BJP drops 8 Karnataka MLAs in first list of 189, puts up 52 new faces

Taking the fight to the Opposition camp, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has chosen to field heavyweights against top Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar in the May 10 Karnataka......

'Amavasya' deters K'tka candidates from filing nominations

Many candidates in Karnataka put off their move to file nominations for the May 5 assembly elections on Wednesday owing to ‘amavasya’, considered inauspicious, as the poll process was......

Another BJP MLA quits; K'taka CM says no threat to govt

Another ruling Bharatiya Janata Party MLA resigned his assembly membership, further jolting the party in the poll-bound state.H S Shankarlinge Gowda, who represents Chamaraja assembly constituency,......

K'taka: 5 new ministers inducted; Reddys kept out

In the second expansion in three days, Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Thursday inducted five ministers of cabinet rank into his ministry, but kept out the controversial Reddy......