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Bengaluru, Dec 9: Armed with resounding victory in the December 5 by-election, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa would be leaving to Delhi shortly to discuss with party High Command and senior party leaders about his Cabinet expansion on Monday. Beaming after his party won 12 MLA seats of the total 15 at stake, Mr Yediyurappa told the media at his residence here that " I am leaving for

Mangaluru, Dec 9: Senior Congress leader and Janardhan Poojary on Monday blamed arrogance of party leaders for the defeat it faced in the Karnataka by-election where it managed to win only two of 15 seats while the BJP swept 12 seats. "I had predicted it earlier that if the Congress leaders don’t set aside their arrogance, the party cannot defeat BJP anywhere. Nobody cared to listen to me. Now

Bengaluru, Oct 9: Party turncoats had a field day in the Karnataka Assembly by-elections to 15 segments as 11 of a total of 13 of them in the fray after joining the BJP emerged victorious. And now, ministerial berths also await them. Only H Vishwanath (Hunsur) and MTB Nagaraj (Hoskote) lost as the BJP's gamble to field the defectors from the Congress and the JD(S) who helped them come to power

Bengaluru, Dec 9: Karnataka Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao on Monday tendered his resignation to the party chief Sonia Gandhi, after the party suffered a massive defeat in the by-elections. "Taking moral responsibility, I am resigning as the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president," said Rao at the Congress office. Rao said that the Congress thought people will not favour the defectors

Bengaluru, Dec 9: Price of onion shot up to a whopping Rs 200 per kg in Bengaluru due to severe short supply in the market, an official said here on Saturday. "Onion price touched Rs 200 per kg in some retail shops of Bengaluru, after its wholesale rate ranged between Rs 5,500 and Rs 14,000 per quintal," state agricultural marketing officer Siddagangaiah told agencies. As a result, the most common

Bengaluru, Dec 9: After a humiliating defeat in the Karnataka by-elections, Siddaramaiah on Monday resigned as the leader of opposition in state Assembly. He has submited his resignation to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. He said, the people''s verdict must be respected. "I express my sincere regret for not being able to give satisfactory results in the bye-elections despite my sincere efforts,"

Bengaluru, Dec 9: Expressing joy over BJP's stellar performance in the Assembly by-elections in Karnataka, the party's state chief Nalin Kumar Kateel on Monday said Congress and JD(S) have been "disqualified" in the people's court. "Siddaramaiah (Congress) and H D Kumaraswamy (JDS) had created a narrative of 'disqualified MLAs' to discredit our candidates, but today the Congress and the JD(S) have

Barhi, Dec 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the Congress of stealing people's mandate in Karnataka through back door, contending that the party has been taught a lesson in the just-concluded bypolls. Addressing a poll meeting here, he said those that said the BJP has limited influence in the southern part of the country were punished by the people in a democratic way. "The

Bengaluru, Dec 9: Thanking people of Karnataka for unhesitatingly re-electing disqualified Congress and JD(S) MLAs who had contested on BJP ticket, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa today said that they would be made ministers in his Cabinet. The BJP looks poised to win 12 out of the 15 constituencies that faced bypolls. By winning 12 seats, the BJP will ensure a comfortable majority in the 222

Bengaluru, Dec 9: As the Congress workers began celebration even before the final results are out, leading candidate Rizwan Arshad thanked the voters, saying they did not fall prey to the Bharatiya Janata Party's tactics and voted for a youngster would serve them instead. Speaking to media persons at Mount Carmel College, where counting is underway, he said "I have stood with people of this