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  1. Ananth and Sad-ananda to blame, says Yeddy

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    / May 14, 2012 / Leave a comment
    In the end, it turned out to be one of those melodramatic speeches, without delivering the knock-out punch. B S Yeddyurappa was all fire and brimstone at his press conference just a while back, blaming Karnataka chief minister Sadananda Gowda and Ananth Kumar for all the mess he is in....

  2. Valmiki rewrites the last chapter of Ramayana

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    / May 14, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The original Ramayana : Lord Ram returns to Ayodhya after 14 years in exile, after vanquishing Raavan in Lanka. His younger brother Bharat has been holding fort, worshipping Ram’s sandals on the throne. Bharat is overjoyed to see Ram back and the elder brother is crowned king of Ayodhya. But...

  3. Yeddy and Jagan. Xerox copies

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    / May 13, 2012 / Leave a comment
    If they were of the same age, you could have concluded they must have been separated at birth. Or could have inspired `Suresh-Ramesh’ kind of bilaang jokes. How else does one explain the pretty similar fate lines of Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and B S Yeddyurappa. Both men possessed by...

  4. Yeddy loyalists quit, Sadananda’s wicket shaky

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    / May 12, 2012 / 1 Comment
    With the Supreme court ordering a CBI probe against him, former Karnataka CM B S Yeddyurappa seems to have decided enough is enough. Seven ministers and six MLAs owing allegiance to him have submitted their resignations to him. He will decide on Monday what to do with them. (See T...

  5. CBI probe against Yeddyurappa

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    / May 11, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The Supreme court pushed B S Yeddyurappa on to the back foot once again today, by ordering a CBI probe against him for nepotism, illegal land acquisition and favoring top mining companies. The CBI has been asked to investigate all charges against the former CM of Karnataka, including the role...

  6. SC panel recommends CBI probe against Yeddy

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    / April 20, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The Supreme Court’s appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has recommended a CBI probe against B S Yeddyurappa  for his alleged role in the mining scam. The CEC said that there were gross irregularities in allotments of mining leases by the former Chief Minister and his relatives. Sources said that the...

  7. All pray and no play for Suresh Kalmadi

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    / April 14, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Suresh Kalmadi is in prayer mode in his native village Kalmadi near Udupi in Karnataka. The New Indian Express reports that the former IOA boss offered a sacred `Chathupavithra Naagamandala Seva’ on Friday. The prayer, following the advice from an astrologer, is an attempt to overcome ‘Naagadosha’. During the Commonwealth...

  8. Karnataka goes green

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    / April 7, 2012 / Leave a comment
    India’s only saffron state in the south, Karnataka is going green ! The Times of India reports on how Karnataka will boast of 9000 ’environment-friendly schools’ by the end of March 2013. Students at these schools will grow their own vegetables, plant medicinal plants in their school’s backyard and be high...

  9. Sadananda Gowda pokes Yeddy

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    / April 3, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Karnataka chief minister Sadananda Gowda has decided to give it back to his predecessor and thorn in his flesh, B S Yeddyurappa. Amidst reports that Yeddy has floated a `benami’ party, which he could join later, Gowda took a swipe at the numberous felicitation programmes organised for Yeddy. He said...

  10. Karnataka cannot build dam on Cauvery, says Jaya

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    / March 31, 2012 / Leave a comment
    After locking horns with Kerala over Mullaperiyar, Tamilnadu is now taking on Karnataka. Jayalalithaa has said her government will not allow construction of a new dam by Karnataka at Mekedhatu across the river “under any circumstances”. She also accused Karnataka of not honouring the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award, by first filling its...

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