Yahoo! India News – 8 hours ago
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5:30 pm: Yeddyurappa finally steps down as Karnataka Chief Minister.
3:00 pm: Yeddyurappa bargains before resignation
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa consulted his staunch supporters on his further steps, including the conditions he would set, after being told by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to quit immediately following his indictment by the Lokayukta for the illegal mining in the state. Full story
2:00 pm: Who will replace Yeddyurappa?
The names of Karnataka minister Jagdish Shettar, state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief K.S. Eshwarappa and MP Ananth Kumar are doing the rounds as the replacement for Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who was Thursday asked to quit by the party.
Speculation is rife about his successor, with the BJP deciding to remove Yeddyurappa after he was indicted by the Lokayukta for the illegal mining in the state. Read more
1:30 pm: BJP sets 12-hour deadline for Yeddyurappa to resign
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set a 12-hour deadline for incumbent Karnataka Chief Minister to resign, and sternly warned party lawmakers in the state to fall in line or face the sack.
The deadline and warning was issued after a defiant Yedyurappa decided not to attend a meeting of the BJP Parliamentary Board in New Delhi on Thursday, and instead, took an early morning flight from Delhi to Bangalore. More
12:40 pm: The rise and fall of Yeddyurappa
Sixty eight-year-old Bookanakere Sidalingappa Yeddyurappa has been the face of the BJP inKarnataka. As a Lingayat leader, he helped bring a significant vote bank to the saffron party - something that helped to guarantee his survival in the seat of power for so long. Watch video report
12:30 pm: Will Reddy brothers be fired too?
12:15 pm: Yeddyurappa defiant even after BJP asks him to resign
The BJP parliamentary board on Thursday asked tainted Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to tender his resignation immediately, following the indictment by the Lokayukta over illegal mining in the state.
Briefing mediapersons, BJP spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad said that the party has decided that it was time for a change in the Karnataka BJP leadership. He also said that Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh will go to Bangalore on Friday to choose an alternative leader. Full story on ToI
11: 45 am: Yeddyurappa's possible successors
NDTV compiled a list of politicians who could succeed Yeddyurappa as Karnataka CM. Watch the video here.
11: 30 am: Too late, says Congress on Yeddyurappa ouster
Reacting to the BJP's decision to let Yeddyurappa go, the Congress party said the decision has come 'too late'. More
10: 58 am: Yeddyurappa holds emergency meeting
Even as the BJP high command has come to a decision, Yeddyurappa himself is huddled in a meeting with some close aides at his residence. Yesterday, Yeddyurappa had said there was no question of him resigning.
10: 42 am: BJP cracks the whip on Yeddyurappa
Ravishankar Prasad said BJP parliamentary committee met since 9:30 am and came to a unanimous decision that there has to be a change in leadership in Karnataka and asked the chief minister to tender in his resignation.
10: 36 am: Yeddyurappa must go: Ravishankar Prasad
The BJP parliamentary board has taken a decision on the Karnataka political crisis. Addressing the media outside party president Nitin Gadkari's residence, spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad said Yeddyurappa must step down as the CM. Senior party leaders Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh will head to Bangalore to select a new leader.
10: 15 am: Reddy brothers to address media later today
Reddy brothers, accused of running a parallel government in Bellary district, will address the media this afternoon, Kannada channels report.
9: 50 am: Karnataka BJP split on Yeddyurappa
The BJP in Karnataka seems to have split vertically. Most ministers may give the meeting Yeddyurappa has called at 10.30 am a miss. (He is also talking of a 3.30 pm meeting). MLA CT Ravi is reportedly telling his party colleagues not to attend any meeting called by Yeddyurappa. The legislator told TV9 that reporters should not dig into a party's internal affairs.
9: 30 am: Yeddyurappa certain to go
Yeddyurappa is certain to go, and the BJP is only struggling to zero in on a successor, reports ET. Front runners, Jagdish Shettar, KS Eshwarappa and Ananth Kumar, are engaged in marshalling support for their respective bids, according to the business paper. More on Economic Times
9: 00 am: BJP likely to decide Yeddyurappa's fate today
On Wednesday, Karnataka Lokayukta submitted its report on illegal mining in the state and indicted Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa. The BJP parliamentary committee will meet today to take a decision on his continuation as the CM.
Yeddyurappa, who reached New Delhi Wednesday evening went to the residence of party president Nitin Gadkari to attend the meeting, convened in the wake of report by Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde which levelled charges against him.
The meeting, which lasted over three hours, was attended by senior BJP leaders Arun Jaitley, who is BJP party in-charge of Karnataka and former president Rajnath Singh.
