BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Friday asked police officials to be polite and considerate to complainants approaching police stations. “I have a piece of advice to the senior officials that people visiting the police station should be treated with utmost respect and humility. Listen to their grievances and address them sincerely, Yediyurappa … Read more
Bengaluru: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa changed portfolios of four of his cabinet colleagues for a third time in a week including twice on Monday betraying a sign of helplessness and susceptibility to political pressures. He rejigged the portfolios of K Sudhakar, JC Madhuswamy, C P Yogeeshwara and Anand Singh. While the chief minister restored medical … Read more
BENGALURU: India’s first toy manufacturing cluster coming up on a 400-acre plot at Koppal in North Karnataka has received investment proposals worth $ 211 million (Rs 1540 crore) from six firms. Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa performed the ground-breaking at the site, on Saturday, for the toy cluster being developed by Aequs Group, promoted by Aravind … Read more
Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa has responded swiftly to the recent labour riot at Wistron’s facility in Kolar that manufactures iPhones for Apple, to limit any damage to his state’s image in the eyes of foreign investors. In a chat with ET, Yediyurappa calls the attack on Wistron’s plant an “unfortunate, one-off” incident and says … Read more
SHIVAMOGGA (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday said that his government will introduce a law against ‘Love-Jihad‘ in the next Assembly session, while the anti-cow slaughter bill will be introduced during the ongoing winter session of the Karnataka legislature. “We had introduced the cow slaughter prohibition bill earlier but Governor sent it back. … Read more
Bengaluru: Karnataka is pursuing plans to set up an industrial park on 3,200 acres of unused land owned by Bharat Gold Mines (BGML) at Kolar Gold Fields, about 94 kilometres from Bengaluru. Chief minister BS Yediyurappa and industries minister Jagadish Shettar discussed the subject with Union Minister for Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi … Read more
The Congress party in Karnataka turned out to be the unwitting victim in the aftermath of late night mob violence and riots in Bengaluru over a controversial Facebook post that left three persons dead and scores injured. The post, put out by the nephew of a Congress MLA, angered sections of Muslims, whose protest on … Read more