among the over 100 pilgrims who died in a stampede near Kerala's Sabarimala temple, officials here said Saturday.

Karnataka high court on Friday extended by four weeks the stay on the functioning of the one-man commission of inquiry appointed to probe alleged land scams.

A Karnataka assembly committee, which looked into the unruly conduct of legislators during the trust vote of the BJP government on October 11 last year, has recommended suspension of 15 Congress and Janata Dal (S) MLAs from membership of the house.

Software icon N R Narayana Murthy has bemoaned that "elite" are going unpunished though they commit "huge crimes" in the country and saw it as "problem with this society."

When his reaction was sought on "large-scale white-collar crimes taking place in the country," the chief mentor of Infosys Technologies Ltd said there should be quick investigation based on data and facts and the media should not play it up.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) players' auction for the fourth edition began Saturday at the ITC Royal Gardenia Hotel here. "We have an interesting scheduled chalked out.

Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa o Friday invited governor H R Bhardwaj to address the joint sitting of both Houses of the legislature convened on January six.

"No political significance should be attached to my meeting with the governor. I invited him to deliver his address to the joint sitting on January six", Yeddyurappa told reporters outside Raj Bhavan after calling on Mr Bhardwaj.

Amidst a demand for a probe into charges that former Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan's son-in-law had amassed disproportionate assets, law minister M Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said the matter needs to be verified.

Embattled Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa is yet to respond to the summons of the BJP top brass to meet them over the issue of his continuance in office in the wake of alleged land scams, kee