Eyes to make son B.Y. Vijayendra as CM in 2023 Karwar: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has made Basavaraj Bommai as his successor only to ensure that his son B.Y. Vijayendra was made the CM after the 2023 Assembly polls, said former Minister Anand Asnotikar. Talking to reporters here yesterday, he said in making Bommai as…
Basavaraj Bommai sworn-in as CM
July 28, 2021To meet PM Modi this evening; Cabinet expansion likely in a week Bengaluru: Lingayat leader Basavaraj Bommai took oath as the 30th Chief Minister of Karnataka at 11 am today. Bommai was announced as the new CM at a party meeting at a private hotel in Bengaluru last evening. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath…
From Tata Motors Engineer to CM
July 28, 2021A cricket fan, Basavaraj Bommai once headed Karnataka State Cricket Association, Dharwad Bengaluru: A close confidante of Lingayat strongman and former CM B.S. Yediyurappa, Karnataka’s new Chief Minister 61-year-old Basavaraj Somappa Bommai was Minister for Home Affairs, Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Legislature in Yediyurappa’s Council of Ministers. He was also the Minister in-charge of Haveri and…
He converted his Shiggaon house as COVID Centre
July 28, 2021Bengaluru: At a time when the killer COVID second wave invaded Karnataka and the State’s health infrastructure crumbled due to gross negligence and callousness, Basavaraj Bommai, the then Home Minister in B.S. Yediyurappa Cabinet handed over his house in his Assembly Constituency for use as a COVID Care Centre (CCC). The house, located at Shiggaon…
New CM’s father S.R. Bommai immortal in law books
July 28, 2021Bengaluru: Basavaraj Bommai took a deep plunge into politics under his father late S.R. Bommai’s tutelage. Somappa Rayappa Bommai was the Chief Minister from 1988-1989 and is immortal in the law books after the Supreme Court gave a landmark judgement disapproving the way he was removed as CM. The senior Bommai along with Ramakrishna Hegde,…
No ZP, TP Polls till December
July 18, 2021Bengaluru: With the possibility of third wave of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic looming large, the State Cabinet has decided not to hold Zilla Panchayat (ZP) and Taluk Panchayat (TP) polls at least till December. However, the Cabinet has approved the conduct of Presidential and office-bearer polls for Co-operative Societies, Banks, other Societies and Agricultural Produce…
‘Self-defense’ training for College students on the anvil: Home Minister
July 14, 2021Police Department to impart training; Officers’ Training Academy planned on the lines of NDA Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government will impart training in ‘self-defense’ for College students in order to prepare them both physically and mentally, said Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai. He was speaking as the chief guest at a function organised in connection with the…
Home Minister inaugurates High School Block, Swimming Pool and Boys Hostel at Police Public School
July 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who is on a two-day visit to Mysuru, participated in a slew of programmes this morning. He laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Administrative Block of District Armed Reserve (DAR) and Armoury building and residence of Superintendent of Police, Mysuru District, at DAR Grounds in Jyothinagar here….
‘Do not expect any help from Govt. if you have done mistake’
July 14, 2021Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai warns Police officials Mysore/Mysuru: “The State Government is with you, do your duty according to the law but do not expect any support from the Government if you have done mistakes,” warned Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai to Police officials. While addressing a review meeting at the SP Office in city, the…
Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai to arrive in city this evening
July 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Minister for Home, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Basavaraj Bommai will be arriving in the city this evening on a two-day tour of the district. Bommai, who will arrive by road from Bengaluru at 6 pm, will take part in some programmes and stay overnight in city. Tomorrow (July14), the Home Minister will take part…
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