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Mysuru, April 6 Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara stated on Monday that Siddaramaiah will continue as Chief Minister for the full five-year term "under the current situation."However, he maintained that any decision regarding leadership change rests solely with the Congress high command...

Bengaluru, April 1 BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai said on Wednesday that the ongoing power struggle within the ruling Congress in Karnataka is on a "temporary pause" due to by-elections, and claimed that the state is headed towards a "political battle" for the Chief Minister's position in May...

Bengaluru, March 30 – BJP Yuva Morcha National President and Bengaluru South MP, Tejasvi Surya, ridiculed the Congress-led government in Karnataka over its decision to negotiate IPL tickets for legislators and parliamentarians, eventually settling for three tickets to watch Royal Challengers...

Bengaluru, March 28 Calling the decision to allot two IPL tickets to MLAs “VIP culture”, senior Karnataka BJP MLA S Suresh Kumar on Saturday said he does not want them.He expressed surprise that the government was eager to make such an announcement just 24 hours after the discussion in the...

Bengaluru, March 27 – Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara defended the demands made by state legislators in the Assembly for VIP treatment and IPL tickets, suggesting that there was nothing wrong with the request.Speaking to the media on Friday, Parameshwara said, “It is not wrong for MLAs...

Bengaluru, March 26 – The issue of tickets for Karnataka MLAs for IPL matches at Bengaluru's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium was raised in the Assembly on Thursday, with Speaker U.T. Khader urging the government to take up the matter with the relevant authorities.Khader stated that MLAs are currently...

Bengaluru, March 25 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Wednesday that he would present two more budgets, provided the Congress high command allows him to do so. Siddaramaiah was speaking in the Karnataka Assembly while replying to the discussion on the budget he had presented on March...

Bengaluru, March 23 Karnataka School Education and Literacy Minister S Madhu Bangarappa introduced two bills in the assembly on Monday, seeking to protect government educational lands and streamline the teacher transfer process.The Karnataka Government Educational Institution's Lands...

Bangalore, March 23 – The Karnataka Assembly on Monday passed two key bills, including the Karnataka Prohibition of Crimes in the Name of Unity, Freedom, Dignity, and Tradition in Marriage Bill, 2026, with the government asserting that both measures aim at social reform and preservation of...

Bengaluru, March 23 The Karnataka Assembly on Monday passed two key bills, including the Karnataka Prohibition of Crimes in the Name of Unity, Freedom, Dignity and Tradition in Marriage (Ivanaarava, Ivanaarava) Bill, 2026, with the government asserting that both measures aim at social reform and...

Bengaluru, March 23 Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, R Ashoka, urged the Speaker on Monday not to allow the ongoing legislative session to be curtailed, amid indications of such a move, in the wake of bypolls to two assembly segments in the state.Ashoka, a senior BJP leader...

Bengaluru, March 20 Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Friday that any decision regarding the cabinet reshuffle rests solely with the Congress high command and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.His remarks come as several party legislators have been intensifying their demands for...

Bengaluru, March 18 – The Karnataka Assembly debated the use of DJ music during cultural and religious festivals across the state, with the Congress-led government seeking the backing of the opposition BJP in issuing an order for a ban.Raising the issue during a discussion on government...

New Delhi/Bengaluru, March 18 – Union Minister for Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi criticised the Karnataka Congress government on Tuesday, stating that it had repeatedly displayed administrative failures, and that the latest incident, where the Assembly Speaker...

Bengaluru, March 17 A group of senior Congress legislators met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday, urging a cabinet reshuffle to provide them an opportunity to serve as Ministers.The group of about 40 legislators, who have been MLAs for over three terms, have planned to go to New Delhi...

Bengaluru, March 17 – Karnataka Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader said on Tuesday that the government had taken serious note of the delays in providing answers to questions from legislators.He stated that instructions had been issued to the concerned ministers and officials to ensure that replies...

On March 16 in Bengaluru, Karnataka Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader convened a meeting with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka, Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, and other senior Congress leaders regarding unanswered questions in the state Assembly, which had previously...

Bengaluru, March 16 Karnataka Assembly Speaker U T Khader adjourned the House and walked out on Monday, expressing his displeasure over the insufficient number of written replies from government departments to questions from MLAs. He stated that he would not run the House until concerned...

On Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused the Congress-led Karnataka government of "disrespecting democracy" after the Assembly Speaker, U.T. Khader, adjourned the state Assembly when state ministers allegedly failed to provide written replies to questions raised by opposition MLAs...

Bengaluru, March 16 The Karnataka Assembly passed a bill on Monday aimed at regulating outdoor advertisements and enabling municipal bodies to levy and collect fees on hoardings and billboards across the state.The Karnataka Legislative Assembly passed the Karnataka Municipalities and Certain...