College students betting on IPL to get rich quick
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-05-17 17:47:11 -0700 | political-news
Just before an IPL match, Jeevan Narayan, 19, a first-year electrical engineering student at RV College of Engineering, Bangalore, spends anxious hours looking for nuggets of information about the match to figure out who may emerge on top. Narayan is...
Karnataka Cabinet expansion tomorrow; no DyCM post
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-05-17 05:46:43 -0700 | political-news
The four-day old Siddaramaiah ministry in Karnataka will be expanded tomorrow with the induction of around 20 ministers amid indications that the "tainted" may be kept out of the exercise. Siddaramaiah, who was sworn in as the Chief Minister on...
Shettar is new BJP legislature party leader
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-05-14 23:01:27 -0700 | political-news
Former Karnataka Chief Minister JagadishShettar was on Tuesday unanimously elected leader of the legislature party of BJP , which suffered an ignominious defeat in the recent state Assembly polls losing power to Congress. BJP had projected Shettar as its chief...
Siddaramaiah's Rs 4,409.81-crore bonanza for poor
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-05-13 17:14:05 -0700 | political-news
Acting swiftly on Congress' poll promises, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today announced a Rs 4409.81-crore bonanza for the poor, SCs and STs, OBCs and minorities on the first day in office. At a meeting, Siddaramiah said it was decided to...
Siddaramaiah to be sworn-in as K'taka CM tomorrow
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-05-12 07:09:28 -0700 | political-news
Siddaramaiah, who led the Congress' battle against BJP Government's corruption in Karnataka, will take oath tomorrow as the 22nd Chief Minister of the state. Siddaramaiah will be sworn in alone by the state Governor H R Bhardwaj tomorrow at a...
Congress appoints Siddaramaiah as Karnataka Chief Minister
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-05-10 17:50:30 -0700 | political-news
A secret balloting route was adopted by the Congress to select the new Chief Minister in Karnataka. K Siddaramaiah was on Friday appointed as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka. A secret balloting route was adopted by the Congress to...
More than 200 crorepatis in new Karnataka Assembly
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-05-10 02:47:49 -0700 | political-news
The average asset per MLA in the 2013 Karnataka Assembly elections is Rs 23.54 crore, a nearly 135 per cent increase compared to the previous 2008 poll, when it was Rs 10.02 crore, according to an NGO. Karnataka Election Watch(KEW)...
Kharge, S Siddaramaiah vie for Karnataka CM
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-05-10 04:23:41 -0700 | political-news
After his proposed trip to Delhi was cancelled, senior Congress leader S Siddaramaiah has been receiving a steady stream of MLAs at his Kumara Park residence in the city. This was however not the only centre for political activity after...
Internal fight in Cong on K'taka CM gains full speed
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-05-09 06:20:43 -0700 | political-news
Internal fight within the Congress for Chief Ministership gained full speed today as contenders sought to vigorously push their claim in behind-the-scene action, with Siddaramaiah and M Mallikarjuna Kharge still seen as front-runners. Union Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily's name...
India Inc pins hope on a clean and stable govt
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-05-08 17:40:12 -0700 | political-news
Business leaders in Karnataka are relieved that voters have given their mandate to a single party, thus promising the prospect of a stable government for the next five years. Unsurprisingly, their main demand is good governance in a state which...
K'taka records 2nd highest voter turnout in 35 years
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-05-06 20:08:12 -0700 | political-news
Karnataka recorded the second highest voter turnout in 35 years with a polling percentage of 71.29 in the May five Assembly polls , a top electoral officer said. The highest voter turnout of 71.90 per cent was registered in 1978....
Maldives' EC officials to study Karnataka elections
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-05-06 06:43:03 -0700 | political-news
A seven member delegation from the Maldivian Election Commission is on a visit to India to get first-hand experience of the assembly elections in Karnataka, as they prepare for forthcoming Presidential polls in the island nation. The delegation, which left...
BJP promises longer night life in Bangalore
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-05-04 00:36:27 -0700 | political-news
IST Share More Karnataka's ruling BJP is wooing Bangalore's young voters with the promise of an extended night life in the state capital. Karnataka's ruling BJP is wooing Bangalore's young voters with the promise of an extended night life in...
Black humour against BJP? Yes; against UPA, no:Sibal
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-05-03 14:24:41 -0700 | political-news
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today sought to indulge in "black humour" vis-a-vis the ruling BJP government in poll-bound Karnataka, but appeared to be "stumped" when asked to do so targeting the Congress-led UPA. Speaking to reporters here two days before...
Belgaum border dispute not a closed chapter: Chavan
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-04-30 02:39:19 -0700 | political-news
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today indicated that the border dispute over Belgaum with Karnataka is not a "closed chapter" and said the two States would abide by the Supreme Court verdict on the issue. Asked if he subscribed to...
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