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Panchamasali ministers come to Yediyurappa's rescue, hit out at leaders spearheading agitation

“It did not appear like a Panchamasali rally, but resembled a Congress or Kashappanavar’s convention. Yatnal is the B team of the Congress ...

Cauvery: Govt committed to protecting Karnataka's interests, will not allow anyone to use surplus water, says CM

"We will not allow it....there is no use by just giving statements, for no reason we will allow Tamil Nadu or others to use surplus water, ...

Panchamasali Lingayats’ show in Bengaluru dents B S Yediyurappa’s leadership status

Sunday’s massive rally led by heads of two powerful mutts of the subsect showed Yediyurappa no longer enjoyed clout among the Panchamasalis...

Reservation demands: Government discussing modalities regarding way forward, says CM Yediyurappa

The state government is facing demands for revision of the existing quota from various communities, including the dominant Vokkaliga and Ve...

Quota balancing act for BS Yediyurappa as powerful Vokkaliga mutt joins issue

“Members of some subsects of the Vokkaliga community are backward but are losing out on reservation benefits under the OBC quota,” said Swa...

Lingayat consolidation for OBC tag may be a trump card for BS Yediyurappa

Numerous mutts of Karnataka’s dominant Lingayat-Veerashaiva community have come together to seek inclusion of 100-plus subsects in the othe...

Be polite to complainants: Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa to police officials

"I have a piece of advice to the senior officials that people visiting the police station should be treated with utmost respect and humilit...

Reservation demands: Govt will do whatever is possible within the ambit of law and constitution, says Yediyurappa

The Chief Minister said the matter was being discussed and after consulting legal experts, the Advocate General and other important people,...

Will talk to Cabinet on raising SC, ST quota: CM Yediyurappa

Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, who is under pressure from the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe communities to increase the reservation q...

Two big communities’ quota clamour puts Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa in a tight spot

Panchamasalis are the dominant subcaste grouping within Lingayats. There are 13 Panchamasali MLAs including two ministers in the government...

Relief to Karnataka CM Yediyurappa, SC stays arrest in corruption case

A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, which issued notices to complainants, one A Alam Pasha and...

Yediyurappa caves in to pressure, shuffles ministry twice in a day

After a prolonged delay, Yediyurappa did a cabinet reshuffle on January 13 by inducting seven new ministers and dropping excise minister Na...

Illegal quarrying or mining will not be allowed in the state: Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa

Speaking to reporters CM said the reason for the blast, who permitted the transportation of explosive substance in a lorry and what led to ...

Shivamogga explosion: Two detained, Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa condoles deaths

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa expressed grief over the loss of lives in the blast at the stone crusher facility at Hunasodu in S...

B S Yediyurappa to allocate portfolios to new ministers in two days

“I will discuss the portfolio allotment with my senior ministers tomorrow and take a call in a day or two,” Yediyurappa said in Bengaluru o...

Yediyurappa non-committal on reallocation of portfolios

"The plan is to do it (assigning of ministries to new ministers) after Amit Shah's visit..if possible will do it earlier itself," Yediyurap...

Legislators at mercy of middlemen contractors: Yatnal to Yediyurappa

The meeting held at a private hotel witnessed shouting and counter-shouting as Yediyurappa’s political secretary MP Renukacharya defended t...