Karnataka

Lucknow, Jul 29: All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) member and well known Sunni cleric Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali has said that prayers should not be offered by causing inconvenience to anyone. Reacting to a controversy over namaaz on roads, he said, "Namaaz is prayer before Allah. It is not right to offer prayers by causing inconvenience to anyone." He said namaaz on roads was

Barabanki, Jul 29: BJP leader Ranjit Bahadur Srivastava on Monday in a controversial statement said that cows belonging to Muslims should be taken away from them at any cost. "Cows in the houses of Muslims should be taken back. When we consider girls from our homes going to their homes as 'love jihad', shouldn't we consider 'gau mata' going to their homes 'love jihad' too? This is love jihad. Cows

Bengaluru, Jul 29: Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Monday announced his resignation after the House adopted the confidence motion moved by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and passed the Appropriation Bill. "I have decided to relieve myself from this office.... I have decided to resign," the Speaker said and handed over his resignation letter to the Deputy Speaker Krishna Reddy. Kumar

Bengaluru, Jul 29: After Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa won the vote of confidence, Karnataka Congress on Monday took an aim at the BJP leader claiming that he does not have people's trust in the state. "Shri @BSYBJP has never become @CMofKarnataka through People's Mandate. Everytime, his expertise in Horse Trading and Resort Politics have made him Chief Minister. Operation Kamala may have won him

Bengaluru, Jul 29: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday said he was not answerable to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa as he had run the government in the Karnataka with utmost clarity amongst the people. "I ran the government for 14 months. I have no obligation to answer your (BS Yediyurappa) questions. I need to answer to my conscience. From the past 14 months, everything was being recorded

Bengaluru, Jul 29: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday proved his majority in the Assembly winning the confidence motion by a voice vote. With the numbers game favouring the BJP government, the Congress and JDS did not press for division on the one-line motion moved by Yediyurappa that the House expresses confidence in his three-day old Ministry. As the Opposition did not press for

Jaipur, Jul 29: Commenting on the current political situation in Madhya Pradesh, BJP's national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya here on Sunday said a "new mission" will be launched after the cabinet formation in Karnataka, where the Congress-JD(S) alliance lost the confidence motion recently. "After the formation of the cabinet in Karnataka, a new mission will be started. It is not our wish

Bengaluru, Jul 29: Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah may by default become the leader of opposition on Monday when chief minister BS Yediyurappamoves the vote of confidenceto prove BJP’s majority in the legislative assembly. “The party high command has asked Siddaramaiah to be opposition leader. But his continuation in the post will all depend on party legislators,” a senior

Bengaluru, Jul 29: JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda on Sunday said the future of his party's alliance with Congress would depend on the decision of the high command of the grand old party, based on the advice of their Karnataka leadership. The former prime minister also made it clear that Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah would officially be the leader of the Opposition in the

Bengaluru, Jul 29: Bharatiya Janata Party leader B S Yediyurappa, who was sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of the state, will seek confidence vote in the Karnataka Assembly here on Monday. Karnataka governor Vajubhai Vala, who had administered the oath of office to B S Yeddyurappa on Friday last, had directed him to prove his majority in the house within one week. With the depletion of the