Bangalore, Nov 18 (IANS) Rival factions in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were Wednesday told by the party central leaders to stop airing their differences in the media, with the ...

Tehran, Nov 18 (DPA) The Iranian judiciary has issued death sentences against five more dissidents, state media reported. The judiciary announced in a statement that death sentences had been issued against five and ...

Bangalore, Nov 17 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday inducted Jagadish Shettar, who has resigned as the assembly speaker, into his ministry, a day ahead of party legislators meet here ...

Bangalore, Nov 16 (IANS) Karnataka Assembly Speaker Jagadish Shettar, a prominent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in the state, is set to return to active politics at a time when the ...

Hong Kong, Nov 12 (DPA) Face-recognition technology might be used to screen the residents at Hong Kong border checkpoints, Security Secretary Ambrose Lee said Thursday. The wealthy city of seven million already uses ...

Bangalore, Nov 11 (IANS) Having weathered a political storm, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa seems busy these days either denying his combative statements or apologising to people for the mess in ...

Bangalore, Nov 10 (IANS) Bowing to the dissidents' demands, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday rolled back the transfers of three officials close to the Reddy camp - two weeks after ...

Bangalore, Nov 10 (IANS) The resignation of the lone woman minister from Karnataka's Bharatiya Janata Party government Monday to appease the dissidents has not only created a second vacancy in the ...

Bangalore, Nov 9 (IANS) Shobha Karandlaje, the lone woman minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first ministry in Karnataka, resigned Monday, a day after dissidents dropped the demand for Chief ...

By V.S. Karnic Bangalore, Nov 9 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has survived the threat to his chair from powerful dissidents but faces an uncertain future in the Bharatiya Janata Party ...

New Delhi/Bangalore, Nov 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday not only resolved the crisis in its first government in Karnataka but also became the first major political party in ...

New Delhi/Bangalore, Nov 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Sunday ended the two-week-old crisis in its first government in Karnataka by assigning a key role in the state affairs to senior ...

New Delhi/Bangalore, Nov 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday heaved a sigh of relief as it announced an end to the 14-day crisis in its Karnataka unit, triggered by ...

Bangalore (Karnataka), Nov 8 (ANI): The political crisis in Karnataka will be resolved by this evening, claimed Chief Minister B S Yeddyruppa after a meeting with senior BJP leader L K Advani ...

Jammu, Nov 8 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who is battling a political crisis, visited the revered cave shrine of Vaishno Devi in Jammu and Kashmir and offered prayers. Yeddyurappa was ...

NATIONAL Heavy voting in Lok Sabha, assembly by-elections -- Roundup moved at 1915 Ashok Chavan, 37 more ministers take oath in Maharashtra -- Roundup moved at 2023 Yeddyurappa sheds tears at fate, dissidents ...

Bangalore/New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Left with little option but to bow to dissident's demands to save his chair, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Saturday shed tears publicly but the rebels ...

NATIONAL Ashok Chavan sworn in Maharashtra chief minister -- Moved at 1753, Lead by 1900 Dissidents insist on Yeddyurappa's removal - Lead moved at 1428 'Supportive' Independents gain most in new Hooda government -- Lead ...

Bangalore/New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Karnataka Tourism Minister G. Janardhana Reddy, who leads the campaign for the removal of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, Saturday rubbished reports of a compromise between the ...

Bangalore/New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Karnataka Tourism Minister G. Janardhana Reddy, who leads the campaign for the removal of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, Saturday said there was no change in his stand ...

New Delhi/Bangalore, Nov 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) central leadership Friday directed Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to stay back in Delhi as they searched for a formula to ...

Havana, Nov 6 (EFE) Cuba must carry out democratic reforms in the country as a step to normalise relations with the European Union (EU), an official of the 27-member bloc said. EU aid ...

NATIONAL India not ready for carbon emission targets: Prime Minister - Moved at 1638 Yeddyurappa shunts out senior official, dissidents unimpressed - Moved at 1550 Koda associate arrested, three ex-ministers summoned - Moved at ...

Bangalore/New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Friday shunted out his principal secretary to buy peace with dissident ministers and legislators but they remained firm on the demand ...

New Delhi/Bangalore, Nov 5 (IANS) The intense leadership tussle in the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka seems headed for resolution with Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and the ...

Bangalore, Nov 5 (IANS) Shobha Karandlaje, the lone woman minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, the party's first ever in the south, Thursday said she was ready ...

New Delhi, Nov 5(ANI): The political turmoil within the ruling BJP in Karnataka seems far from ending as the state's dissident leader turned down Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's offer to hold talks ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) efforts to resolve the political crisis in Karnataka hit a roadblock Thursday with the dissident Reddy brothers, who are also ministers, ...

New Delhi, Nov.5 (ANI): The weeklong imbroglio in Karnataka's political arena, due to ongoing fight between Chief Minister B.S.Yeddyurappa and the mining magnets Reddy brothers, is likely to end today following a ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said Thursday that he would meet Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders as well as the dissident Reddy brothers, both of whom ...