Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday night spoke to Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda over phone on the issue of two ministers of the state being caught on TV camera watching allegedly porn clippings on mobile phone during state assembly proceedings in Bangalore.
Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda tells Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa that FDI in railways would be permitted only in infrastructure and not operations.
D V Sadananda Gowda is all set to assume charge as new Karnataka chief minister on Thursday even as there was disquiet in the rival camp which lost out in the bitterly fought secret ballot.
Karnataka's Chief Minister-designate D V Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday promised to give "pro-development and people-friendly" government as he sought to reach out to the rival camp in ruling Bharatiya Janata Party by saying he would seek to unite and take everybody into confidence.
The Railway Minister proposed numerous steps to enhance passengers' safety.
As Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda prepares to face an acid test in the Karnataka legislative assembly on Thursday, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs have been locked up at the posh Golden Palms resort in the outskirts of Bangalore.
We have requested the commerce department to delete the line that FDI was not permitted in the Railways, the minister said.
Ending his 11-month tenure, D V Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday resigned as the Karnataka chief minister, paving the way for Jagadish Shettar to take over, but not before dramatic scenes were witnessed with his supporters trying to physically prevent him from stepping down.
Gowda has also failed to offer clarity on reforming the Railway Board.
Amid mounting pressure from B S Yeddyurapa for his reinstatement, Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda on Thursday met the Bharatiya Janata Party top brass, including Nitin Gadkari and L K Advani, and said he had been assured that there would be no leadership change.
Crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party's Karnataka unit appeared to worsen on Friday with former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa insisting on a February 27 ultimatum for his reinstatement and party president Nitin Gadkari ruling out replacing incumbent Sadananda Gowda. Yeddyurappa, who was forced to resign more than six months ago after a Lokayukta report indicted him on illegal mining, made it clear to the party chief that he was in no mood to wait any longer.
Anand Asnotikar, an MLA in the Gowda camp, has threatened to pull down the government if the chief minister is changed as demanded by the Yeddyurappa-led faction.
Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Narendra Singh Tomar and Sadananda Gowda were among those who received the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday.
Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda presented the Railway Budget in the Parliament on Tuesday.
In a relief to Karnataka Home and Transport Minister R Ashok, who has been booked under the prevention of corruption act for his alleged denotification of lands in Lottegollahalli, Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda said that no action will be taken against him for now.
A complaint was filed against former Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda and seven other government officials, including the chief secretary, before the Lokayukta court on Wednesday for alleged misuse of power to grab property.
Time may be running out for Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda. According to sources, the Bharatiya Janata Party's top leadership has indicated that there might be a change of guard at the Centre.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's first list of 20 candidates for Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka has caused dissidence among leaders in the state with few claiming that they would switch over to Congress.
The crime investigation department, probing the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act case against Yediyurappa, had earlier summoned him for questioning.
The Railways could tie up with technical institutions for introducing railway-oriented subject for graduation and skill development.
Jagadish Shettar, BJP's third chief minister in four years, will take oath on Wednesday morning.
Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj on Wednesday appointed Jagadish Shettar as chief minister and invited him to form the government
In a hard-hitting interview to rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa Sadananda Gowda says the BJP will not settle for anything other than power.
Sadananda Gowda, the minister, also Bengaluru North MP, drove off in an official car with out undergoing institutional quarantine as mandated by the Karnataka government for air travellers coming from high COVID-19 prevalence states after arriving by a commercial airline flight, services of which resumed after two months.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and a strong team of Union ministers figure in the list of the party's 40 star campaigners for Karnataka assembly elections next month.
Karnataka would vote on May 10, and the results will be declared on May 13.
The 75-year-old Eshwarappa, had remained steadfast in his decision to contest, spurning efforts by party leaders to pacify him. He had even filed his nomination as an independent candidate.
The Opposition Congress on Saturday seemed to be on course to breach rival Bharatiya Janata Party's lone southern citadel Karnataka, inching towards the magic figure of 113 needed to form a government on its own.
The Indian Railways will develop few stations which will be at par with global standard.
Congress on Tuesday slammed the Railway Budget as "pro-rich" with former Congress leader Mukesh Sharma removing Sadanand Gowda's nameplate, stepping on it in protest of what the party has called a anti-poor budget.
The Railway Minister has announced that there is an urgency to attract FDI in Railway projects.
'There is huge anger among our workers and leaders, so many of us have decided to contest the Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka as Independents to fight against this injustice.'
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday named 72 more candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, including Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal and Anurag Singh Thakur, and former chief ministers Manohar Lal Khattar, Trivendra Singh Rawat and Basavaraj Bommai.
Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Wednesday sacked Excise Minister Renukacharya from his cabinet.
In remarks which could trigger controversy, Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday termed the Vyapam scam as a "silly issue" on which Prime Minister Narendra Modi need not comment.
Gowda told media persons that he appraised the Governor of the situation in the wake of nine Cabinet ministers resigning from their posts.
Mumbai locals will get a swanky look with state-of-the art coaches.
Maharashtra is going to polls later this year and the leaders of BJP-Shiv Sena alliance do not want the hike to spoil their chances of winning the polls.
The war between the two factions in the Bharatiya Janata Party's Karnataka unit continues, with pressure being mounted on newly-appointed Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda. Gowda, who held his first review meeting on Friday, now faces the challenges posed to him by the faction led by BJP leader Jagadish Shettar. Shettar was also a frontrunner for the coveted CM's post. Shettar and his supporters have demanded the following portfolios -- deputy chief minister, Home and Revenue.
'Destabilising the Yediyurappa government is not a cakewalk.' 'If he is destabilised, then the BJP will have problems in Karnataka.'
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