Karnataka Lokayukta Resigns

Karnataka's anti-corruption ombudsman or Lokayukta, Justice Y. Bhaskar Rao, has resigned. Justice Rao resigned on Monday, Raj Bhawan sources said today adding that the governor has accepted his resignation "with immediate effect."

The Karnataka police have filed a First Information Report (FIR) against the son of state's anti-graft watchdog, the Lokayukta, for allegedly seeking bribe for avoiding a raid.

Should the verdict delivered by voters of the Bellary Rural (ST) Assembly Constituency be construed as rejection of the Lokayukta report on illegal mining over which B Sriramulu had resigned from the seat? This was the topic of debate around Vidhana Soudha.

Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Justice Shivaraj V Patil. Mr Patil had resigned from the post of the state's Lokayukta yesterday.

Barely a month after he was appointed the ombudsman of Karnataka, Justice Shivraj Patil has resigned. His letter of resignation is being studied by the Governor of the state, HR Bhardwaj.

Signed, sealed and delivered by tomorrow at 1 pm - BS Yeddyurappa's resignation is no longer a craving for the BJP.After 48 hours employed by the Chief Minister to demonstrate his grip on the BJP in Karnataka, Mr Yeddyurappa allowed cameras to film him signing off on his resignation letter. (Watch: Rise and fall of Yeddyurappa)T...

The BJP is meant to be selecting the replacement for BS Yeddyurappa as Chief Minister of Karnataka. Instead, what it's confronting is a chorus in Bangalore for Mr Yeddyurappa to stay in office, despite his indictment in a report on illegal mining that indicts him for corruption.

After putting up a fight for over 24 hours, BS Yeddyurappa has finally agreed to resign as Chief Minister of Karnataka on July 31. A hunt is now on for his successor.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has agreed to resign. The state's Lokayukta, or Obudsman, Santosh Hegde had indicted Mr Yeddyurappa and his family of accepting kickbacks from a mining company.

Defiant till the end, BS Yeddyurappa has finally capitulated. The Karnataka Chief Minister has told BJP president Nitin Gadkari that he will abide by the party's decision and resign.

Even as the BJP announced that it had "advised" BS Yeddyurappa to resign immediately, the Chief Minister of Karnataka was in the midst of an emergency meeting in Bangalore - one clearly intended to telegraph his popularity among ministers and MLAs in his state. Thirty two BJP leaders attended this meeting, eight of these were ministers.

BS Yeddyurappa has been asked by the BJP to resign immediately as Karnataka Chief Minister. After a meeting at party president Nitin Gadkari's house, the party announced that Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh will fly to Bangalore tomorrow to decide on who will succeed Mr Yeddyurappa.

BS Yeddyurappa's exit as Chief Minister from Karnataka has possibly been scripted in the report on illegal mining that was presented today by Santosh Hegde to the Karnataka government. Mr Hegde has recommended that the Chief Minister be prosecuted under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Striking a tough posture, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today made it plain to party president Nitin Gadkari that he would not step down in the wake of the Lokayukta's report on illegal mining that has indicted him.

Demanding the resignation of Mr Yeddyurappa as Chief Minister, the Congress denied that BJP's counter-claim that Foreign Minister SM Krishna is mentioned in the report. The party claimed, on the contrary that the Karnataka Lokayukta report by Justice Santosh Hegde, exposes the loot and daylight robbery and loot by the BJP's chief minister in Karna...

Karnataka's anti-corruption ombudsman or Lokayukta, Justice Y. Bhaskar Rao, has resigned. Justice Rao resigned on Monday, Raj Bhawan sources said today adding that the governor has accepted his resignation "with immediate effect."

The Karnataka police have filed a First Information Report (FIR) against the son of state's anti-graft watchdog, the Lokayukta, for allegedly seeking bribe for avoiding a raid.

Should the verdict delivered by voters of the Bellary Rural (ST) Assembly Constituency be construed as rejection of the Lokayukta report on illegal mining over which B Sriramulu had resigned from the seat? This was the topic of debate around Vidhana Soudha.

Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Justice Shivaraj V Patil. Mr Patil had resigned from the post of the state's Lokayukta yesterday.

Barely a month after he was appointed the ombudsman of Karnataka, Justice Shivraj Patil has resigned. His letter of resignation is being studied by the Governor of the state, HR Bhardwaj.

Signed, sealed and delivered by tomorrow at 1 pm - BS Yeddyurappa's resignation is no longer a craving for the BJP.After 48 hours employed by the Chief Minister to demonstrate his grip on the BJP in Karnataka, Mr Yeddyurappa allowed cameras to film him signing off on his resignation letter. (Watch: Rise and fall of Yeddyurappa)T...

The BJP is meant to be selecting the replacement for BS Yeddyurappa as Chief Minister of Karnataka. Instead, what it's confronting is a chorus in Bangalore for Mr Yeddyurappa to stay in office, despite his indictment in a report on illegal mining that indicts him for corruption.

After putting up a fight for over 24 hours, BS Yeddyurappa has finally agreed to resign as Chief Minister of Karnataka on July 31. A hunt is now on for his successor.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has agreed to resign. The state's Lokayukta, or Obudsman, Santosh Hegde had indicted Mr Yeddyurappa and his family of accepting kickbacks from a mining company.

Defiant till the end, BS Yeddyurappa has finally capitulated. The Karnataka Chief Minister has told BJP president Nitin Gadkari that he will abide by the party's decision and resign.

Even as the BJP announced that it had "advised" BS Yeddyurappa to resign immediately, the Chief Minister of Karnataka was in the midst of an emergency meeting in Bangalore - one clearly intended to telegraph his popularity among ministers and MLAs in his state. Thirty two BJP leaders attended this meeting, eight of these were ministers.

BS Yeddyurappa has been asked by the BJP to resign immediately as Karnataka Chief Minister. After a meeting at party president Nitin Gadkari's house, the party announced that Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh will fly to Bangalore tomorrow to decide on who will succeed Mr Yeddyurappa.

BS Yeddyurappa's exit as Chief Minister from Karnataka has possibly been scripted in the report on illegal mining that was presented today by Santosh Hegde to the Karnataka government. Mr Hegde has recommended that the Chief Minister be prosecuted under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Striking a tough posture, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today made it plain to party president Nitin Gadkari that he would not step down in the wake of the Lokayukta's report on illegal mining that has indicted him.

Demanding the resignation of Mr Yeddyurappa as Chief Minister, the Congress denied that BJP's counter-claim that Foreign Minister SM Krishna is mentioned in the report. The party claimed, on the contrary that the Karnataka Lokayukta report by Justice Santosh Hegde, exposes the loot and daylight robbery and loot by the BJP's chief minister in Karna...