BJP sticks to old guard, chooses Shettar

Vicky Nanjappa speaks to Bharatiya Janata party Member of Legislative Assembly Krishna Palemar, who was one of the ministers in the Sadananda Gowda cabinet who resigned after television clips showed him allegedly watching a porn video in the Karnataka assembly. A lot is riding on BJP MLA Krishna Palemar who is contesting the elections from the Mangalore north constituency. Palemar is a big hope for the BJP in Mangalore and the party hopes that he could retain his seat for the third time. The ...

STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Amid noisy scenes, Legislators of Jammu based political parties including Bhartiya Janata Party, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party and Jammu State Morcha on Friday staged walkout of the State Legislative Assembly over issue of ...

Bihar Assembly today saw bedlam with RJD members demanding resignation of two BJP ministers for allegedly calling them 'Pakistani agents' after they protested against school students being made to do the 'surya namaskar' yoga asana. RJD members started ...

Bangalore, May 10 (IBNS):Ending all speculations, Congress Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) on Friday elected party leader K Siddaramaiah as the next Chief Minister of Karnataka where the party stormed to power after scripting a significant ...

The newly-elected members of the BJP legislators would meet on May 14 and elect their leader. Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, senior party leader Venkaiah Naidu said a meeting of the BJP legislature party has been convened on May 14 which ...

Tags : Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar,Resigns, 14th Etate Legislative Assembly Elections Write to the editor Bangalore, May 8: Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today resigned after his ruling BJP faced a humiliating defeat in the ...

The average asset of the 92 re-elected members of Legislative Assembly in Karnataka is estimated at Rs 30.15 crore, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms and Karnataka Election Watch analysis.In 2008, these MLAs were worth Rs 17 crore. The average asset of the 92 re-elected MLAs has grown by 72 per cent or Rs. 12.62 crore over the last five years (2008-2013).The average asset of each Karnataka MLA is estimated at Rs 23.54 crore this year. In 2008, it was Rs. 10.02 crore and has ...

The Malur Assembly elections this time has thrown up many surprises to the people. BJP which had its legislator twice-elected in the constituency, is missing from the action. This has prompted many to say that the BJP has already lost the election, without ...

MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday met leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly and senior BJP leader Eknath Khadse at his residence in Jalna and expressed his deep condolences. Mr Khadse has lost his son and his elder sister last week. Raj went to ...