Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday wished Karnataka Chief Minister and veteran BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa on his 77th birthday. Modi hailed Yediyurappa as a ‘hardworking’ Chief Minister and wished him long life and good health. “Birthday greetings to Karnataka’s hardworking CM BSYBJP Ji. He is passionately working for the State’s progress, especially on farmer…
BSY to attend Trump Dinner Banquet at Rashtrapati Bhavan
February 25, 2020Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa will fly to Delhi this afternoon to attend a banquet hosted for US President Donald Trump by President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi this evening. On his expectations of Trump’s visit, CM’s sources said, “Yediyurappa may have a word or two with Trump on bilateral…
CM Yediyurappa’s 77th birthday on Feb. 27 to be a ‘non-partisan’ event
February 18, 2020Four former CMs to felicitate the Chief Minister Bengaluru: B.S. Yediyurappa, the only Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Minister the party has chosen for public office beyond the 75-year age limit, is all set to celebrate his 77th birthday on Feb. 27 as a grand public event. A felicitation volume is being planned to be…
Want sand? Book online
February 12, 2020State to bring out new sand policy to curb illegal supply and ensure easy availability Bengaluru: The State Government has proposed to bring out a new sand extraction policy for meeting the demand-supply gap. The new sand policy will have an online booking system to supply sand and thus will be one of the several…
Too many aspirants for Ministerial berth: BSY under stress
February 4, 2020Bengaluru: With the State Cabinet expansion just two days away (Feb.6), loyal and senior BJP MLAs, who are apprehensive of being sidelined, have intensified their pressure on Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa seeking their induction into the Cabinet. While some MLAs are making frequent trips to ‘Dhavalagiri’, the private residence of Yediyurappa, others have taken to…
Curtains down on six-day Suttur Jathra
January 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, on Sunday, said that the agricultural sector will be the top priority for the government during the upcoming Budget and added that more emphasis will be laid on groundwater management and organic farming. He was speaking at the valedictory function of the six-day Suttur Jathra held at Suttur in…
Karnataka State budget on Mar.5 to be farmer-focussed: CM B.S. Yediyurappa
January 18, 2020Shikaripura: With the farming community in distress due to floods, drought and other natural causes, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has said that the State budget to be presented on Mar.5 will be farmer-focussed. Speaking to presspersons at his home Constituency Shikaripura in Shivamogga recently, he said that this was his first budget after coming to…
PM to visit State on Sept.7
August 31, 2019Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the State on Sept.7, according to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. Speaking after paying tributes to the portrait of Hockey legend Dhyanchand as part of ‘Fit India’ campaign programme held in front of Vidhana Soudha on Thursday, Yediyurappa said that he will seek funds for flood relief from the…
BSY allocates portfolios to his Ministers
August 26, 2019Bengaluru: After dilly-dallying weeks after forming his Council of Ministers on Aug. 20, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa sent the list of portfolios assigned to his Ministers to the Raj Bhavan this afternoon. However, the list of portfolios will be released to the media by Chief Minister himself after the Cabinet Meeting which is scheduled to…
BSY to have not One, not Two, but Three Dy.CMs?
August 24, 2019Bengaluru: Following the example of neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, which has five Deputy Chief Ministers, the BJP Central Leadership is said to have advised Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa to have three Deputy Chief Ministers in a bid to maintain a perfect caste equation and social chemistry. Even as the issue of disqualified Legislators, Cabinet expansion…
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