Bengaluru: Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Monday announced his resignation after the House adopted the confidence motion moved by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and passed the Appropriation Bill. "I have decided to relieve myself from this office.... I have decided to resign," the

In a big crackdown against drunk driving in Bengaluru, the traffic police have filed cases against 1,169 people in a special drive conducted on Saturday from 11 pm to 2 am on Sunday. The drive, conducted under the P Harishekaran, Additional Commissioner of Police, (Traffic), was conducted against ri

Soon after Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala invited him to form the government, Chief Minister-designate B.S. Yediyurappa on Friday directed Chief Secretary T.M. Vijay Bhaskar to withhold all new projects and transfers made by the earlier Congress-JD(S) coalition government in this month. "Yediyu

Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP president B S Yediyurappa was sworn in as Chief Minister of the state for the fourth time on Friday. Governor Vajubhai Vala administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 76-year old Yediyurappa at a ceremony at the Raj Bhavan. Yediyurappa alone was sworn-in.

Bengaluru: Governor Vajubhai Vala on Friday directed BJP State President BS Yeddyurappa that after taking charge as the CM of the state he will have one week to prove majority in the assembly. It may be recalled that, in May 2018 after the assembly elections, the Governor had given 15-days’ time

The family of an 8-year-old Dalit boy from Karnataka’s Koppal district has moved the Karnataka High Court demanding that the state government provide him a second set of school uniform, shoes, socks, books and stationery as prescribed by the Right to Education Act. Manjunath Devappa Harijan, a Cl

With the coalition government in Karnataka collapsing following Tuesday’s floor test, one of the rebel MLAs Shivaram Hebbar, who returned to the state on Thursday said, “Siddaramaiah was the one who instigated us. We are still with Congress and we have nothing to do with BJP forming government.”

The Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka on Tuesday could not delay the inevitable -- the vote of confidence to prove majority. Congress Legislature Party Chief and former chief Siddaramaiah, who was concluding his speech, took on an accusatory tone, stating that the 16 rebel legislators, who are r

Soon after the Congress-JD(S) coalition lost the motion of confidence in the Karnataka Assembly on Tuesday, BSP chief Mayawati expelled Karnataka's Kollegal MLA N Mahesh for abstaining from voting. The coalition had 99 votes as opposed to the 100 they were expecting. N Mahesh, the BSP legislator,

Sullia: Train services between Bengaluru and Mangaluru will resume after removal of a boulder that was precariously placed and would likely to have fallen on the railway tracks, at Manibanda on the Subramanya-Sakleshpur route. As many as 80 labourers are involved in the work of blasting the bould

Bengaluru: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday commenting on his photograph with the prime accused in the multi-crore IMA Ponzi scam, Mansoor Khan, “I did not eat any Biryani.” Kumaraswamy during Assembly discussion on the trust vote siad, “I am accused of having Biryani at a particular perso

Police officials in Koppal district arrested six persons in connection with the incident of vandalism at the Nava Brindavana in Anegundi, which is the resting place of nine Hindu saints belonging to the Uttaradi Mutt located close to the heritage site of Hampi. T Balanarasaiah (42), Murali Manoha

In what seems to be strategy to bring 15 rebel MLAs who have been staying in Mumbai since July 6 to Bengaluru, Karnataka Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar asked all rebel MLAs who petitioned the Supreme Court to appear before him on Tuesday. The rebel MLAs have now been asked to appear before the Speaker a

Bengaluru: Ahead of the floor test, the lone BSP MLA of Congress-JD(S) government, N Mahesh on Sunday informed that he will not be attending the floor test scheduled to be conducted on Monday, July 22. Addressing presspersons he said that party supremo Mayawati has directed him not to attend the

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday got three-day custody of IMA Jewellers' founder and prime accused in the multi-crore Ponzi scam Mansoor Khan from a Bengaluru court for a joint probe with the SIT, an official said. "Khan was flown to Bengaluru from Delhi on a transit remand by the ED

Structures at the Nava Brindavana in Anegundi, which is the resting place of nine Hindu saints belonging to the Uttaradi Mutt, found damaged on Thursday morning were restored by officials at the mutt along with devotees on Friday. Thousands of devotees of the Uttaradi Mutt arrived at the site to

Bengaluru: All vacant posts in the police department should be filled by the end of this year, directed the Karnataka High Court on Friday, July 19. The court, which was hearing suo motu public interest litigation based on directions of the Supreme Court, also asked the state government to inform

Bengaluru: In some relief to the embattled coalition government in Karnataka, Congress MLA Ramalinga Reddy Wednesday said he has decided to withdraw his resignation from the assembly and will vote in favour of the trust vote to be sought by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy. I will take part in the