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Karnataka new forest minister’s CV: 15 criminal cases, ‘illegal miner, forest encroacher’

CM B.S. Yediyurappa has given the forest portfolio to turncoat four-time MLA Anand Singh, who is an accused in several illegal mining and forest cases.

10 turncoats to become ministers in Yediyurappa govt, senior BJP leaders will have to wait

CM Yediyurappa, who had been under pressure to induct the turncoats, has finally convinced the BJP leadership of the need to expand his cabinet.

Yediyurappa govt is safe as BJP looks set for clear majority after Karnataka bypolls

Latest trends show BJP will win 12 seats, taking tally to 118 in 222-member Karnataka assembly, though CM B.S. Yediyurappa will have new challenges to deal with.

BJP happy as SC allows rebel MLAs to contest but Yediyurappa’s real challenge starts now

Fifteen of the 17 former Congress-JD(S) MLAs are likely to be fielded as BJP candidates in the 5 December Karnataka bypolls.

Karnataka CM Yediyurappa says Supreme Court verdict cuts Siddaramaiah’s ‘conspiracy’

After the Supreme Court upheld the disqualification of 17 MLAs, Yediyurappa said he was confident the BJP would win all the seats in 5 December bypolls.

Medical college, roads, irrigation plans — how Yediyurappa is ‘campaigning’ for rebel MLAs

It was the resignation of 17 JD(S) and Congress MLAs that paved the way for the BJP to return to power in Karnataka. 

Modi-Shah’s BJP thinks it doesn’t need mass leaders in states. So did Indira Gandhi’s Congress

Yediyurappa, Vasundhara Raje, Shivraj Chouhan and Raman Singh are the only mass leaders of BJP in states. But they are being replaced now.

‘Upright’ Karnataka IAS officer transferred again — 4th time for taking on political class

Rohini Sindhuri, dubbed 'Lady Singham', has been transferred for allegedly refusing to divert nearly Rs 1,000 crore from the corpus fund of her department for flood relief.

Now, Siddaramaiah’s Krishi Bhagya scheme under probe, Yediyurappa govt says funds ‘misused’

With a few other schemes launched by the previous regimes already being probed, opposition Congress is alleging vendetta politics.

Karnataka deserves good governance. It’s time BJP started delivering that

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No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.