PM Modi stresses on discipline, punctuality; To address Parliamentarians tomorrow New Delhi: A two-day orientation programme for BJP Parliamentarians, where attendance is compulsory, started today at 10 am. The closed-door sessions focused on conduct, discipline, Parliamentary procedures and ideological issues, sources said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and…
Cabinet expansion to be delayed
August 1, 2019Bengaluru: After having passed the Floor Test on July 29, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) now have to wait for the conclusion of the Monsoon Session of Parliament for Cabinet expansion as the BJP top brass is yet to give green signal for the same. Although it has been almost a week since Yediyurappa took…
Hindutva is a way of life: Speaker
August 1, 2019Bengaluru: As expected, BJP MLA from Sirsi Assembly segment in Uttar Kannada district, Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri was elected unopposed as the new Assembly Speaker yesterday. The post was vacant after K.R. Ramesh Kumar, a Congress MLA from Srinivaspur, quit soon after B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) won the Floor Test on Monday by a voice-vote. The election…
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…
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…
Speaker Resigns: B.S. Yediyurappa wins Trust Vote
July 29, 2019Finance Bill passed; 3 rebel MLAs move SC against disqualification Bengaluru: K.R. Ramesh Kumar resigned as Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly soon after Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa passed the Trust Vote at the Floor of the House here this morning. Before announcing his resignation, Ramesh Kumar, a Congress MLA from Srinivaspur Assembly segment in…
Speaker disqualifies 14 more rebel MLAs
July 28, 2019224-member House reduced to 207 | Majority mark is 104 | BJP has 105 and support of one Independent Bengaluru: Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar this morning disqualified 14 rebel Congress MLAs under the Anti-Defection Law, just a day before the newly formed BJP Government will face a Trust Vote in the Assembly. On Thursday,…
‘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….
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