Karnataka

Vijayapura, Oct 5: After the BJP issued a notice to him over his comment on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal on Friday defended his action and said that he has not done anything which could be termed as "anti-party" activity. " I haven't done which can be as considered anti-party activity. Did I vote against the party in the assembly? Did I try to topple the ruling

Bengaluru, Oct 5: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday thanked the Central government for the financial assistance of Rs. 1,200 crores to the flood-hit Karnataka while Congress slammed the move calling it a ''humiliation'' to the people of the state. "Central government has released an amount of Rs. 1200 crores for Karnataka in advance from the National Disaster Response Fund. Expressing

New Delhi, Oct 5: Rejecting the government's objection to the elevation of four advocates, the Supreme Court Collegium has recommended their names for appointment as judges of the Karnataka High Court. Referring to Intelligence Bureau reports, the Collegium, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said IB in its report has recorded that they enjoy good "personal and professional" image and nothing

New Delhi, Oct 5: Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka chief minister M Veerappa Moily on Friday hit out at the BS Yediyurappa government for raising the issue of introducing NRC in the state, alleging that the BJP is using the "controversial" matter to spread its saffron agenda in South India. Moily's attack came after Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Thursday that the BJP

New Delhi, Oct 5: The Centre on Friday approved additional financial assistance of Rs 1813.75 crore to Karnataka and Bihar for the damages caused by the rains and floods in the two states, the Home Ministry said on Friday. The approval came after Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the ongoing rescue and relief work of all flood-affected states. Keeping in view the severity of flood situation and the

Bengaluru, Oct 4: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy alleged on Friday that there was a lack of trust between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa. "The Chief Minister's inability to meet the Prime Minister gives an indication that there is a lack of trust between the two," he told reporters at Mysuru. The former chief minister was replying to a query on "delay" in

Bengaluru, Oct 4: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Friday said JD(S) will corner the BJP government both inside and outside the assembly over flood relief and "delay" in securing funds from the centre. The JD(S) patriarch claimed a larger opinion was getting shaped against the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre, with even staunch BJP and RSS supporters expressing strong displeasure

New Delhi, Oct 4: Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka minister H K Patil on Friday accused the Modi government of delaying the release of funds for the flood-hit state and asked the Centre to act swiftly to protect lives of the affected people. There has been a delay in sanctioning the funds as the ruling BJP government in the state had submitted a proposal apparently with some

Sirsi, Oct 4: Gangadharendra Saraswati swamiji of Swarnavalli Mutt has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking him to drop the proposed expansion of Kaiga atomic power plant and thereby prevent spread of deceases in coastal Karnataka. Kaiga Generating Station is a nuclear power generating station situated at Kaiga, near the river Kali, in coastal district of Uttar Kannada. The plant has

Bengaluru, Oct 4: Congress leader and Bengaluru Rural MP MP D K Suresh was questioned for around seven hours yesterday by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the investigations into allegations of money laundering against his brother D K Shivakumar. Sources said the investigators asked him about the properties he had bought in Karnataka. Suresh told reporters that he has answered