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  1. Why Karnataka is Gowda’s own country

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    / June 23, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Yet another wicket has fallen in Karnataka. This time, Law and Urban Development minister Suresh Kumar. And the charges, pretty familiar. Suresh Kumar was accused of securing allotment of residential sites through his family members (mother and daughter), in violation of rules. Kumar decided to resign on moral grounds, besides...

  2. Jagan’s party targets CBI’s Lakshminarayana

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    / June 22, 2012 / 3 Comments
    The YSR Congress has decided to go for the jugular. And its target is CBI joint director V V Lakshminarayana, who is heading the probe into Jaganmohan Reddy’s disproportionate assets case. Disclosing the call details of mobile phones used by the Lakshminarayana, which showed several phone calls made to crime...

  3. Nithyananda re-arrested, sent to jail

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    / June 14, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Twists and turns in the godman Nithyananda case. Just hours after being granted bail by a court in Ramangar, he was re-arrested today and remanded to one-day judicial custody on charges of disturbing peace. Nithyananda was arrested on Wednesday after he appeared before a court to surrender in an assault...

  4. Nityananda’s ashram to be locked up

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    / June 11, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Swami Nityananda is in trouble once again. The Karnataka government has ordered locking up his ashram near Bangalore, following new allegations of sexual exploitation of women against him. Chief minister Sadananda Gowda himself confirmed that he had ordered that the ashram be locked. Stating there were too many demands for...

  5. `Your Honour’ is in the dock

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    / June 1, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Pardon this unparliamentary phrase but if sources in the CBI are to be believed, the s*** from Bellary has hit the ceiling in Hyderabad. The Andhra Pradesh High court Chief Justice Madan Lokur on his last but one day in office suspended First Additional Special Judge for CBI cases, T...

  6. Aaj India bandh hai, kal aana

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    / May 31, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Raj Thackeray is a reformed man. He is not taking part in the Bharat Bandh today. “Holding a bandh has become an old weapon. It is better if some thought is put into finding solutions,” he said. This is good news. For Raj’s absence would mean hopefully lesser number of...

  7. Veena Malik in Kannada `Dirty Picture’

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    / May 27, 2012 / Leave a comment
    And now for `The Dirty Picture’ in Kannada. This version will star Pakistani actress Veena Malik. Producer Venkatappa has decided to use the same title, despite reservations from Ekta Kapoor who produced the Hindi original. His son Akshay will play the male lead opposite Veena. The Kannada filmmakers say their...
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    Tagged ekta kapoor, kannada, silk smitha, the dirty picture, veena malik, vidya balan

  8. Time to count the elephants

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    / May 22, 2012 / Leave a comment
    It is time to count the elephants in India, starting today. The census will take place in the forest areas of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Goa, where the elephant habitat is contiguous. `The Hindu’ reports that one of the centres of intense activity will be the Nagarahole...

  9. An office for Mr Yeddyurappa

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    / May 18, 2012 / Leave a comment
    B S Yeddyurappa now has a new address. Office address, that is. Yeddy vacated his Race Course road office and residence provided to him by the BJP government since 2006 and moved to the new office that earlier housed the party’s state office in Bangalore’s Malleswaram area. Yeddy whose residence...

  10. Raided by CBI, Yeddy applies for bail

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    / May 16, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Things are getting hot under the collar for B S Yeddyurappa. Just a day after he flexed his muscles at the BJP leadership, the CBI raided his and his family members’ residences in Bangalore and Shimoga. In the meanwhile, Yeddy filed for anticipatory bail for himself and on behalf of...

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