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BJP government which promised to give clean administration is hit by 'bribe for transfer' controversy as CM BS Yediyurappa's minister H Nagesh is accused of demanding Rs 1 crore from an official in the Excise department. The matter reached the central leader level after the daughter of the officer sent a letter to PM Modi about 'clean' administration.

Cabinet berth aspirants and turncoat leaders hoping to become ministers in the BS Yediyurppa government will have to wait till January as state election commission has poured cold water in their plans by announcing poll dates for Gram Panchayat elections. 

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has said his government will not allow the "forced bandh" called by some pro-Kannada outfits on December 5 against its decision to set up the Maratha Development Board.

DK Shivakumar’s daughter Aishwarya on Thursday got engaged to Amartya Hegde. The engagement ceremony was held at Taj Bangalore near the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru.

BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday said that he would expand the cabinet after BJP President JP Nadda approves the list of proposed ministers.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa slammed Pawar’s statement and said those are meant for unwanted controversy, says “Marathi speaking people are just like Kannadigas. They too belong to us”.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced the name of K Narayan, a well-known businessman in Karnataka, as party’s Rajya Sabha candidate for the vacancy created by the death of Ashok Gasti, who had succumbed to COVID-19 in September.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa is scheduled to visit New Delhi on Wednesday. The CM will be spending the day meeting the central leadership of BJP.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has ordered formation of a new Maratha Development Authority for which Rs 50 crore will be set aside. The announcement comes ahead of the byelection to the Basavakalyan assembly constituency.

Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa announced that his government would "take stern measures towards ending ‘Love Jihad’ in Karnataka.

A Lingayat forum in Bengaluru has urged the BJP high command to take a decision to offer the seat of the Chief Minister only to a strong Lingayat candidate if the current CM, BS Yediyurappa is removed.

Coming down heavily on former Union minister Basangouda Patil Yatnal who demanded change in CM post and sacking of BS Yediyurappa, Cabinet minister KS Eshwarappa has said Yatnal should be sacked as other leaders too echo his thoughts. 
 

Chief minister of Karnataka held a virtual meeting with the US Consul General Judith Ravin on Wednesday (September 16). The meeting was held to discuss Karnataka’s space tech collaboration with the US and plans to set up an US Embassy Office in Bengaluru.

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa, on Friday, launched the Shikshaka Mitra mobile app which was developed on the request of the Department of Primary and Secondary Education. The CM also released two books named Vidyavineeta and Shikshana Yatre during the event.

Karnataka cooperatives minister ST Somashekhar and Chamundeshwari MLA GT Devegowda are the latest politicians who have been tested positive for COVID-19