Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jul 24: As many as five youths, aged between 23 and 27 years, have been arrested by the Dakshina Kannada district police on charge of sexually assaulting a minor girl after making friendship with her on different occasions. The incident took place the limits of Uppinangady police station in Puttur taluk. All the arrests were made yesterday. The arrested have been identified as

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Karnataka BJP president B S Yeddyurappa on Tuesday night expressed satisfaction with the defeat of H D Kumaraswamy led Congress- JD(S) government in the Assembly. "It is the victory of democracy. People were fed up with the H D Kumaraswamy government. I want to assure the people of Karnataka, that a new era of development will start now onwards," Yeddyurappa said. Earlier today

Bengaluru, Jul 23: The political crisis in Karnataka and the ensuing drama over the vote of confidence concluded after the JD(S)-Congress coalition lost the trust vote, here on Tuesday. The coalition lost the trust vote 99-105, after the confidence motion was voted. The tenure of chief minister H D Kumaraswamy lasted between May 23, 2018 to July 23, 2019. Following the trust vote, BJP leader B.S

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Taking a jibe at the politics of defections in karnataka, senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said retail 'trade is not a problem but wholesale is'. "This wholesale trade is a problem. If there is retail trade of one or two members it's not a problem. The MLAs who have gone have indulged in wholesale trade," he said participating in the debate on the confidence motion

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Section 144 has been imposed in Bengaluru for the next two days after clashes took place between Congress and BJP workers here on Tuesday outside an apartment on Race Course Road in the city where two independent MLAs were allegedly lodged in the building. The agitating workers were taken away by the police later. "Today and tomorrow we are imposing Section 144 across the city

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Karnataka Minister and Congress' chief trouble shooter, D K Shivakumar, on Tuesday said that rebel MLAs staying in Mumbai have backstabbed them, not the BJP, and warned the saffron party that it will be its turn next. "It's not BJP leaders who have backstabbed me but it's the rebels in Mumbai who have backstabbed me. But do not worry, they will do the same to all of you. They

Mangaluru, Jul 23: Southwest monsoon turned vigorous over Karnataka’s coastal and districts coming under western ghats causing landslips, affected movement of traffic and several rivers witnessed huge inflows causing flooding. Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada district received the highest rainfall of 23 cms during the last 24 hours while temple town of Kollur in Udupi district also received torrential

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP of making constant efforts to sabotage the Congress-JD(S) coalition government and 'kill' democracy in Karnataka. Participating in the debate on Confidence Motion moved by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, Congress leader D K Shivakumar attacked the BJP over 'operation lotus.'

Bengaluru, Jul 23: An increase in government borrowing runs the risk of flooding the debt market, while making it expensive for companies to borrow, according to outgoing Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Viral Acharya. In a lecture shared by the RBI late on Monday, Acharya said India’s borrowing relative to its output has ranged from 67 per cent to 85 per cent since 2000 and has outpaced many

New Delhi, Jul 23: Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing rebel Karnataka MLAs, on Tuesday said they enjoy protection from the Supreme Court against disqualification and they were free to participate or not in the proceedings in the Assembly during the trust vote. "15 MLAs who have got protection from the Supreme Court last week. They have protection in as much as they have the option of