Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Ajjikuttira Kariappa Subbaiah, the first president of BJP in the State who later turned a bitter critic of the party, passed away here on Tuesday due to age related complications. Mr. Subbaiah, who started off as a firebrand politician, was a leading advocate and social activist. Doctors attending on him in Manipal Hospitals said he had suffered a renal failure two years ago and

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Congress legislators Ivan D'Souza on Tuesday expressed anger over the appointment of three deputy Chief Ministers in Karnataka saying, "this government is against the verdict of the people." Speaking to media in Bengaluru, the Congress leader said, "This is the first time in the history of Karnataka that three deputy Chief Ministers have been appointed. I believe that this

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Newly-appointed Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi on Tuesday vowed to make Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stronger and said he will work hard to bring good name to the B S Yediyurappa's government. "National and state leaders made me Deputy Chief Minister, they have shown faith in me. I will make the party stronger and bring good name to the government. I did not ask

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday denied rumours of dissatisfaction amidst his ministers over the allocation of portfolios in his newly formed Cabinet. "There is no difference of opinion at all," Yediyurappa told ANI here after attending the ceremony in which he felicitated the new Karnataka BJP chief Nalin Kumar Kateel. The Karnataka Chief Minister praised

Bengaluru, Aug 27: B Naga Maruti Sarma, former CBI special judge has deposed before the ACB court in Hyderabad principal special judge in the infamous cash-for-bail case and revealed he was offered Rs 40 crore for setting mining baron and former BJP minister Gali Janardhan Reddy free on bail. The alleged bribe offer was made by then AP High Court registrar (enquiries) K Lakshmi Narasimha Rao

New Delhi, Aug 27: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the registrar will look into the urgent listing of the petition filed by 15 disqualified Congress-JD(S) MLAs against their ouster under the anti-defection law from the Karnataka Assembly. Senior advocate V Giri mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Justice NV Ramana for the urgent listing. In the petition, the legislators of the

Kolkata, Aug 27: Indians have an average resting heart rate of 80 beats per minute which is higher than the desired rate of 72, Indian Heart Study (IHS) has found. The IHS also highlighted that unlike people of other countries, Indians have higher blood pressure in the evenings than in mornings. The study was conducted on 18,918 participants, both men and women, across 355 cities in 15 states over

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Barely hours after the distribution of cabinet berths in Karnataka, signs of rebellion within the BJP have emerged, with Vokkaliga leader and Chikmagalur MLA CT Ravi posting a series of tweets late on Monday indicative of dissent in the party ranks. The B S Yediyurappa-led government has appointed three deputy chief ministers among the 17 ministers inducted. Leaders like KS

Bengaluru, Aug 26: It took more than three weeks for the Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa - who took oath on July 26 -- to name his cabinet members. It took another six days to decide on the portfolios for the 16 men and one woman who joined the cabinet. The list of ministers announced on Monday evening showed that the state will have no fewer than three deputy chief ministers -- Govind

Biarritz, Aug 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks very good English, but he just doesn't want to talk, US President Donald Trump said jokingly on Monday before the two leaders met for formal talks on the sidelines of the G-7 Summit. The two leaders held 40-minute discussions in Biarritz, the French town which is hosting the meeting of the world's most industrialized nations. #WATCH France: US