Thakur was sworn in at the Glass House in Raj Bhavan in Bangalore.
Sources said that Kumaraswamy, along with 30 MLAs, will truck with the BJP and form the government. However, an official confirmation to this effect is still awaited as a meeting of the JD-S MLAs is currently going on in Bangalore. Senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu is currently in Bangalore to supervise the process of government formation. The BJP has also convened a meeting of its state leaders later in the day, when a decision is expected to be taken.
Allowing students to have interaction with Rahul Gandhi has cost vice chancellor of a leading university in Indore his job. Devi Ahilyabai Vishwa Vidyalaya (DAVV) vice chancellor Dr A S Sehrawat, who ran into a controversy after allowing Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi to interact with students on the university campus has resigned from his post.
Madhya Pradesh Health Minister Anoop Mishra, who resigned in the wake of allegations that some of his close relatives were involved in the killing of a youth over a land dispute, on Friday said he quit the State Council of Ministers to seek justice and ensure that his family gets it.
Former Union law minister H R Bharadwaj was appointed as the Governor of Karnataka by President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday.
Telugu cinema celebrated its 75 year anniversary in grand fashion, complete with glitz, glamour and some glitches too.
Yeddyurappa will meet Governor Rameshwar Thakur at Raj Bhavan to stake a claim to form the government. Meanwhile, backdoor negotiations continue to lure more independents into the party so that the BJP has the requisite number to prove its majority on the floor of the House.
The Andhra Pradesh government has promulgated an ordinance providing four per cent reservation to 15 socially and educationally backward groups among Muslims in professional educational institutions and public employment.
The warning was given by Home Minister Shivraj Patil after he reviewed the situation with Governor, Rameshwar Thakur in Bangalore on Saturday, ministry sources said on Sunday.
The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to set up regional development boards for three regions -- Telangana, Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra.
Rebel Janata Dal-Secular leader M P Prakash on Monday held consultations with party legislators supporting him to chalk out the strategy of the group, which is opposing the renewed ties with Bharatiya Janata Party on government formation in Karnataka.
After they were suspended from the State Assembly for disrupting the Question Hour, 46 opposition members, led by Leader of the Opposition N T Rama Rao, took out a rally from the Assembly premises to the state Raj Bhavan.
The imposition of President's rule in Karnataka is likely to be announced late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning, depending upon the convenience of the President Pratibha Patil.
The Congress met Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Monday and urged him to dismiss the Kumaraswamy-led state government. Congress leaders also asked Thakur to impose President's rule in Karnataka. During the meeting, Congress legislators submitted individual letters to Thakur stating that they will not support any party in government formation.
The state legislative council was abolished way back in 1985.
After Kumaraswamy was shifted out of the ICU, Governor Rameshwar Thakur, his father and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, accompanied by his wife Chennamma, other family members and friends visited him.
The decision was taken by the Cabinet following a recommendation to this effect by Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur. The Governor had sent his report to the Cabinet soon after Yeddyurappa resigned from the post of chief minister, as he lacked the requisite numbers on the floor of the House.
Governor Rameshwar Thakur accepted the resignation of B S Yediyurappa and asked him to continue in office till alternate arrangements are made.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader B S Yediyurappa will lead BJP-JD-S legislators before President Prathiba Patil in New Delhi on Tuesday. Stating that during the meeting with the President, Congress' anti-democratic attitude would be exposed, Yediyurappa also alleged that the Congress was leaving no stone unturned to thwart the installation of a BJP-led coalition government in Karnataka.
Thakur is likely to meet the Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil and submit his report.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday demanded that Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur immediately call the BJP to form the government as they had the required strength. Referring to reported statements by senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily, that the governor had sent a "statement of facts" to the Centre, the BJP wondered how this was made known to him as the report has not been made public.
The Governor's report comes four days after the Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal (S) staked a claim to form a coalition government. Congress has been pushing for dissolution of the assembly and holding of fresh elections. It is learnt that the Governor in his status report apprising the President, has referred to the petitions received by him from political leaders since October 7, the day BJP withdrew support to the JDS-led government.
The President's rule was imposed in the past -- Thrice when the Congress was in power in the state and once when erstwhile Janata Party was ruling the state.
While politicking has gone quiet, there is a raging debate on whether the Governor acted in haste or were his actions in accordance with law.
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy was summoned by Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Monday and asked to explain his stand about the ongoing political crisis. During the hour-long meeting with the chief minister, the governor asked Kumaraswamy to make his stance clear. Thakur also wanted to know the Janata Dal Secular's next course of action. Kumaraswamy sought time till October 18, so that he could prove his majority in the Legislative Assmebly after a trust vote.
The BJP formally withdrew support from the Karnataka government on Sunday, thus reducing the Janata Dal-Secular government, led by Kumaraswamy, to a minority. The BJP met Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur at Raj Bhavan on Sunday to inform him about its decision to withdraw support. The BJP leaders also urged the governor to impose President's rule. Kumaraswamy said that he is ready to face the trust vote on October 18 and added that he is confident of winning.
Honour the committment or just forget about the coalition," declared senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha in Bangalore on Monday. "There is no further scope for negotiations on power transfer," he added.
The fate of the first independent Bharatiya Janata Party government in South India will be decided on Friday, with Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa all set to take the floor test. Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur will address the joint session of the state legislative assembly and council at 1215 hours. This would be followed by a debate and later the floor test will be held. The entire process is expected to be completed by 1700 hours on Friday.
Vidhan Soudha, the seat of power in Karnataka, will be back in business, with the three- day Special Session of the Karnataka Legislative getting underway on Wednesday.
Putting the Bharatiya Janata Party in a piquant situation, Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur has asked the B S Yeddyurappa government, which assumed office on Friday, to prove its majority in the Assembly before his customary address.The Yeddyurappa-led government had obtained the support of all the six Independent legislators to form the government. The BJP had fallen just three seats short of a simple majority, winning 110 seats in the 224-member Assembly.
Two years after the then JD(S)-BJP government announced the cart-and-bullock scheme for the farming community, the State Executive Committee headed by Governor Rameshwar Thakur gave a silent burial to the scheme last week after stopping short of branding it a 'complete failure'.
The star campaigner of the The Bharatiya Janata Party, B S Yeddyurappa, who is hoping to capitalise on public sympathy after the Janata Dal-Secular did him in within seven days of taking charge as chief minister, has said his party will provide free power to farmers who own irrigation pump sets up to 10 horse power in the state.
Against the backdrop of the Bharatiya Janata Party's demand that the Centre should not postpone Assembly polls in Karnataka, state Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Wednesday said the elections are likely to be held in May.
The BJP government in Karnataka on Tuesday decided to seek a vote of confidence on the floor of the Assembly on November 19, four days earlier than it preferred to do, following a directive by Governor Rameshwar Thakur to prove its majority within eight days.
Yeddyurappa, who could not stop smiling while the ceremony, said he swore upon God and the farmers' community in Karnataka that he will govern the state to the best of his ability.
He will be the first BJP chief minister in South India. Karnataka will however have to wait another week until the government becomes entirely functional, as the rest of the ministers in the cabinet are expected to take oath only a week later.
With the BJP likely to form a government in the state of Karnataka, its first in south India, will the minorities face problems? Or will the BJP, which is dependent on the JD (S)'s support, push good governance as its USP?
Yediyurappa, who was deputy chief minister and finance minister in the Janata Dal Secular-BJP coalition government headed by H D Kumaraswamy, said he received a call from the Governor when he was at the Vaishno Devi shrine on Thursday.
The Janata Dal-Secular, whose refusal to transfer power to the BJP led to President's rule being imposed in Karnataka, later offered support to the BJP.
The prime minister assured the delegation that the Centre would go by the spirit of the Constitution, but did not give any specific timeframe, said BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu.
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