Yeddyurappa Returns

The rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs camping in Mumbai will leave for Bengaluru after BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa is sworn in as chief minister of the southern state, party sources said on Tuesday.

The one-year-old coalition government of the Congress and HD Kumaraswamy's Janata Dal Secular - teetering for weeks -- collapsed on Tuesday, paving the way for the BJP's return to power in Karnataka. The coalition failed the floor test in the assembly, cobbling up only 99 votes in comparison to the 105 votes of the BJP, which later dubbed it a "Gam...

Capping weeks of uncertainty, the fate of the fragile Congress-Janata Dal Secular government in Karnataka could be decided today with a trust vote in the assembly. While Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy appealed to the rebels to return and "expose" the BJP, the defiant legislators ruled out attending the session. Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa exu...

Karnataka's year-old Congress-Janata Dal coalition government is on life support after yet another Independent lawmaker quit and pledged support to the BJP, taking the total number of resignations since last week to 15. Thirteen of them belong to the ruling Congress and the Janata Dal Secular. Earlier on Monday, another Independent, made minister a...

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, back in India after a private visit to the US, launched straight into damage control measures, with a meeting of top leaders of the ruling Congress-Janata Dal Secular (JDS) alliance. Sources close to him said at least some of the rebel lawmakers of the ruling coalition, who resigned over the last week, bring...

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, back in India after a private visit to the US but yet to reach Bengaluru, has already started damage control measures. Sources close to him said at least some of the 13 rebel lawmakers of the ruling coalition, who resigned over the last week, bringing the government to the verge of collapse, may return to the fold. Th...

Karnataka BJP legislators will return today from a private resort in Gurugram where they were lodged for the last few days, a party leader said. "All our MLAs have been directed to return to the state," state BJP President BS Yeddyurappa said.

Hours before BS Yeddyurappa resigned as chief minister in the Karnataka assembly, two Congress lawmakers had gone MIA this morning.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa requested "reasonable time" to prove his majority, before being ordered by the Supreme Court to take a trust vote tomorrow at 4 pm. There were precedents, the court said

The BJP and the Janata Dal Secular (JDS) will return to governor Vajubhai Vala tomorrow to stake claim to form the next government in Karnataka. The BJP has emerged the single largest party but is short of an outright majority. The party's BS Yeddyurappa met the governor earlier this evening and asked for a chance to prove his majority. The Janata ...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, fighting to retain a state where no party has been re-elected for a second straight term in 33 years, described his chief rival BS Yeddyurappa as "mentally disturbed" for announcing a date for his swearing-in even before the election. He also said there was "no doubt" that the Congress would return to power wi...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, fighting a tough battle to retain power in the state where no party has been re-elected for a second straight term in 33 years, described his chief rival, BS Yeddyurappa, as "mentally disturbed" for predicting a BJP victory. He also said there was "no doubt" that the Congress would return to power with over 12...

On Wednesday, Mr Deve Gowda, 85, took a helicopter ride to Sringeri taking along with him nomination papers, in all probability of his two sons, to seek the blessings of Shankaracharya Bharati Tirtha Swami. He returned to Bengaluru the same day.

Hitting back at BJP state President for his offensive against him, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said B S Yeddyurappa was under the "illusion" of becoming the Chief Minister again and asserted that Congress will return to power in 2018 Assembly elections.

BJP Karnataka chief BS Yeddyurappa says he has returned the Rs 1 Crore Land Cruiser, which created a buzz earlier this week, to its real owner Murugesh Nirani.

The rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs camping in Mumbai will leave for Bengaluru after BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa is sworn in as chief minister of the southern state, party sources said on Tuesday.

The one-year-old coalition government of the Congress and HD Kumaraswamy's Janata Dal Secular - teetering for weeks -- collapsed on Tuesday, paving the way for the BJP's return to power in Karnataka. The coalition failed the floor test in the assembly, cobbling up only 99 votes in comparison to the 105 votes of the BJP, which later dubbed it a "Gam...

Capping weeks of uncertainty, the fate of the fragile Congress-Janata Dal Secular government in Karnataka could be decided today with a trust vote in the assembly. While Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy appealed to the rebels to return and "expose" the BJP, the defiant legislators ruled out attending the session. Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa exu...

Karnataka's year-old Congress-Janata Dal coalition government is on life support after yet another Independent lawmaker quit and pledged support to the BJP, taking the total number of resignations since last week to 15. Thirteen of them belong to the ruling Congress and the Janata Dal Secular. Earlier on Monday, another Independent, made minister a...

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, back in India after a private visit to the US, launched straight into damage control measures, with a meeting of top leaders of the ruling Congress-Janata Dal Secular (JDS) alliance. Sources close to him said at least some of the rebel lawmakers of the ruling coalition, who resigned over the last week, bring...

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, back in India after a private visit to the US but yet to reach Bengaluru, has already started damage control measures. Sources close to him said at least some of the 13 rebel lawmakers of the ruling coalition, who resigned over the last week, bringing the government to the verge of collapse, may return to the fold. Th...

Karnataka BJP legislators will return today from a private resort in Gurugram where they were lodged for the last few days, a party leader said. "All our MLAs have been directed to return to the state," state BJP President BS Yeddyurappa said.

Hours before BS Yeddyurappa resigned as chief minister in the Karnataka assembly, two Congress lawmakers had gone MIA this morning.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa requested "reasonable time" to prove his majority, before being ordered by the Supreme Court to take a trust vote tomorrow at 4 pm. There were precedents, the court said

The BJP and the Janata Dal Secular (JDS) will return to governor Vajubhai Vala tomorrow to stake claim to form the next government in Karnataka. The BJP has emerged the single largest party but is short of an outright majority. The party's BS Yeddyurappa met the governor earlier this evening and asked for a chance to prove his majority. The Janata ...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, fighting to retain a state where no party has been re-elected for a second straight term in 33 years, described his chief rival BS Yeddyurappa as "mentally disturbed" for announcing a date for his swearing-in even before the election. He also said there was "no doubt" that the Congress would return to power wi...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, fighting a tough battle to retain power in the state where no party has been re-elected for a second straight term in 33 years, described his chief rival, BS Yeddyurappa, as "mentally disturbed" for predicting a BJP victory. He also said there was "no doubt" that the Congress would return to power with over 12...

On Wednesday, Mr Deve Gowda, 85, took a helicopter ride to Sringeri taking along with him nomination papers, in all probability of his two sons, to seek the blessings of Shankaracharya Bharati Tirtha Swami. He returned to Bengaluru the same day.

Hitting back at BJP state President for his offensive against him, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said B S Yeddyurappa was under the "illusion" of becoming the Chief Minister again and asserted that Congress will return to power in 2018 Assembly elections.

BJP Karnataka chief BS Yeddyurappa says he has returned the Rs 1 Crore Land Cruiser, which created a buzz earlier this week, to its real owner Murugesh Nirani.