Karnataka BJP
22 Jan 2020
An MLA of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has sparked a fresh controversy by saying that Muslims store weapons inside mosques, and rarely pray there.
04 Sep 2019
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday night arrested DK Shivakumar, Congress' strongman in Karnataka, in connection to a money laundering case. The agency moved for his arrest after grilling him several times in the last couple of days.
24 Jul 2019
BS Yeddyurappa, one of the tallest BJP's leaders in Karnataka, is all set to return on the Chief Minister chair, 14 months after he resigned without facing a trust vote in the Assembly.
19 Jul 2019
Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh has adjourned the House till July 22 (Monday), ignoring Governor Vajubhai Vala's directions to hold the trust vote by Friday itself. The Assembly floor test will now be held on Monday.
09 Jul 2019
The ongoing political crisis in Karnataka took a new turn on Monday after all 30 ministers of the ruling JD(S)-Congress government resigned to make way for a cabinet reshuffle, in hope of saving the coalition from crumbling completely.
08 Jul 2019
Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy returned to Bengaluru on Sunday night after a 10-day US trip following the resignations of 13 MLAs of the Congress-JD(S) coalition in the state.
07 Jul 2019
Following the resignation of 12 MLAs of the Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge blamed BJP for the political crisis.
28 Jan 2019
Union minister Anantkumar Hegde, who has grabbed the limelight time and again for his wild statements, has hit a new low.
25 Dec 2018
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has found himself in the middle of a massive controversy after he was seen on video ordering someone to "kill mercilessly" to avenge the death of a local JD(S) leader.
12 Nov 2018
The last rites of Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar, who passed away in Bengaluru today, would be performed tomorrow afternoon, Karnataka BJP said.
18 May 2018
The Karnataka BJP today welcomed the Supreme Court order on the floor test, asserting that Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa would prove his majority in the Assembly with the support of over 120 MLAs.
16 May 2018
The political slug-fest in Karnataka has finally come to an end.
10 May 2018
Reaching out to Dalits and other backward communities in poll-bound Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his government was trying to fulfill BR Ambedkar's dream of a powerful and prosperous nation.
07 May 2018
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hit out at the opposition for opposing technology be it in the form of Aadhaar card or EVMs.
04 May 2018
Sitting BJP MLA of Jayanagar in Karnataka, BN Vijaya Kumar, died in the wee hours today after a massive heart attack. He was 60.
26 Apr 2018
PM Narendra Modi said today that development was his only agenda for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls, and accused the state's Congress government of stalling its progress.
23 Apr 2018
Having fallen on hard times following the humongous iron ore mining scam, the resourceful Reddy brothers of Ballari are back in the reckoning with the BJP fielding two of them for the political potboiler of upcoming Assembly polls.
15 Apr 2018
A political war has erupted in poll-bound Karnataka after state Congress President Dinesh Gundu Rao called for beating UP CM Yogi Adityanath with slippers.
02 Apr 2018
The opposition BJP has brought out a "charge-sheet" against the ruling Congress government in Karnataka over various issues, including alleged failures on law and order front, atrocities against Dalits and women, farmers suicide, and drug mafia among others.
31 Mar 2018
BJP President Amit Shah said his party -if voted to power- would hunt down the killers of RSS and BJP workers in Karnataka and hand out severest of punishment to them.
09 Mar 2018
A nasty war of words has erupted between Raghu Ram of 'Roadies' fame and the Karnataka BJP on Twitter.
26 Nov 2017
While inaugurating the three-day 83rd Akhil Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said that those who oppose a separate state flag are disrespecting the state and language.
16 Oct 2017
Heavy rains over the last two months made 2017 Bengaluru's wettest year in 115 years, according to India Meteorological Department.
07 Sep 2017
After BJP was denied permission to organize a bike rally in Karnataka's Mangaluru, the party leaders decided to embark on a walkathon from Jyothi Circle to the DC Office in the city.
07 Sep 2017
Karnataka Police detained several BJP leaders, including state party chief BS Yeddyurappa, at a rally protesting the alleged murders of party functionaries. Permission was not granted for this rally.
05 Sep 2017
BJP in Karnataka has been denied permission by the Siddaramaiah-led Congress Government to organize "Mangaluru Chalo" bike rally in Bengaluru.
22 Mar 2017
Former Karnataka CM SM Krishna will be joining BJP in the presence of party chief Amit Shah in Delhi.
15 Mar 2017
District Cooperative Central Banks (DCCB) in Karnataka had continued accepting deposits in banned currencies (Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000) even after being prohibited by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
14 Mar 2017
Karnataka BJP President B S Yeddyurappa stated to the media that former Congress leader SM Krishna will join the BJP on 15 March.
13 Feb 2017
Bengaluru residents are spending noisy days as jets keep roaring by ahead of Aero India, scheduled from February 14 at Yelahanka airbase.
04 Feb 2017
Karnataka unit president BS Yeddyurappa announced that veteran Congress politician SM Krishna would soon join the BJP.
29 Jan 2017
S. M. Krishna, former Karnataka Chief Minister and the Congress party's senior most member, announced his retirement from politics yesterday, taking the Congress party by surprise.
