Bengaluru: In a surprise development, expelled BSP MLA from Kollegal, N. Mahesh, met Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) at Vidhana Soudha on Thursday, giving rise to speculations that the MLA would join the BJP. Mahesh, who was accompanied by BJP MLAs Rajugouda and Govind Karjol, held talks with the CM for over half-an-hour. Later, Mahesh…
Govt. scraps Tipu Jayanti; Congress sees red
July 31, 2019Bengaluru: A day after proving its majority in the House, the B.S. Yediyurappa-led BJP Government yesterday called off Tipu Jayanti. The Birth Anniversary of Tipu Sultan, the 18th century king from Mysuru, was made a Government-sponsored annual affair in 2015 by the Congress Government. In an order, the Department of Kannada and Culture stated that…
Government postpones KMF Chairman’s Election
July 31, 2019Bengaluru: In a shock to former PWD Minister H.D. Revanna, new Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa postponed the polls to elect the Chairman of the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) just a couple of hours before the election was to take place on Monday. Revanna, who was very keen on becoming the Chairman of KMF, had reportedly…
BJP’s Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri certain to be Assembly Speaker
July 30, 2019Bengaluru: Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, the BJP MLA from Sirsi in Uttara Kannada district, is almost certain to be the new Karnataka Assembly Speaker. The post had fallen vacant after K.R. Ramesh Kumar, Srinivasapur MLA from the Congress, quit as Speaker on Monday soon after BJP’s B.S. Yediyurappa proved majority by a voice vote in the…
‘D’ Out, ‘I’ In: Yediyurappa, not Yeddyurappa, sworn-in as CM
July 27, 2019Bengaluru: Just days after he dropped a ‘d’ and added ‘i’ to his name going back to his earlier spelling of ‘Yediyurappa’ on the advice of numerologists, BJP State President B.S. Yeddyurappa (now with his new spelling Yediyurappa) was sworn-in for the fourth time as the Chief Minister of Karnataka by Governor Vajubhai R. Vala….
BSY’s fortunes come a full topsy-turvy circle
July 27, 2019Bengaluru: Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa (BSY) completed a full circle in his political career yesterday when he was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Karnataka for the fourth time. Yediyurappa, credited with establishing BJP as a force in South India, will prove his majority by July 29 in the 225-Member State Legislative Assembly. The new Council of…
‘BJP regime will be stable’
July 27, 2019New Delhi: Ending speculation that the party high command had differences over backing B.S. Yediyurappa to make another shot at running a coalition regime in Karnataka, the BJP Central leaders backed the new dispensation and hoped it will herald a ‘new dawn’ for the State. “Congrats to B.S. Yediyurappa, newly sworn in CM of Karnataka….
City BJP celebrates Yediyurappa’s return to power as CM
July 27, 2019Mysuru: City BJP workers celebrated the ascension of B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) as the Chief Minister of the State for the fourth time, by bursting crackers in front of the party office in Chamarajapuram here last evening. Addressing the party workers, former KEA Chairman B.P. Manjunath lashed out at JD(S) and Congress leaders for making baseless…
Yeddy won the BATTLE but… Siddu WON the war
July 27, 2019B. S. Yediyurappa has been sworn-in a fourth time as CM but can he complete his term this time at least? To begin with, he has to win the Trust Vote on Monday and then get the Finance Bill passed by Wednesday so the Government employees can get their salaries. Then comes the challenge of…
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