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Bengaluru, Jul 29: Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala has scheduled election to the Legislative Assembly Speaker’s Post on July 31 and has invited nominations to the post opened today. The Speaker post fell vacant following resignation of K R Ramesh Kumar earlier in the day, after the House passed the Confidence motion moved by the new Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and also after the House passed

Mangaluru, Aug 29: P Gopi Krishna, 54, has taken over charge as the new Chairman of Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB), a leading Regional Rural Bank of the country. Gopi Krishna holds an MBA in Banking and Finance. He is also a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers. A native of Tenali (Andhra Pradesh) , Gopi Krishna carries with him a rich experience of 34 years in Syndicate Bank

Mangaluru, Jul 29: Veteran religious cleric and founder of Al Madina Islamic Complex at Manjanadi village on the outskirts of Manglauru, Al Haj P M Abbas Musliyar, passed away today after a brief illness. He was 73. Hailing from a religious family, he had dedicated his entire life for the religious causes. He was a senior Islamic scholar having thousands of followers across Kerala and coastal

Lucknow, Jul 29: All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) member and well known Sunni cleric Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali has said that prayers should not be offered by causing inconvenience to anyone. Reacting to a controversy over namaaz on roads, he said, "Namaaz is prayer before Allah. It is not right to offer prayers by causing inconvenience to anyone." He said namaaz on roads was

Barabanki, Jul 29: BJP leader Ranjit Bahadur Srivastava on Monday in a controversial statement said that cows belonging to Muslims should be taken away from them at any cost. "Cows in the houses of Muslims should be taken back. When we consider girls from our homes going to their homes as 'love jihad', shouldn't we consider 'gau mata' going to their homes 'love jihad' too? This is love jihad. Cows

Bengaluru, Jul 29: 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 Speaker said and handed over his resignation letter to the Deputy Speaker Krishna Reddy. Kumar

Bengaluru, Jul 29: After Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa won the vote of confidence, Karnataka Congress on Monday took an aim at the BJP leader claiming that he does not have people's trust in the state. "Shri @BSYBJP has never become @CMofKarnataka through People's Mandate. Everytime, his expertise in Horse Trading and Resort Politics have made him Chief Minister. Operation Kamala may have won him

Bengaluru, Jul 29: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday said he was not answerable to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa as he had run the government in the Karnataka with utmost clarity amongst the people. "I ran the government for 14 months. I have no obligation to answer your (BS Yediyurappa) questions. I need to answer to my conscience. From the past 14 months, everything was being recorded

Bengaluru, Jul 29: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday proved his majority in the Assembly winning the confidence motion by a voice vote. With the numbers game favouring the BJP government, the Congress and JDS did not press for division on the one-line motion moved by Yediyurappa that the House expresses confidence in his three-day old Ministry. As the Opposition did not press for

Jaipur, Jul 29: Commenting on the current political situation in Madhya Pradesh, BJP's national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya here on Sunday said a "new mission" will be launched after the cabinet formation in Karnataka, where the Congress-JD(S) alliance lost the confidence motion recently. "After the formation of the cabinet in Karnataka, a new mission will be started. It is not our wish