Defiant Yeddy refuses to step down
Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will not step down from office as the payments into his sons’ Prerana Trust were completely above board and made through cheques, sources close to the chief minister insisted.
Hegde term end lifeline for Yeddy?
Will the incumbent Lokayukta’s term, which ends in the next 10 days, come to the rescue of the Karnataka chief minister, who has been indicted in the Lokayukta’s second mining report for alleged involvement in large-scale illegal mining?
Guv to sent report on mining scam to President
Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj today said he would send a report to President Pratibha Patil once the Lokayukta's report on mining scam, that has indicted Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, 'comes on
Yeddyurappa changes plans, returns to Bengaluru on Monday
Karnataka's beleaguered Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa is returning to Bengaluru on Monday morning after a week-long holiday in Mauritius with his family instead of flying to New Delhi as planned ear
Bye-bye BSY movement gathers steam
Facing the worst crisis of the three years it has been in power in Karnataka, the ruling BJP is likely to witness a silent coup to unseat controversial CM B.S. Yeddyurappa once he returns from a holid
K’taka BJP knives out to force Yeddy to quit
Virtually dismissing the Lokayukta report as nothing but “allegations”, Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa claimed he was “innocent” in the entire mining activity, and that there was “no direct link” between the money paid to a trust run by his sons and himself, even as state governor H.R. Bhardwaj promised he
Silent coup to unseat Yeddy?
Facing the worst crisis of the three years it has been in power, the ruling BJP is likely to witness a silent coup to unseat controversial chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa once he returns from a holiday in Mauritius.
‘BSY must quit over phone tap’
The state Congress has decided to capitalise on Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde’s claim that his phones were tapped by the state government, and will hold a massive protest in the city on Saturday demanding chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s resignation for ordering intelligence agencies to tap phones.
End of the road for K’taka CM?
His exit seems imminent this time, unlike previous occasions when he not only staved off revolts by several ministers and the formidable Reddy brothers, but flashed the victory sign when the Union government rejected governor H.R. Bhardwaj’s recommendation for President’s Rule twice in less than a year.
Karnataka mine report: BJP gets that sinking feeling
The BJP government in Karnataka came out firing on all cylinders in a desperate bid to discredit the second mining report, which reportedly indicts the state’s chief minister and four members of his c