Jagadish Shettar re-joins BJP months after quitting party for Congress in KarnatakaFormer Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has rejoined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) months after leaving to join the Congress in...
25 Jan, 2024, 06.17 PM IST
Jagadish Shettar among 3 Congress nominees in race for Karnataka’s legislative councilThe party was mulling over assigning a position to the Lingayat leader who had defected to the party from the BJP. He lost the election fro...
19 Jun, 2023, 07.00 PM IST
JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy warns Congress of damage to its credibility; CM to hold meet with 20 ministers on WednesdayThe former CM, in a series of tweets, said people have in their possession the `guarantee cards’ issued by the Congress with the signatures...
30 May, 2023, 07.42 PM IST
Karnataka: BJP will fail to form govt as Lingayats wary of It, says Jagadish ShettarShettar said he would have retired from politics had the party leadership approached him, 'respectfully'. "Had the party leadership told me...
04 May, 2023, 12.28 AM IST
Congress will come to power on its own in Karnataka; BJP's 'Operation Kamala' won't be successful, says M B PatilThe former home and water resources minister also said he has neither been sidelined nor losing his importance in the party after Jagadish ...
30 Apr, 2023, 11.03 AM IST
Karnataka: Modi-Shah decided to replace Shettar, Santhosh had no role, says Pralhad JoshiJoshi's clarification comes in the wake of Shettar's repeated attacks on BJP national general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh, accusin...
24 Apr, 2023, 07.30 PM IST
Karnataka polls: JP Nadda holds roadshow with CM Bommai, actor Kiccha Sudeep in ShiggaonCM Bommai will officially file a nomination from the Shiggaon Assembly constituency today for the upcoming state elections. He has been hol...
19 Apr, 2023, 04.26 PM IST
Congress counts political dividends after 2 key Lingayat leaders join it, BJP seeks to counter narrativeChief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, a Lingayat himself on Tuesday in Bagalkote said, one or two Lingayat leaders from BJP defecting to other p...
18 Apr, 2023, 04.22 PM IST
Karnataka polls: DK Shivakumar files nomination from Kanakapura,says Congress will cross 150 seats markBefore filing his nomination, the state Congress president held a roadshow in his constituency from where he is a 7-time MLA and exuded con...
18 Apr, 2023, 11.52 AM IST
Karnataka Polls: Congress seeks to corner BJP over Lingayat self-respect, BJP hits backThe Opposition Congress hit out at the BJP after formally admitting Jagadish Shettar into the party. The six-time BJP MLA from Hubli-Dharwa...
17 Apr, 2023, 08.37 PM IST
'BJP falling like house of cards in Karnataka': Cong's swipe over ex-CM Shettar joining its ranksShettar on Sunday had resigned as the Hubli-Dharwad (Central) MLA after the BJP denied him the ticket to contest the Assembly polls. The 67...
17 Apr, 2023, 04.41 PM IST
Ex-CM Jagadish Shettar resigns as MLA in a jolt to BJP in poll-bound KarnatakaThe last ditch efforts of senior party leaders, including BJP's election in-charge for Karnataka Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister Pralhad...
17 Apr, 2023, 11.55 AM IST
Ministerial aspirants in Karnataka BJP begin lobbyingSince Bommai always identified himself with former CM BS Yediyurappa, a number of MLAs have been flocking to his house requesting his inter...
30 Jul, 2021, 07.44 AM IST
Dissent in Karnataka: BJP grows louder after cabinet expansionChief minister BS Yediyurappa has come under pressure as sections of BJP MLAs have begun organising themselves in small groups in a show of...
20 Feb, 2020, 11.47 AM IST
Sixth time’s a challenge for former CM Jagadish ShettarThe soft spoken Shettar began a door-to-door campaign with his wife, Shilpa Shettar, much before BJP announced his candidature.
25 Apr, 2018, 12.29 PM IST
Following pressure from BJP, Karnataka government pulls out caste data from websiteThe Congress government in Karnataka has taken down details of a caste survey from its department’s website following pressure from the BJP.
22 Jul, 2015, 02.31 AM IST
- Karnataka, India’s Silicon state has ‘achieved’ yet another first in ministry-formation
For the first time in the history of Karnataka, the new government has not one but two deputy CMs, K S Eshwarappa and R Ashoka.
18 Jul, 2012, 04.58 AM IST