Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 25: BJP legislature party leader B S Yeddyurappa was today recognised as the leader of the opposition in Karnataka Assembly. Newly-elected Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar made the announcement shortly after his election as the presiding officer of the House. Govind Karjol would be the deputy opposition leader, Kumar said.

Bengaluru, May 25: Striking an aggressive note, Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa on Friday warned of a state-wide stir if the Congress-JD(S) coalition government led by H D Kumaraswamy did not waive farm loans within 24 hours. Speaking to reporters before Kumaraswamy took the floor test to prove his majority in the assembly, Yeddyurappa said the JD(S) leader had promised to waive farm loans

Bengaluru, May 24: Congress' K R Ramesh Kumar was on Friday unanimously elected the Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly, after BJP candidate S Suresh Kumar pulled out of the race, in a major victory for the JD(S)-Congress coalition before Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy faced the floor test. Shortly before the start of the proceedings, Suresh Kumar said he was withdrawing his nomination following a

Bengaluru, May 25: Congress and JD(S) are yet to arrive at an agreement on whether or not Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy will get a full term of five years. Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy says that the future of his government hinges on the stances taken, and the moves made by the Congress leaders. On the other hand, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara says that the modalities including sharing

Mangaluru, May 24: People in coastal Karnataka heaved a sigh of relief as two suspected cases of Nipah virus in Mangaluru finally proved negative. The PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test of the throat swabs of two patients in Mangaluru, sent to Manipal Centre for Virus Research to ascertain if they have Nipah, has been found negative, according to M. Ramakrishna Rao, Dakshina Kannada District

Bengaluru, May 24: The police arrested 14 persons, including two juveniles and four women on Thursday morning for allegedly lynching a 26-year-old man from Rajasthan on Wednesday afternoon after they mistook him for a child kidnapper. The inhuman incident took place at Pension Mohalla, Chamrajpet in central Bengaluru, on Wednesday afternoon. Of the eight men arrested, police identified six — Ambu

Davanagere, May 24: Two young artistes working for a television channel were killed on the spot and two others were seriously hurt when their car met with an accident near Hanagavadi on NH-4. All the passengers in the car were employees of a private Kannada TV. The two deceased are music channel presenter Chandrashekhar (34), and actor Santoshi (24). Those hurt are Ramu and Sunitha. The injured

Bengaluru, May 24: Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday said that his father and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda gave him advices on politics and development works. “It was the first time I met him after becoming chief minister. We discussed several things. He gave me some political advice and advice on how to take Karnataka on the path of development,” Kumaraswamy told media

Bengaluru, May 24: If chief minister H D Kumaraswamy goes ahead with the farm loan waiver plan, it may cost Karnataka dear and hit the development works, according to economists. Prof. R S Deshpande, senior economist and honorary visiting professor at the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, opines that the cost of the proposed loan waiver to the state exchequer would be

Shivamogga, May 24: While efforts are on to contain the spread of the Nipah virus from Kerala to Karnataka, three suspected Nipah virus cases were reported in Sagar taluk of Shivamogga district. Sources stated that Mithun, a resident of Shiravante village, Sagar taluk, complained of fever two days ago. He had apparently returned from Kerala last week where nearly a dozen people died due to Nipah