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Bansy Kalappa

Sonia Gandhi terms DKS' arrest as ‘vendetta’

The Congress high command seems to be solidly backing beleaguered state leader D K Shivakumar who is in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged money-laundering case.

06 Sep 2019

State home minister Basavraj Bommai cracks whip on Bengaluru traffic, cyber crimes

Over the next few days several steps to monitor cyber crime and make policing more effective in the IT hub of India are expected to be announced.

29 Aug 2019

Karnataka cabinet allocation: Amit Shah’s master strategy or just simple payback?

For now, there have been timid protests against the move and in the background, serious efforts to find out the unseen strategy.

28 Aug 2019

Over 100 legislators in Karnataka fail to use development funds

Most of them have not given this list for the last year too, and the pending amount for the past two years is more than Rs 400 crore.

23 Aug 2019

Some netas win ‘floor test’,choose rooms on top floor

Top positions matter, so also the top floor at Vidhana Soudha.

22 Aug 2019

CBI will probe illegal phone tapping case, says B S Yediyurappa

The illegal phone tapping case will be investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa announced on Sunday.

19 Aug 2019

Urgency for rebel netas, but apex court in no hurry

SC asks disqualified MLAs to submit memo

14 Aug 2019

Congress a curse, coalition was a mistake: HD Deve Gowda

Addressing the mammoth rally, Gowda slammed the Congress calling it a ‘curse’.

08 Aug 2019

Yediyurappa in Delhi draws flak from Opposition

Even as the state is reeling under one of the worst floods CM BS Yediyurappa is in Delhi, and that has drawn flak from the opposition.

07 Aug 2019

JDS in listening mood, to patiently hear out workers

Stung by the complaints and feeling helpless that he could not do enough for the loyal workers, Kumaraswamy had even shed tears a week ago.

07 Aug 2019

Won’t destabilise govt, let Yediyurappa rule: Deve Gowda

The JDS will not destabilise the 9-day-old BJP government, says party supremo H D Deve Gowda

04 Aug 2019

Depression may have pushed VG Siddhartha to edge

Cafe Coffee Day honcho VG Siddhartha’s death stunned the nation. It has now come to light that there was more to the death than was apparent.

03 Aug 2019

I-T department links Cafe Coffee Day mess to Congress leader

Under pressure to justify its raids, the I-T department has given a political twist to the VG Siddhartha case, suggesting a murky link between CCD’s financial mess and a Congress politician.

01 Aug 2019

Yediyurappa may appoint more than one deputies depending on deal struck with the rebels

A final decision could be taken only after Monday in consultation with the central leaders.

27 Jul 2019

'Will have more MLAs than the BJP': Sa Ra Mahesh on Karnataka crisis

Considered to be one of the ministers closest to chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, Sa Ra Mahesh even accompanied the CM during his US visit, when the spate of resignations began closer home.

14 Jul 2019

There’s lot of discontent... wait for 15-20 days: B S Yeddyurappa

Operation Lotus, for now, appears to be on the back burner, as the BJP turns its focus on the controversial Jindal land deal, and adopts an aggressive posture on the IMA fraud case.

16 Jun 2019

Godse talk won’t dent Gandhi’s image: Mahatma's granddaughter Sumitra

Recent attempts by people like Sadhvi Pragya, to praise Nathuram Godse, Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin, have not gone down well with most Indians, the Prime Minister included.

09 Jun 2019

Informal Karnataka ‘GoM’ soon, courtesy Sadananda Gowda

Currently, the plan is to deploy one or two people at this office, mainly to take down grievances and find solutions, he said. “In the past five years, so many issues have been taken up and resolved.

01 Jun 2019