RSS chief says our borders aren’t safe even after 60 yearsBANGALORE - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that India was unable to make its borders safe even after 60 years of Independence due to constant meddling of its neighbours-Pakistan, China and Bangladesh. India divided over inter-regional marriages: Chetan BhagatBANGALORE - One of India’s bestselling authors Chetan Bhagat feels that non-acceptance of and resistance towards inter-regional or inter-religious marriages in modern India “shows how divided our country is”. Green lifestyle statement: Bangalore kids cycle to schoolBANGALORE - A group of girls near the busy Old Airport Road in India’s tech hub Bangalore bicycle to school every day as a lifestyle statement — green transport is cool. Church vandalized in north KarnatakaBANGALORE - A church in north Karnataka has been vandalized and a cross, doors and windows have been damaged, police and church authorities said Wednesday. ‘I own a tree’ campaign to save Bangalore’s greeneryBANGALORE - A silent “green revolution” is in the making in India’s tech hub Bangalore as citizens come together to sponsor trees to save the city’s “green heritage” which has of late come under threat owing to development activities. An amiable BJP leader who became an unlikely dissident heroBANGALORE - Karnataka Assembly Speaker Jagadish Shettar, a prominent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in the state, is set to return to active politics at a time when the party’s first government in southern India is battling dissidence. Family of a martyr of Mumbai terror attack remembers their only childBANGALORE - It’s been almost a year to the Mumbai terror attack in which about at least 173 persons, including security men, died and 308 others suffered injuries, but for the families, who lost their beloved ones on duty, it remains a fresh but painful memory. Free for all in Karnataka BJP, government (Letter from Bangalore)BANGALORE - It’s free for all in Karnataka’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the state government even though it just about survived a dissident assault to unseat Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa. No number choice in UID: NilekaniBANGALORE - Chairman of the Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI), Nanndan Nilekani, on Friday made it clear that there is no chance for getting the number of his/her choice in UID, the Computer would throw up a random 16-digit number and there is no way you can change it. IIM- Bangalore records large number of placementsBANGALORE - PD Jose, chairperson, placement cell of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B) has said that the institute has placed its 349 students in a record time of five days. Multinationals flock to IIM-Bangalore for interneesBANGALORE - In a clear sign that the impact of the slowdown is behind, multinationals flocked to Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) to offer placements to the entire batch of 348 first year students of the two-year post-graduate programme in management. Infosys to buy US insurance back office firm for $38 mnBANGALORE - Infosys Technologies will acquire the US-based insurance business process solutions provider McCamish Systems for $38 million (Rs.1.77 billion/Rs.177 crore) in an all-cash deal, the IT bellwether said Thursday. Premier IT event turns low-key following meltdown, floodsBANGALORE - Global meltdown and the flash floods in north Karnataka have forced the organisers of BangaloreIT.Biz 2009, a premier IT event, to shift the venue to a hotel from the sprawling Bangalore Palace grounds and shorten it by two days. Yeddyurappa in denial and apologetic modeBANGALORE - Having weathered a political storm, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa seems busy these days either denying his combative statements or apologising to people for the mess in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) first government in the state. Facing accusation of capitulation, Yeddyurappa talks tough
Yeddyurappa bows to rebels, rolls back transfersBANGALORE - Bowing to the dissidents’ demands, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday rolled back the transfers of three officials close to the Reddy camp - two weeks after they were shunted out from their posts. BJP’s new headache in Karnataka - a cabinet reshuffleBANGALORE - The resignation of the lone woman minister from Karnataka’s Bharatiya Janata Party government Monday to appease the dissidents has not only created a second vacancy in the B.S. Yeddyurappa cabinet but a new headache to the party in filling them up. Protesting lawyers assault scribes in Karnataka High CourtBANGALORE - A senior television journalist and a cameraman of a leading English news channel were beaten up Monday in the Karnataka High Court by a group of lawyers protesting the continuation of controversial Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, who faces allegations of land-grabbing and amassing disproportionate assets. Lone Karnataka woman minister quitsBANGALORE - Shobha Karandlaje, the lone woman minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) first ministry in Karnataka, resigned Monday, a day after dissidents dropped the demand for Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s removal. Karnataka minister Karandlaje resignsBANGALORE - Karnataka’s Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Shoba Karandlaje Monday resigned. Her resignation was one of the demands of the dissident ministers and legislators. Yeddyurappa survives, but faces uncertain future (News Analysis)BANGALORE - Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has survived the threat to his chair from powerful dissidents but faces an uncertain future in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which he had thought of leaving five years ago. BJP sets up panel to supervise its Karnataka governmentNEW DELHI/BANGALORE - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday not only resolved the crisis in its first government in Karnataka but also became the first major political party in the country to set up a sort of oversight panel over its own government. BJP resolves Karnataka muddle, Sushma to play key role (Roundup)NEW DELHI/BANGALORE - The Bharatiya Janata Party Sunday ended the two-week-old crisis in its first government in Karnataka by assigning a key role in the state affairs to senior party leader Sushma Swaraj in return for dissidents dropping their demand for removal of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa. BJP says Karnataka crisis over, details under wraps (Second Lead)NEW DELHI/BANGALORE - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday heaved a sigh of relief as it announced an end to the 14-day crisis in its Karnataka unit, triggered by dissidents demanding ouster of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa. But it did not give out details of the understanding reached between the two factions. Karnataka political crisis to be resolved today: YeddyruppaBANGALORE - The political crisis in Karnataka will be resolved by this evening, claimed Chief Minister B S Yeddyruppa after a meeting with senior BJP leader L K Advani in New Delhi. Advani’s birthday gift: a power struggle in Karnataka?BANGALORE/NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party’s supreme leader L.K. Advani would have liked a better birthday gift as he turned 82 Sunday. Instead what he had to deal with was a bitter power struggle in the party’s first government in Karnataka and south India. Food prices to decline after winter crop: Sharad PawarBANGALORE - Food prices will decline after the rabi crop as production of wheat, rice, pulses, oil seeds and sugarcane during the winter is expected to be higher than in the drought-hit kharif season, union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said Saturday. Yeddyurappa sheds tears at fate, dissidents firm on his sack (Roundup)BANGALORE/NEW DELHI - Left with little option but to bow to dissident’s demands to save his chair, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Saturday shed tears publicly but the rebels stood firm on his removal. Karnataka muddle raises question - who forms the BJP high command?
Suicide threat by fans if Karandlaje droppedBANGALORE - Hundreds of supporters of Shoba Karandlaje, the lone woman minister in the beleaguered first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, Saturday threatened to commit suicide if she was dropped from the ministry at the behest of party rebels. |
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