Shettar-led govt serious about appointing Lokayukta: Guv

Last Updated: Friday, August 10, 2012, 21:45

Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj said the Jagadish Shettar-led government is serious about the appointment of Lokayukta.

‘BJP ministry has ministers with tainted record’

Last Updated: Friday, July 13, 2012, 17:53

Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj on Friday fired a first salvo against the one-day old Jagadish Shettar-led BJP government.

Dam-break analysis on Mullaperiyar completed

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 15:23

Going ahead with its crisis management programme for the Mullaperiyar dam, the Kerala govt said it has completed the `dam-break analysis`

Governor rejects K`taka govt nominee as Lokayukta

Last Updated: Monday, February 6, 2012, 23:00

Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj on Monday rejected the Bharatiya Janata Party government`s nominee SR Bannurmath, a former Kerala High Court chief justice, as the state`s new Lokayukta (ombudsman).

Governor’s speech disappointing, directionless: Cong

Last Updated: Monday, January 30, 2012, 18:49

Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Siddaramaiah said the speech repeated old schemes mentioned in the last two budgets of the Government.

Gulbarga, Shimoga airports to be functional soon

Last Updated: Monday, January 30, 2012, 15:24

Minor airports at Gulbarga and Shimoga would be operational by July, and the 11 km northern corridor of Bangalore Metro by year-end, Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj said Monday.

Chandrababu Naidu calls on Karnataka Governor

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 3, 2012, 15:43

Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu called on Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj at the Raj Bhavan on Tuesday.

Will not tone down Lokayukta in K’taka: Governor

Last Updated: Friday, December 30, 2011, 20:12

HR Bhardwaj said he would not allow "toning down" of Lokayukta institution in the state.

Now Karnataka Guv takes a dig at Advani yatra

Last Updated: Monday, October 24, 2011, 18:28

In a rare instance of a non-partisan constitutional authority taking pot shots at a political leader, Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj Monday ribbed senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani over his Jan Chetna Yatra.

It is for CM to act against Yogeshwar: K’taka Guv

Last Updated: Saturday, October 8, 2011, 18:13

Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj said it was the prerogative of CM Gowda to act on the allegations faced by his ministerial colleague CP Yogeshwar

Karnataka Guv Bhardwaj accused of impropriety

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 12:09

Controversy returned to haunt Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj over allegations that he had been pitching for his personal assistant`s name for inclusion in the IPS officer cadre.

Karnataka Guv accepts Lokayukta’s resignation

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 13:30

Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj, Tuesday, accepted the resignation of state Lokayukta Shivraj Patil, who had resigned over allegations of violating cooperative housing society laws to own two sites in the state capital.