Karnataka Cabinet

Won't Tolerate Hate Politics Or Allow Moral Policing, Says Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

Those who take the law into their hands and carry out communal riots will be punished according to the statute, he said.

May 30, 2023, 09:44 AM IST

Karnataka Cabinet: Siddaramaiah Keeps Finance, Shivakumar Gets Bengaluru Development - Check Full List

Before the upcoming BBMP elections, Shivakumar got the crucial Major and Medium Irrigation and Bengaluru City Development portfolios.

May 29, 2023, 10:01 AM IST

Mallikarjun Kharge's Son Among 8 Karnataka Congress MLAs Elevated As Ministers In Siddaramaiah Cabinet

Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar were in Delhi till late Friday night discussing with the party's high command the names of ministers to be inducted into the new cabinet and the allocation of portfolios. 

May 20, 2023, 09:28 AM IST

Congress Zeros In On Karnataka Cabinet; Eight MLAs To Take Oath As Ministers Today

Sources said the new cabinet would have representation from all regions of the state and sections including SCs, STs, OBCs, minorities, women, youth and Lingayats and Vokkaligas, the two prominent communities in the southern state.

May 20, 2023, 06:28 AM IST

Karnataka Cabinet clears anti-conversion bill, to be tabled in next assembly session

The bill will now be tabled in the next session of the state assembly till then the ordinance will be in place, said Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra.

May 12, 2022, 16:14 PM IST

On Karnataka cabinet expansion or rejig, CM Bommai says THIS after meeting with Amit Shah

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai said the BJP high command will take a call based on the developments in the state during the coming days and communicate their decision on cabinet expansion or reshuffle. 

May 11, 2022, 17:11 PM IST

Karnataka cabinet expansion: Check list of ministers and their portfolios

Karnataka CM Bommai had earlier expanded his cabinet, by inducting 29 Ministers, out of which 23 were Ministers in the previous BS Yediyurappa cabinet, while six were new faces. 

Aug 07, 2021, 16:14 PM IST

Karnataka bans travel from COVID hotspots Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

The reason behind the banning of travellers from these five states is that most of the positive cases have reportedly been traced from the people coming from these states. 

May 28, 2020, 19:16 PM IST

Karnataka Cabinet expansion on Tuesday; CM Yediyurappa awaits final list from Amit Shah

The Karnataka Chief Minister’s office had earlier posted on microblogging site Twitter that the Cabinet expansion would be done on August 20.

Aug 19, 2019, 12:09 PM IST

CM HD Kumaraswamy expands Karnataka cabinet, inducts 2 ministers

Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Friday expanded his cabinet by inducting two Independent MLAs into the ministry in an apparent move to give stability to his 13-month-old wobbly government.

Jun 14, 2019, 14:09 PM IST

Karnataka Congress drops R Shankar, Ramesh Jarkiholi from Cabinet

This is the second expansion in the ministry in six months.

Dec 22, 2018, 16:39 PM IST

'Congress ditching me': Karnataka Minister R Shankar hints at joining BJP if dropped from Cabinet

Shankar is an Independent lawmaker who is reportedly facing the axe over his reluctance to be an associate member of the Congress.

Dec 22, 2018, 13:50 PM IST

Ahead of Karnataka cabinet expansion, Congress MLAs eye six vacant posts

In the 34-member ministry, the Congress made 15 of its 80 legislators cabinet ministers while the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) filled 9 out of 11 posts as part of its quota.

Dec 19, 2018, 06:59 AM IST

'Class 8 pass' minister gets higher education portfolio in Karnataka; Kumaraswamy asks what's wrong?

Kumaraswamy, who holds a BSc degree, was asked about JD(S) minister GT Devegowda reportedly being upset at being given the higher education portfolio, especially as his own formal education has been limited.

Jun 10, 2018, 10:28 AM IST

Karnataka: Congress-JDS govt walking on thin ice? Mallikarjun Kharge says injustice done over portfolio allotment

Kumaraswamy expanded his Cabinet by inducting 25 ministers, with 14 members from the Congress and nine from JDS and one each from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the nascent Karnataka Pragnavanta Janata Paksha.

Jun 09, 2018, 14:52 PM IST

Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy admits to infighting within Congress over portfolio allocation

The Congress has dropped several key members of the previous Siddaramaiah ministry while expanding the current Cabinet.

Jun 08, 2018, 15:55 PM IST

Fissures in Karnataka Congress? Party MLA Satish Jarkiholi's supporters protest seeking Cabinet seat for him

Ahead of the Cabinet expansion in Karnataka on Wednesday, there seem to be fissures within the Congress over the allocation of berths. Supporters of Congress MLA Satish Jarkiholi on Wednesday staged a protest near Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru demanding a ministerial seat for him in the state cabinet. 

Jun 06, 2018, 12:39 PM IST

Karnataka Cabinet expansion at 2 pm on Wednesday; CM denies rift within JDS over seats

As per the coalition agreement on June 1, Congress was allocated 22 ministerial berths and JDS was given 12.

Jun 05, 2018, 13:57 PM IST

Karnataka: Infant placed on burning coal during Muharram ritual

The incident took place at Karnataka's Kundgol town near Hubli.

Oct 01, 2017, 20:16 PM IST

Karnataka's controversial anti-superstition law moves closer to reality

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had said that his government was committed to bring a law against superstitious acts and confident that it will be passed in the ensuing assembly session.

Sep 27, 2017, 23:47 PM IST