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Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj made a direct attack on party president Sonia Gandhi, alleging that she "shared no responsibility" and was in the "grip of sycophants and corrupt people".

Former Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj, who was a close aide of the Gandhi family, has accused former Union Minister P Chidambaram of "not doing enough to stop the 2G scam".

In the eye of a storm over the extension to a high court judge facing corruption allegations, former Law Minister HR Bhardwaj on Tuesday supported strengthening the present system of judicial appointments saying that the National Democratic Alliance or NDA government should take steps in this regard.

When asked about why he waited for 10 years to disclose that an allegedly corrupt judge was allowed to continue in office in the Madras High Court, Justice Markandey Katju insisted on NDTV that the "question is not why I did not make this disclosure earlier, the question is whether what I'm saying is correct or not."

Accusing the Siddaramaiah government of "gross negligence", BJP today sought Governor H R Bhardwaj's intervention to advise it to galvanise the "defunct" State administration, particularly in the light of drought situation.

Karnataka's new ministers were sworn in today by Governor HR Bhardwaj at the Raj Bhavan in Bangalore. Here's the full list of the 28 ministers in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's Cabinet:

Karnataka's new government headed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah took shape today when 28 ministers were sworn into the state Cabinet.

Four days after taking over as Karnataka chief minister, Congress leader Siddaramaiah will expand his ministry Saturday amid demands that "tainted" legislators be kept out as the party wrested power from the BJP on an anti-corruption plank.

Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj has said that that the state government is not in danger, for now. Mr Bhardwaj said today that he "won't seek a confidence vote for now." He had accepted the resignations of two ministers yesterday.

The crisis for the BJP government in Karnataka has deepened with the Governor accepting the resignation of two ministers today.

Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj has accepted the resignations of two ministers in the Jagadish Shettar government. The development comes barely hours after Mr Bhardwaj met Chief Minister Shettar to discuss the latest political crisis orchestrated by legislators loyal to BS Yeddyurappa. Mr Bharadwaj also met the 13 MLAs - including the two ministers,...

Kerala Information Commissioner K Natarajan was today suspended by Governor HR Bhardwaj for allegedly trying to intervene in the Kasargod land scam case involving former chief minister VS Achuthanandan.

Sources have said that the Kerala government has submitted a report to Governor HR Bhardwaj recommending suspension of Information Commissioner K Natarajan. Mr Natarajan is facing allegations of influencing the investigating officer's decision regarding the Kasargod land scam case which involves former chief minister VS Achuthanandan.

A lecturer of a government polytechnic in Bidar was suspended for writing to Governor HR Bhardwaj seeking cancellation of his transfer order and enclosing a cheque of Rs one lakh, a top official said today.

Virtually coming to the defence of Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, facing allegations over property dealings with DLF, Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj today said many such charges had been made against the Gandhi family in the past but they "fell like nine pins."

Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj made a direct attack on party president Sonia Gandhi, alleging that she "shared no responsibility" and was in the "grip of sycophants and corrupt people".

Former Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj, who was a close aide of the Gandhi family, has accused former Union Minister P Chidambaram of "not doing enough to stop the 2G scam".

In the eye of a storm over the extension to a high court judge facing corruption allegations, former Law Minister HR Bhardwaj on Tuesday supported strengthening the present system of judicial appointments saying that the National Democratic Alliance or NDA government should take steps in this regard.

When asked about why he waited for 10 years to disclose that an allegedly corrupt judge was allowed to continue in office in the Madras High Court, Justice Markandey Katju insisted on NDTV that the "question is not why I did not make this disclosure earlier, the question is whether what I'm saying is correct or not."

Accusing the Siddaramaiah government of "gross negligence", BJP today sought Governor H R Bhardwaj's intervention to advise it to galvanise the "defunct" State administration, particularly in the light of drought situation.

Karnataka's new ministers were sworn in today by Governor HR Bhardwaj at the Raj Bhavan in Bangalore. Here's the full list of the 28 ministers in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's Cabinet:

Karnataka's new government headed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah took shape today when 28 ministers were sworn into the state Cabinet.

Four days after taking over as Karnataka chief minister, Congress leader Siddaramaiah will expand his ministry Saturday amid demands that "tainted" legislators be kept out as the party wrested power from the BJP on an anti-corruption plank.

Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj has said that that the state government is not in danger, for now. Mr Bhardwaj said today that he "won't seek a confidence vote for now." He had accepted the resignations of two ministers yesterday.

The crisis for the BJP government in Karnataka has deepened with the Governor accepting the resignation of two ministers today.

Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj has accepted the resignations of two ministers in the Jagadish Shettar government. The development comes barely hours after Mr Bhardwaj met Chief Minister Shettar to discuss the latest political crisis orchestrated by legislators loyal to BS Yeddyurappa. Mr Bharadwaj also met the 13 MLAs - including the two ministers,...

Kerala Information Commissioner K Natarajan was today suspended by Governor HR Bhardwaj for allegedly trying to intervene in the Kasargod land scam case involving former chief minister VS Achuthanandan.

Sources have said that the Kerala government has submitted a report to Governor HR Bhardwaj recommending suspension of Information Commissioner K Natarajan. Mr Natarajan is facing allegations of influencing the investigating officer's decision regarding the Kasargod land scam case which involves former chief minister VS Achuthanandan.

A lecturer of a government polytechnic in Bidar was suspended for writing to Governor HR Bhardwaj seeking cancellation of his transfer order and enclosing a cheque of Rs one lakh, a top official said today.

Virtually coming to the defence of Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, facing allegations over property dealings with DLF, Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj today said many such charges had been made against the Gandhi family in the past but they "fell like nine pins."