'When you attend an RSS function, the nation is your first priority.'
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader K G Bopaiah was on Wednesday elected as the speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The elections were held after Jagadish Shettar stepped down the post to be sworn in as a cabinet minister in the B S Yeddyurappa government.
The order came after the Congress-JD-S combine had challenged the appointment of K G Bopaiah as the pro tem speaker by Governor Vajubhai Vala.
The Congress, in its application termed the governor's action as a "brazen unconstitutional" act to appoint "a junior MLA as the pro tem speaker.
He said the cabinet expansion exercise may not take a week's time and a direction from the leadership was likely by Monday.
Another ruling Bharatiya Janata Party MLA resigned his assembly membership, further jolting the party in the poll-bound state.
An emotional remark by Speaker K G Bopaiah while opposing the heritage tag to Western Ghats has stirred up a controversy as he virtually raked up a separate statehood demand for his home district Kodagu.
Facing opposition flak for not summarily disqualifying three former disgraced ministers over the porn row, Karnataka Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah on Friday said a showcause notice was issued to the trio to ensure principles of natural justice and fair-play.
The bench, comprising Justices Mohan Shantanagouder, S Abdul Nazeer and A S Bopanna was constituted on October 30.
'As a course mate who has followed closely this star on the Bombay Sappers firmament, my heart swells with pride to see his extraordinary brilliance and focus; his commitment and his dedication; his hard work; and his technical as well as tactical knowledge,' says Colonel K Thammayya Udupa (retd) of his batchmate General Manoj Pande who will take over as chief of the army staff on May 1.
A sneak peek into the glitziest event that begins today.
Indulging in religious conversion with inducement or under pressure is an "unpardonable offence", the state home minister Araga Jnanendra said adding, it may also lead to disturbance of peace in the society.
Still trying hard to get that perfect selfie? Take lessons from these hot models walking at Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2016 on how to master the art of clicking selfies.
The post of Karnataka Lokayukta had been lying vacant since September 2011, after Shivaraj V Patil resigned from the post in the wake of a media expose that showed irregularities in the allotment of two residential plots to him and his wife.
All the 13 legislators, who resigned from the Karnataka assembly membership on Tuesday, will also give up their primary membership to the Bharatiya Janatha Party.
The BJP in Karnataka appears to be on the brink of losing its government now, as 14 members of Legislative Assembly have reached the Vidhan Soudha to tender their resignations.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka on Tuesday suffered an embarrassment after party MLA Haladi Srinivasa Shetty resigned from the Assembly over denial of ministerial berth in the Jagadish Shettar cabinet.
Sources in the BJP said a petition would be filed on Monday with the Assembly Speaker K G Bopahiah, seeking their disqualification on the charge of 'anti-party' activities.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and state Janata Dal-Secular President H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday dismissed the need for a House inquiry panel to probe the porngate scandal involving three former Bharatiya Janata Party ministers.
After waiting for over five days, 13 Bharatiya Janata Party rebel MLA's have tendered their resignations to Speaker of the legislative assembly KG Bopaiah.
Three former Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party ministers, who lost their jobs over watching porn film clippings on mobile when the assembly was in session, on Thursday submitted their replies to the show cause notice slapped on them by Speaker K G Bopaiah.
Three former Karnataka ministers on Monday sought a week's extension to file reply to the show-cause notices issued by Speaker K G Bopaiah on the porn-watching episode in the legislative assembly.
The crisis in Karnataka appears to have blown over and the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state appears to be happy that the report of Governor H R Bharadwaj endorsing President's rule has been rejected by the Centre.
Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley offers his views on the political crisis in Karnataka, the SC ruling and the Governor's actions
23-year-old Radhika Bopaiah is taking the modelling world by storm, walking the Indian ramp in a short bob.
The final hearing on petitions filed by five disqualified MLAs elected as independents, challenging the Speaker's order, was adjourned till January 27 by the Karnataka High Court.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday a issued notice to Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on a petition challenging his decision to disqualify seven members of Legislative Assembly.
Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj's recommendation to the Centre to impose President's Rule in the state after the Bharatiya Janata Party government won a controversial trust vote on Monday evoked divergent views among constitutional and legal experts.
The future course of Karnataka politics may be decided on Monday by a three-judge bench of the high court comprising Justices Abdul Nasir, Mohan Shanthan Goudar and A S Bopanna. The bench will deliver a verdict on the validity of the suspension of five independent Members of Legislative Assembly by Speaker K G Bopaiah.
The final hearing on the petition filed by five Independent MLAs challenging their disqualification from the Assembly membership will commence in the Karnataka High Court on Monday.
Karnataka Assembly Speaker Jagadish Shettar on Monday quit the post, paving way for his induction into the ministry on Tuesday as part of a compromise formula evolved to end the recent dissidence against Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa.
Justices Abdul Nasir, Mohan Shanthan Goudar and A S Bopanna, in a unanimous verdict, held that the order of the Speaker was right and not malafide.
It was a sigh of relief for the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka on Friday, with the Karnataka high court upholding the order of Speaker K G Bopaiah which had disqualified the 11 rebel BJP MLAs.
First Additional District and Sessions Court Judge V G Bopaiah passed the order when nine of the 16 were produced in the Hubli court. The nine who were produced before the judge were: Asadulla Abubaker, Shakeel Ahmed Mali, Allabakhsh Yadawad, Yaha Kammukutti, Syed Sadiq, Mohammad Yasin, Mohammad Ansar, Muroz alias Mulla and P A Shaduli.
Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com captures the chaos backstage at the Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2016.
Tipu Sultan is a controversial figure in Kodagu district as Kodavas (Coorgis), a martial race, believe thousands of their men and women were seized and held captive during his occupation and subjected to torture, death and forcible conversion to Islam.
Ahead of the floor test in Maharashtra, what is more crucial is who becomes the pro-tem speaker. And bagging this post is part of the BJP's plan to retain power, reports Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com/
Suresh Kumar said he was withdrawing his nomination following a direction from the BJP leadership.
As the political turmoil lingered on with the ruling coalition making frenetic efforts to win back rebels who have pushed it to the brink of collapse, assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Monday announced the confidence motion sought to be moved by Kumaraswamy would be taken up at 11 am on July 18.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances