Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Thursday comfortably won a trust vote in the state Assembly — his third in nine months — amid a noisy walkout by the Opposition Congress.

With a debate raging over the inclusion of the Prime Minister and members of Parliament under the ambit of the Lokpal Bill, Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N. Santosh Hegde said that civil society members do not want to compromise on this and said even the judiciary should be brought under its ambit.

The state government had not violated constitutional provisions and there was no constitutional break down in the state, chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said in his reply to the advisory sent by Union home minister P. Chidambaram. The Centre had sent an advisory after rejecting the governor’s recommendation for imposition of

Andhra Pradesh state endowments minister Jupally Krishna Rao became the first minister on Tuesday to resign from Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy’s Cabinet citing the Telangana issue.

Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Union textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran following reports that his family-owned Sun TV Network was a beneficiary of pay-offs by a Malaysian company which benefited from equity sold by Aircel.

Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should seek textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran’s resignation after allegations that his official decisions as telecom minister had indirectly benefited his brother’s company.

The Congress on Monday started competing with its alliance partner Nationalist Congress Party in taking credit for the proposal to rename Dadar railway station to Chaityabhoomi. Moreover, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has taken a lead over the Shiv Sena by opposing the move.

Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa marked his third year in office with a meet the press programme where he once again walked a fine line between the warring Central leaders in his party, demonstrating once again why he has survived every crisis that has beset his government.

In a function punctuated with solemnity and silent devotion, Mar George Alencherry was formally installed as the Major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Church and the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ernaku

The infamous aviation “Bermuda Triangle,” covering skies over Kochi, Kozhikode and Coimbatore airports, will soon be history with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) deciding to bring the air space