Basavaraj Bommai

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Attempts were made to sideline Vasundhara Raje since the BJP lost the last Assembly elections.(Photo: ANI)

Sunil Gatade | BJP springs a surprise: No CM face in MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh

The BJP’s decision does not really mean that it is blindly following the “ek Modi sab par bhari” line.

31 Jul 2023 12:10 AM

A probe by the EC, conducted by IAS officer Amlan Aditya Biswas, regional commissioner, B'luru division, has found that many officials of the BBMP gave illegal and undue favours to a private trust called Chilume. (Representational Image)

Dilip Cherian | Karnataka’s voter data theft case resurfaces ahead of Assembly polls

While the probe has established links between BBMP officials and the Chilume Trust, it is yet to establish where the collected data is kept

21 Apr 2023 12:00 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai during the inauguration of the 'India Energy Week 2023' in Bengaluru on Monday. (PHOTO: PTI)

Sunil Gatade | May 13 in Karnataka: For whom will it be unlucky?

With the Lok Sabha polls just a year away, the Karnataka polls may be crucial to show which way the political winds are blowing

15 Apr 2023 12:10 AM

(L-R) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah. (AA Image)

Modi, Shah to visit Karnataka again ahead of high-profile polls

While the home minister will be landing late Thursday night, the Prime Minister is expected to visit the state on Saturday

23 Mar 2023 8:04 PM

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai (Twitter/@BSBommai)

Bommai woos women with free bus passes

As per the available statistics, while women’s voting percentage has gone up to 71.52, the percentage for men has remained static at 72.67

21 Feb 2023 11:54 PM

As the remarks made by law and Parliamentary affairs minister J.C. Madhuswamy have drawn criticism from some ministers, with one of them even advising him to quit the ministry, Bommai (third from right) said he will talk to all cabinet colleagues concerned. — PTI

‘Govt not functioning’, Karnataka minister says in clip

A purported phone conversation between Madhuswamy and Bhaskar, a Channapatna-based social worker, had gone viral on Saturday

17 Aug 2022 9:58 AM

Union defence minister Rajnath Singh tested positive for Covid-19

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his Karnataka counterpart Basavaraj Bommai and BJP president J.P. Nadda also tested positive

10 Jan 2022 11:05 PM

BJP leaders Vijay Rupani, BS Yediyurappa and Tirath Singh Rawat (from left to right). (ANI Photo)

Three CMs of BJP-ruled states resign in less than three months

In the 2017 state election, the BJP won 99 of the state's 182 Assembly seats, Congress got 77 seats

11 Sep 2021 7:02 PM

An artisan paints to give finishing touches to a clay idol of Ganesha ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Bangalore on September 4, 2021. (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in districts with Covid rate below 2% in Karnataka

As per order, the night curfew will continue in the state even during the celebration period

06 Sep 2021 4:22 AM

Conscious that the effort required will be huge, Mamata Banerjee is insistent that time is running out to start this endeavour. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Mamata ‘antidote’ to Modi? Khela Hobe strikes a chord

It is not entirely incidental that she has taken possession of the empty slot of Opposition leader

11 Aug 2021 1:21 AM

Bommai is a close confidante of Yediyurappa. (Photo: Twitter/@BJP4Karnataka)

Basavaraj Bommai takes oath as Chief Minister of Karnataka

The 61-year-old leader was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot at the Raj Bhavan

28 Jul 2021 12:58 PM

Visuals from the Karnataka BJP Legislative Party meeting on Bengaluru on Tuesday. (Photo: Twitter/@BJP4Karnataka)

Basavaraj Bommai is new chief minister of Karnataka

The 61-year-old leader was the minister for home affairs, law, parliamentary affairs and legislature in Mr Yediyurappa’s cabinet

28 Jul 2021 6:53 AM

Karnataka home minister Basavaraj Bommai. (ANI)

Don't compel police to use force to implement lockdown, warns Karnataka home minister

He said this lockdown is important, last time the infection was not upto this level.

15 Jul 2020 12:37 PM

Politicans condemn Amulya’s actions

Former chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said that it is the duty of every citizen to respect the country, at Ramanagara on Friday.

22 Feb 2020 2:44 AM

‘Check with social welfare dept’: Minister on detention centre in Karnataka

The facility with several rooms, a kitchen and toilets has been kept ready on directions of govt, a social welfare dept official said.

25 Dec 2019 6:48 PM

At several places in the state protests and incidences of burning tires, stone pelting and torching of buses have been reported since last night, Bommai said adding officials are on the job to maintain peace. (Photo: File | ANI)

K'taka Congress stages protests over Shivakumar's arrest, state HM calls for peace

The Minister has also instructed officials to take all necessary steps to maintain law and order.

04 Sep 2019 3:45 PM

The Karnataka government has released Rs 195 crore for relief measures in the state. (Photo: ANI)

BS Yeddyurappa holds meeting to review flood situation in Karnataka's Haveri

Yeddyurappa had on Thursday paid a visit to the flood-affected area of Kodagu district and took stock of the situation.

31 Aug 2019 8:03 PM

'They (Rahul and Kumaraswamy) have made fun of themselves with the way they talk, their thinking and body language. People will decide who is a hero and who are jokers.', Bommai said. (Photo: ANI)

Rahul Gandhi, Kumaraswamy are 'jokers', says BJP's Basavaraj Bommai

Bommai further alleged that the Lingayat issue was used by the Congress party just like 'divide and rule policy' of the British.

19 Apr 2019 11:17 AM

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