No Lokayukta SPs to probe scam cases in districts
There seems to be a deliberate ploy to weaken the institution of the Lokayukta, as not only the post of Lokayukta, but even several posts of Superintendents of Police are being kept vacant in many dis
Lack of funds leaves panel in limbo
It was more than a year and a half ago that the government issued an order constituting a six-member committee to study and compile the history of Hyderabad-Karnataka region and to establish a Hyderab
Shettar dumps Lingayat mascot?
Minister for rural development and Panchayat Raj Jagadish Shettar, who had of late had moved closer to former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurapa’s camp, now appears to be distancing himself from the forme
BSY to DVS: Get your Drought Act right
The attacks and counter-attacks between former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and his successor D.V. Sadananda Gowda are coming thick and fast, and not so subtle any more. In yet another barb, Mr Yed
Bommai, Katti rush to Maharashtra for water
A three member team of ministers from Karnataka led by water resources minister Basavaraj Bommai will ask Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to release water from the reservoirs in that stat
Drought may get even worse
Water resources minister, Basavaraj Bommai, who rushed to Mumbai on Tuesdsay to meet the Maharashtra Chief Minister and persuade him to release more Koyna water for Karnataka, said the drought was get
‘Tackle drought or face ire’
In another not so subtle attack on Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday referred to his coming trip abroad to interact with the potential investors,
Moily wants to try ‘Gandhi Nadige’ to revive Congress in HK region
Union corporate affairs minister M. Veerappa Moily wants to try out the novel “Gandhi Nadige” programme to revive the Congress in the five districts of Hyderabad-Karnataka region, which were once the
Yeddy responsible for instability of govt: Kumaraswamy
JDS in Karnataka on Sunday said Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa himself was responsible for the ‘instability’ of the BJP government and not the opposition.
"Chief Minister himself is responsible for
Another K’taka Cong MLA to quit
In yet another setback to Congress in Karnataka, one more MLA on Sunday said he has decided to resign from his Assembly membership, the third legislator to leave the party which accused ruling BJP of