Karnatakapolls

• Full list of Karnataka's new ministers

  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:

• Rs 4 per litre subsidy for milk producers in Karnataka

  A subsidy of Rs 4 per litre of milk will be given to dairy producers and families across Karnataka, state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced in Bangalore on Monday.

• BJP's handling of Karnataka absolutely opportunistic, says LK Advani

  Terming the electoral outcome in Karnataka as no surprise, BJP leader LK Advani today said the party had erred in not taking immediate and firm action on allegations of corruption against former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and that its handling of the state had been "absolutely opportunistic".

• Congress winning is good for Karnataka: BS Yeddyurappa

  Karnataka Janata Paksha president B S Yeddyurappa on Friday described the Congress win in May 5 assembly polls as good for the state, but said it remained to be seen how the party was going to govern.

• A whitewash for BJP in coastal Karnataka bastions

  It's a whitewash for the BJP in Karnataka's coastal districts -- Dakshina Kannada, home to Mangalore, and Udupi. In Dakshina Kannada, the BJP lost all the eight Assembly segments to the Congress and in Udupi, it won just a single seat out of five.

• Why BS Yeddyurappa's birthday party may be cancelled

  BS Yeddyurappa has not stepped out of his home since the results of the Karnataka elections were announced, remaining inaccessible to the media throughout the day. The fourth position on the result board was not something he was expecting.

• Karnataka polls: Congress says it has galaxy of leaders for top post

  The Congress on Wednesday kept up the suspense over its Chief Ministerial candidate in Karnataka, saying it has a "galaxy of leaders" for the top job.

• Karnataka says bye to BJP, hands Congress a handsome mandate

  The verdict is in. Karnataka has given a handsome mandate to the Congress to form the state's next government. The ruling BJP has been resolutely packed off, and the Janata Dal (Secular) or JD(S) has made significant gains. BS Yeddyurappa's fledgling Karnataka Janata Party or KJP has won just half a dozen seats, but managed to deal a severe blow to...

• Karnataka election results: Congress to form govt in Karnataka, BJP loses its only southern state

  Karnataka has delivered an unambiguous verdict. The Congress will form the next government and will not need help. The party won 121 seats, which will give it a majority in the 224-seat Assembly.

• The 12 heavyweights who fell as Congress crushed BJP in Karnataka

  As the Congress juggernaut rolled on in Karnataka, 12 Ministers of the Jagadish Shettar Cabinet, including Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa, fell by the wayside, rubbing salt into the wounds of the vanquished BJP.

• Karnataka election results: Chidambaram turns TV reporter, Jaswant Singh candidly responds

  Buoyed by the Congress' showing in Karnataka, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, in a lighter moment, turned into a TV reporter today. The senior Congress leader grabbed a mike from a television reporter and thrust it front of senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh as the latter emerged from Parliament.

• Karnataka election results live: Sonia Gandhi praises victory, PM Manmohan Singh says BJP ideology rejected

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi today praised the party's showing in Karnataka polls, saying the result was a rejection of BJP's idealogy and suggested the same would be repeated in the Lok Sabha elections as well.

• Karnataka election results: BJP loses only government in south, aided by Yeddyurappa

  For the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), it is game over in Karnataka. The party, which broke into the Congress' bastion, forming its first government in the south, has faced an embarrassing loss, failing to garner even half of the 110 seats it won last time.

• Karnataka election results: Race for chief minister's post begins; Siddaramaiah, Kharge frontrunners

  With the Congress walking away with a thumping victory in Karnataka, the question of "who will become chief minister" is now the hot topic of debate. And staking his claim already for the top post is senior party leader K. Siddaramaiah.

• Karnataka election results: Desperate for development, Bangalore does not give BJP a second chance

  A sense of the change in political winds in Karnataka is also evident with how Bangalore has voted. The state capital, which hugely favoured the BJP last time with hopes of development, chose to ignore it.