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Bengaluru, Jun 7: Vokkaligas have got the major share of ministerial berths in the Cabinet even as a number of districts have gone unrepresented. Of the 25 ministers inducted into the Cabinet, nine are from the Vokkaliga community, followed by Lingayats four and Dalits and minorities getting three representations each. While the Congress has tried to do a balancing act when it comes to caste

Bengaluru, Jun 7: The notoriety of Bengaluru’s traffic is not even sparing the high and mighty. After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Legislative Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar is the latest to lash out at the H D Kumaraswamy administration for “bad” traffic management. Thanks to the chaotic traffic situation, Kumar, despite being a presiding officer, couldn’t make it to the

Udupi, Jun 7: The court of the Principal Chief Judicial Magistrate rejected the bail plea moved by police constable, Mohan Kotwal, in the cattle trader death case here on Wednesday. Praveen Kumar R.N., Senior Assistant Public Prosecutor, said here on Wednesday that Mr. Kotwal moved the bail plea before the court on June 4. Two other policemen, suspended Sub-Inspector of Police of Hiriyadka police

Udupi, Jun 6: Condemning the arrest of the accused in connection with the alleged murder of an elderly Muslim cattle trader in the district last week, saffron outfits led by Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday staged a protest in front of the DC’s office at Manipal, here. Addressing the protesters, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Sobha Karandlaje held H D Kumaraswamy-led coalition government responsible

Bengaluru, Jun 6: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday expanded his cabinet by inducting 25 legislators who took the oath of office as ministers at a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan. In all, 14 legislators from the Congress, nine from the JD(S) and one each from the BSP and the KPJP were sworn in as ministers by Governor Vajubhai Vala. The Congress-JD(S) coalition government came into

Bengaluru, Jun 6: Two prominent Lingayat leaders from Karnataka’s coalition partners – a three time MLA from Congress and a seven time MLC minister from JD(S) – have hit out their respective party leaders for not giving them ministerial berths. Basavaraj Horatti, who had served as Primary and Secondary Education Minister during the 20-month JD(S)-BJP alliance government headed by H.D. Kumaraswamy

Bengaluru, Jun 6: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday directed the state transport department to constitute a panel to look into the allegations against app-based cab aggregators including Ola and Uber that they were paying their drivers less and engaged in 'profiteering'. "There are allegations that the app-based cab services (Ola and Uber) pay their drivers less and are engaged

New Delhi, Jun 6: Aiming at extending ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) beyond January 2019, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government has written to all state governments including Karnataka seeking an update on the activities of the outfit. In a communication to all States, the Home Ministry said the ban imposed on SIMI under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)

Bengaluru, Jun 6: C M Lingappa, Congress leader from Ramanagaram and MLC has hit out at Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G. Parameshwara for extending the party’s support to the Janata Dal (Secular) candidate in the Assembly byelections in Ramanagaram constituency. He said such a move would ruin the Congress’ growth in the State. “We are ashamed to say that he is our State

Bengaluru/New Delhi, Jun 6: A fortnight after becoming chief minister, H D Kumaraswamy will expand his two-member cabinet Wednesday with over 20 ministers likely to take oath. Sources said while the JD-S will have nine new ministers, the Congress will have nearly 12 of its legislators inducted into the cabinet. Lone BSP MLA N Mahesh will also be a part of the cabinet expansion and will be given a