Bengaluru: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Friday divested some portfolios he had retained with him. Deputy CM C N Ashwath Narayan will handle Medical Education along with IT, BT and Higher Education.

New Delhi: Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal on Friday alleged that the Election Commission was acting like "yet another government department" and said the new schedule for the Karnataka bypolls have been made to "facilitate the purification" of disqualified legislators.

Bengaluru: BJP Karnataka Yuva Morcha Vice President Bheemashankar Patil has reportedly written to Karnataka BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel threatening him about mass resignation by the leaders if he tries to ignore CM Yediyurappa.

New Delhi: The bypolls to 15 Karnataka seats, which the Election Commission had decided to defer, will now be held on December 5, according to a new notification issued on Friday.

Bengaluru: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday demanded that the winter session of the state legislature be held in Belagavi hit by floods, saying it will facilitate expediting relief and rehabilitation work.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today assured a delegation of senior journalists drawn from major Kannada and English publications from across the country and  National News Agencies that he would resolve the problem relating to extension of lease of BBMP land on which  United News of India (UNI) had built its building more than 35 years ago, within two days on priority basis, a press release from UNI informed.

Bengaluru: With the Election Commission on Thursday informing the Supreme Court that it would defer the bypolls to 15 assembly segments in Karnataka till it decides the case of disqualified Congress-JD(S) legislators, the Congress and JD(S) have raised questions on the poll body's conduct.

New Delhi: The CBI has recorded statements of two senior IPS officers of Karnataka in connection with the multi-crore I-Monetary Advisory (IMA) scam case, officials said on Thursday.