A fire broke out on the third floor of the city corporation building in Bangalore on Saturday evening but there were no casualties.
An assembly bypoll in Bellary on November 30 is turning out to be a do-or-die battle between the infamous Reddys and their now estranged patron, the BJP, which is again looking up to former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa (BSY) to bail out the party. Shekhar Iyer reports.
The US needs to observe protocol in treating Indian dignitaries visiting that country, external affairs minister SM Krishna said in bangalore in the wake of American security agencies frisking former president APJ Abdul Kalam on board an aircraft.
The Lokayukta court on Friday adjourned to November 21 hearing on two cases against former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in connection with alleged denotification of government lands for pecuniary gain.
Former BJP minister B Sriramulu, who had been dropped from the cabinet after BS Yeddyurappa resigned as Karnataka chief minister, has quit the party.
Normal services have resumed in Parapanaagarahar Central Prison after former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's exit from jail on bail, even as churning has started outside — noticeably, with the transfer of a lokayukta police wing official.
Former BJP minister B Sriramulu, who had been dropped from the cabinet after BS Yeddyurappa resigned as Karnataka chief minister, has quit the party.
The special court hearing the Rs. 66 crore disproportionate asset case today asked Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa to appear before it on November 22.
After 24 days of judicial custody, former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa walked free on Tuesday, upon getting bail from the Karnataka high court in a case relating to land denotification.
External affairs minister SM Krishna on Wednesday left on a three-day visit to Maldives for the SAARC summit during which he is likely to hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts from other member countries including Pakistan's Hina Rabbani Khar.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka Wednesday faced a major crisis as arrested mining baron G. Janardhana Reddy moved to prove the hold he and his brothers have over Bellary by propping up a rebel candidate for a by-poll in the iron-ore rich district.
Key Team Anna member N Santosh Hegde has said that it's foolish to expect blackmoney stashed away in Swiss banks by Indians as they would have "cleaned out" by now and transferred it to other tax havens.
Rubbishing speculations that he might float his own outfit following reported differences with the BJP top brass, former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said he would work for strengthening the party as a loyal worker.
Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa will continue to remain in jail as the state high court on Friday adjourned to November 8 further hearing on his second bail application in a graft case.
In more embarrassment for the ruling BJP in Karnataka, Lokayukta Police today registered an FIR against industries minister Murugesh Nirani in connection with alleged irregularities in denotification of lands acquired for industrial purposes.