Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 20: There are 6 BJP MLAs who became Ministers for the first time in the Karnataka Cabinet which was expanded by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa here on Tuesday. All the 17 New Ministers inducted were given Cabinet rank and the portfolios are likely to be announced by evening, official sources told media. The first time Ministers include Lakshman Sangappa Savadi, J C Madhu Swamy

Bengaluru, Aug 20: Newly inducted 17 Ministers of Karnataka Government headed by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa will tour flood-ravaged districts of the State for two days and submit a report to the Chief Minister for taking further action. Newly inducted Ministers S Suresh Kumar and Maduswamy, in a joint press conference after the first Cabinet meeting, said that the Ministers will tour the

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has issued an order entrusting inquiry and investigation of alleged illegal telephone interception during the previous Congress-JD(S) coalition government to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The order was issued on Tuesday on the recommendation by Director General (DG) and Inspector General of Police (IGP) of the state. The investigation is ordered for

Newsroom, Aug 20: The Malaysia has reported barred self-exiled Indian Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik from making public speeches after many leaders of the minority Hindu community in the Muslim-majority country launched a political campaign against him. The move comes days after the Dr Naik’s videos emerged on August 8 where he said Malaysian Hindus enjoy more than 100% rights unlike Indian

Bengaluru, Aug 20: More than three weeks after he was sworn in as the chief minister, BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday expanded his ministry by inducting 17 ministers into his cabinet. This is the first cabinet expansion after he assumed office on July 26 and proved his government's majority on the floor of the assembly on July 29. The new ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by

Bengaluru, Aug 20: A 15-year-old girl and her boyfriend stabbed her father to death in his sleep and set him ablaze for objecting to their relationship, police said on Monday. The girl and her 18-year-old boyfriend have been detained, Assistant Commissioner of Police V Dhananjay Kumar told news agency Press Trust of India. The girl allegedly added some calmpose tablets in milk and gave it to her

Mangalore, Aug 19: A total of 10,000 US dollars were seized from a passenger en route to Dubai from Mangalore Airport, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) said on Monday. According to the CISF, foreign currency was recovered from a passenger, identified as Shashank Bysani Gupta, during the frisking process at the Mangalore airport. "The passenger had concealed a bundle of foreign currency

Bengaluru, Aug 19: JDS chief HD Deve Gowda on Monday hit out at BS Yediyurappa-led Karnataka government for focussing on the phone-tapping case at a time when the people in the state were facing the wrath of the deluge. Former Karnataka chief minister, Deve Gowda's comments came a day after Yediyurappa announced that the phone tapping case filed during the previous government-led HD Kumaraswamy

Kalaburagi, Aug 19: Unprecedented floods following heavy inflows into Krishna River from upper riparian State of Maharashtra and deluge due to unprecedented rains elsewhere in Karnataka during the last three weeks wrecked havoc in at least 16 districts in Karnataka, but the districts under parched Hyderabad-Karnataka region remains drought-affected and agricultural operations crippled, sources

Bengaluru, Aug 19: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa salamed former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy for his allegation that his (Yediyurappa) son was acting like a ‘collection agent’ and was involved in huge corruption involving transfer of higher officials in the State after BJP came to power. Replying to twitter messages sent by Kumaraswamy who headed JD(S)-Congress Coalition government