National general secretary of the BJP, H.N. Ananth Kumar has stated that new Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar will lead the party in the 2013 Assembly elections. Speaking to Deccan Chronicle soon a

Is the Yeddyurappa era in state politics coming to an end? Tied down by a series of land and illegal mining scams and a CBI probe hanging over his head, the former chief minister received a rude shoc

Fifty six year-old Jagadish Shivappa Shettar was sworn in as Chief Minister — the third of the four year-old BJP government — on Thursday with the party setting a precedent of carving the posts of two

A last-minute alteration in the list of legislators chosen to join the cabinet of Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar triggered protests and commotion at Raj Bhavan and the Legislators’ Home (LH) on Thurs

The first big test for new Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar is coping with what is turning out to be Karnataka’s worst drought in the last four decades. With a rainfall deficit of around 40 per cent,

The effect of the prevailing drought across north Karnataka has been so severe this time that the Almatti dam, one of the biggest water storage facilities in the State, has turned bone dry. According

In surprise raids on 101 bar and restaurants and 79 liquor stores in the city’s north division, police found nearly 130 minor boys consuming alcohol. They were brought to the respective police station

A two-year-old boy, who was illegally confined to be ‘sacrificed’ by a black magic practitioner, was rescued by residents Chandra Nagar in K.S. Layout police limits on Thursday morning. Locals nabbe

Parents of three-and-a-half-year old Ishanthi R. had almost lost hope of saving their only daughter after she was refused treatment by city-based doctors as her case involved a lot of risk. However, t

There’s a downside to the popularity of the Big 10 buses running from Brigade Road junction to Electronic City and Bannerghatta Road. The junction often sees traffic bottlenecks as the buses are parke