Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 25: Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar drew curtains for the Resignation Crisis by disqualifying 3 Congress MLAs and reserving his order on the Resignation of remaining MLAs. It may be recalled here that the issue had reached the Supreme Court as some of the resigned MLAs had approached and also rocked the Lok Sabha when there was delay allegedly by the Speaker

New Delhi, Jul 25: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the contentious bill to criminalize triple talaq amidst a walk out by Opposition members with the Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad contending that it was for dignity and respect of women. The Bill, which was passed with 302 votes in favour and 82 against in a division, will now be tabled in Rajya Sabha, where the opposition is numerically higher

Bengaluru, Jul 25: Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday rubbished reports he had instigated the rebels to resign and destabilise the coalition government headed by H D Kumaraswamy. Cautioning media houses against peddling "false news", Siddaramaiah said he would give them a befitting reply if they repeat the allegation in front of him. In a series of tweets

Mumbai, Jul 25: The rebel Karnataka MLAs, who had been camping in Mumbai before they flew to New Delhi earlier this week for appearance in the Supreme Court, will either return to Mumbai for a brief stay or fly directly to Bengaluru, sources said on Thursday. The H D Kumaraswamy-led Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka was reduced to a minority in the critical trial of strength in the

Bengaluru, Jul 25: Karnataka assembly speaker K R Ramesh Kumar, who is yet to decide on the resignation and disqualification of the rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs, said on Thursday that he would use his discretion and uphold the faith the Supreme Court has placed in him. He said there was no further opportunity for the rebel MLAs to appear before him and it was a closed chapter now, adding, "law is

Belagavi, Jul 25: The Fact Finding Committee appointed by the KPCC to find the reasons for the party's debacle in the Lok Sabha election in the State will be submitting its report to the party High Command during first week of October, Committee head and senior Congress leader Basavaraj Rayareddy said here today. The Committee, which has prepared a questionaire, discussed the reasons with the

Bengaluru, Jul 25: The Karnataka care taker Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today felt that in the present political scenario it is difficult to expect a stable government in the State. Speaking to newsmen after meeting with the senior Congress leader and former Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Thursday, he said that “no political party in a position to provide a stable government”. Referring to his

Mangaluru, July 25: A 16-year-old boy, who was kidnapped while on his way to school on Monday in Kasaragod district, has been found at Mangaluru bus stand on Thursday. Police said, the boy, a plus-two student of Majeeerpalam in Manjeshwar near here, was kidnapped as part of blackmailing the relatives of the boy. However, the quotation team, which contracted the crime for their gulf-based client

Bengaluru, Jul 25: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed two Independent MLAs from Karnataka to withdraw their plea seeking a direction to state assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar to conduct "forthwith" floor test on a trust motion moved by the H D Kumaraswamy government. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took note of the submissions of the senior lawyers representing the speaker and

Bengaluru, Jul 25: BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan, minister in the outgoing Karnataka coalition government, has been issued notice by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the IMA multi-crore fraud case. The minister has been asked to appear before the investigation officer as part of the probe on Monday. It may be recalled that Khan was also issued a notice by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED)