Bengaluru
BPO murder: Driver gets life till death
In a bid to eliminate even the remotest possibility of the man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing Pratibha Srikanta-murthy being freed, a lower court in Bengaluru on Friday sentenced cab driv
Yeddy drops 2 ministers, sure of trust vote win
Embattled Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, whose government was reduced to a minority following a revolt by 19 MLAs, on Thursday dropped two more rebel ministers and sounded upbeat on winning the October 11 trust vote amid efforts to reach out to dissidents.
Bengaluru Taxi driver sentenced for life in Pratibha case
Bengaluru taxi driver Shiva Kumar was on Friday sentenced for life by a court here for the rape and murder of Hewlett Packard (HP) India employee Pratibha Murthy five years ago.
11 BJP rebel MLAs served notice under anti-defection law
Acting on a complaint by chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on anti-party activities, Karnataka assembly Speaker K.G.
K’taka CM to face House vote Oct. 11
With 19 MLAs including four Independent ministers withdrawing support from the B.S. Yeddyurappa government, the first-ever BJP government in South India is facing its first crisis of confidence.
B’luru cabbie is convicted
The 11th fast-track sessions court on Wednesday convicted cab driver Shivakumar for the kidnap, rape and murder of BPO employee Pratibha Srikantmurthy. Shivakumar had kidnapped Pratibha on December 13, 2005, and her body was discovered in Anjanapura New Layout under Kumara Swamy Layout police limits three days later. The judge posted the pronouncement of sentence to October 8 after hearing the arguments on the case.
HDK behind move to bring down Yeddy?
Most politicians believe that former chief minister and JD(S) chief H.D. Kumaraswamy was the brains behind the move to bring down the B.S. Yeddyurappa government. But sources within the JD(S) are now giving the Machiavellian former PM, H.D. Deve Gowda, the credit for the toppling game, aimed at shedding his party of the anti-
‘K’taka gov refused to give CM audience’
Has governor H.R. Bhardwaj played killjoy with chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa by not giving him an audience on Wednesday at the time that the chief minister had requested?
CM faces a fresh bout of dissidence
A group of about 20 MLAs and ministers on Tuesday raised a banner of revolt against the B.S. Yeddyurappa-led BJP government in Karnataka in a fresh bout of dissidence.
Yeddy faces dissidence again
Will former chief minister H.D. Kumara-swamy emerge as a “king-maker” yet again, or will his attempts to gain power remain just another damp squib? Giving rise to the speculation over HDK’s role — even as CM B.S. Yeddyurappa was fighting for survival, faced with a rebellion by 15, some said 20 MLAs led by ally-turned-critic M.P.
