Bangalore: The ruling BJP in Karnataka is bracing for a split as former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will quit the party Friday to launch his own outfit Dec 9. The 69-year-old Yeddyurappa, credited with leading the Bharatiya Janata Party to power in the state for the first time in May 2008, is also resigning as [...]
Bangalore: Former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today launched an attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for asking Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu daily “without assessment of ground reality” on water storage levels in this state. Yeddyurappa, who began a day-long dharna to protest the CRA order, demanded that the [...]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to BJP strongman and former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa by the state High Court in a corruption case relating to a mining lease. A bench of justices T S Thakur and Ibrahim Kalifulla dismissed the appeal filed by the Central Bureau [...]
BANGALORE: The ruling BJP in Karnataka today faced a fresh crisis after outgoing Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda placed a set of demands in a last minute counter move against rival B S Yeddyurappa, delaying the legislature party meeting. Gowda’s camp insisted on the party president’s post for him, deputy Chief Ministership for K [...]
BANGALORE: Ending the political impasse in Karnataka, BJP on Sunday announced that chief minister Sadanand Gowda has submitted his resignation to the party and will be replaced by BS Yeddyurappa‘s loyalist Jagadish Shettar. The BJP high command bowed to Lingayat leader Yeddyurappa’a demand in view of the assembly elections due early next year and agreed [...]
Bangalore: The political crisis in the ruling BJP in Karnataka today loomed large with rebel leader and former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa deciding to take a final call on his future political course by this evening. “I will consult MPs, MLAs and my supporters today and announce my decision by 4 PM”, Yeddyurappa, who has been fuming [...]
Bangalore: With Karnataka BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa remaining defiant after being rebuffed by BJP chief Nitin Gadkari in his bid to regain chief ministership, all eyes are on the former chief minister’s birthday bash today as he is expected to take a “drastic” decision whether to continue in the party or not. Yeddyurappa turns 69 [...]
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Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
Kubra Fatima Ask any Hyderabadi what they love about the City and they will have many things to say — food, greenery and people being the usual suspects. On the contrary, if you ask them what they hate and ‘travelling in an auto’ will be the first response. Even though going around the twin cities [...]
Expecting a Sunday feast, I went to the dining table eagerly looking forward to the best of my mother’s cooking. I lifted the lid on the big casserole and found pulao with corn. I didn’t know what to make of it. I believe my mother makes the best peas pulao. But to have corn replacing [...]
Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena Just a few days ago, when Mumbai Indians played the Sunrisers in Mumbai, I found myself standing on Marine Drive, outside ‘D’ road, along with my brother, waiting for our sons to amble out after the match (which to the pride of this city’s dwellers, MI won). It took several moments for the [...]
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