Jagadish Shettar will be the new Chief Minister of Karnataka – the third in four years – and will be sworn in on Thursday after he was elected leader of ruling BJP legislature party on Tuesday amid hi

The first election that Mr Jagadish Shettar ever contested was for class representative when doing his B.Com at the Jagadguru Gangadhar College of Commerce in 1973-74. He went on to win that electio

With 24 hours to go for swearing-in of a new team headed by Lingayat strongman from north Karnataka, Jagadish Shettar, aspirants, including some tainted former ministers, are lobbying hard to make it

In a significant development, prominent Vokkaliga leaders asked ruling party legislators belonging to Vokkaliga community to quit en masse as a mark of protest against the party’s decision to ask Chie

As expected, Karnataka Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda handed in his resignation to BJP national president Nitin Gadkari on Sunday paving the way for a change of guard and the elevation of rural d

As expected, Karnataka Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda handed in his resignation to BJP national president Nitin Gadkari on Sunday paving the way for a change of guard and the elevation of rural d

Barring a last minute hitch, Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda is set to make way for Jagadish Shettar as the 22nd chief minister of Karnataka on Sunday, with BJP leaders in New Delhi taking a deci

It hasn’t rained in Karnataka, but it’s pouring chief ministers! Hopefully, by Monday, we will have one man in place, instead of the two that are floating around, not clear whether they should be smil

Outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda, reportedly asked BJP leaders L.K. Advani, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj that he should be given an opportunity to continue in office till he complet

Ending the political impasse in Karnataka, BJP on Sunday announced that chief minister Sadanand Gowda has submitted his resignation to the party and will be replaced by B S Yeddyurappa's loyalist Jagadish Shettar.