Yeddyurappa Son

BY Vijayendra, the son of former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, has been appointed the Bharatiya Janata Party's state unit president.

BY Vijayendra, the son of former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, has been appointed the party's state unit chief.

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today rejected allegations that a controversial tape supposedly containing a conversation between BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa and the son of a Janata Dal (Secular) legislator is fake. Mimicry is not easy to do, he commented.

BS Yeddyurappa, Preetham Gowda, Shivanna Gowda, and Marakal on Saturday got bail in the case registered by Sharanagouda, son of Gurmitkal MLA Naganagouda Kandkur, over an alleged call made to him by Mr Yeddyurappa.

In an indication of widening cracks in Karnataka's coalition government, Janata Dal (Secular) chief Deve Gowda on Thursday condemned the increasing frequency with which Congress legislators were taking potshots at his son -- Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy -- and warned that he cannot remain silent on the matter anymore.

Voting has concluded in three Lok Sabha and two assembly seats in Karnataka in a crucial set of by-elections that will test the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition in the state. According to the figures released by the Election Commission immediately after polling ended, the turnout was 61.05 per cent in Shivamogga, 63.85 per cent in Ballari an...

Opposing any move to divide Karnataka, former prime minister and JDS supremo HD Deve Gowda today appealed to the people of north Karnataka not to get provoked by the BJP.

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 ...

Janata Dal Secular chief HD Kumaraswamy's quick trip to Singapore, squeezed in between voting in Karnataka on Saturday and tomorrow's election results, fuelled speculation that the party has begun talks on government formation after the exit polls. Some aides insisted Mr Kumaraswamy, the son of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, had travelled to ...

Voting for the much-anticipated Karnataka assembly election ended with a turnout of a little over 72 per cent. The three political heavyweights who want to be chief minister once again - Siddaramaiah of the Congress, BS Yeddyurappa of the BJP and HD Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular) - expressed confidence that their parties will come into pow...

Karnataka BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa, the party's presumptive chief minister, has insisted that his son being dropped as a candidate for the May 12 state election was his decision. Speaking for the first time on his disappointment, Mr Yeddyurappa's son BY Vijayendra has revealed that his father "received a call and then instructed me" not to file no...

With the BJP opposing dynastic politics, giving a ticket to state unit chief B S Yeddyurappa's son to contest the Assembly polls would have "robbed" the party of its ammunition in fighting against it, BJP general secretary Muralidhar Rao said.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah turned on the attack mode on Twitter again this morning after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's jibe about a "two-plus-one formula". Mr Siddaramaiah gave the formula a spin of his own -- one that dovetailed with his party's corruption allegations against the BJP.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned the first of his three rallies in Karnataka today into an unceremonious toast of rival Rahul Gandhi with the punchlines all centering on one theme: the 47-year-old Congress president's lineage as his only qualification to lead India's main opposition party.

Can Prime Minister Narendra Modi cross the language barrier in Karnataka? Can his translated message have the same impact as asking Gujaratis to vote for the son of their land? Congress leaders don't think so and claim that his Hindi message will be lost in this secular and multicultural state

BY Vijayendra, the son of former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, has been appointed the Bharatiya Janata Party's state unit president.

BY Vijayendra, the son of former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, has been appointed the party's state unit chief.

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today rejected allegations that a controversial tape supposedly containing a conversation between BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa and the son of a Janata Dal (Secular) legislator is fake. Mimicry is not easy to do, he commented.

BS Yeddyurappa, Preetham Gowda, Shivanna Gowda, and Marakal on Saturday got bail in the case registered by Sharanagouda, son of Gurmitkal MLA Naganagouda Kandkur, over an alleged call made to him by Mr Yeddyurappa.

In an indication of widening cracks in Karnataka's coalition government, Janata Dal (Secular) chief Deve Gowda on Thursday condemned the increasing frequency with which Congress legislators were taking potshots at his son -- Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy -- and warned that he cannot remain silent on the matter anymore.

Voting has concluded in three Lok Sabha and two assembly seats in Karnataka in a crucial set of by-elections that will test the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition in the state. According to the figures released by the Election Commission immediately after polling ended, the turnout was 61.05 per cent in Shivamogga, 63.85 per cent in Ballari an...

Opposing any move to divide Karnataka, former prime minister and JDS supremo HD Deve Gowda today appealed to the people of north Karnataka not to get provoked by the BJP.

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 ...

Janata Dal Secular chief HD Kumaraswamy's quick trip to Singapore, squeezed in between voting in Karnataka on Saturday and tomorrow's election results, fuelled speculation that the party has begun talks on government formation after the exit polls. Some aides insisted Mr Kumaraswamy, the son of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, had travelled to ...

Voting for the much-anticipated Karnataka assembly election ended with a turnout of a little over 72 per cent. The three political heavyweights who want to be chief minister once again - Siddaramaiah of the Congress, BS Yeddyurappa of the BJP and HD Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular) - expressed confidence that their parties will come into pow...

Karnataka BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa, the party's presumptive chief minister, has insisted that his son being dropped as a candidate for the May 12 state election was his decision. Speaking for the first time on his disappointment, Mr Yeddyurappa's son BY Vijayendra has revealed that his father "received a call and then instructed me" not to file no...

With the BJP opposing dynastic politics, giving a ticket to state unit chief B S Yeddyurappa's son to contest the Assembly polls would have "robbed" the party of its ammunition in fighting against it, BJP general secretary Muralidhar Rao said.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah turned on the attack mode on Twitter again this morning after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's jibe about a "two-plus-one formula". Mr Siddaramaiah gave the formula a spin of his own -- one that dovetailed with his party's corruption allegations against the BJP.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned the first of his three rallies in Karnataka today into an unceremonious toast of rival Rahul Gandhi with the punchlines all centering on one theme: the 47-year-old Congress president's lineage as his only qualification to lead India's main opposition party.

Can Prime Minister Narendra Modi cross the language barrier in Karnataka? Can his translated message have the same impact as asking Gujaratis to vote for the son of their land? Congress leaders don't think so and claim that his Hindi message will be lost in this secular and multicultural state