Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 23: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will produce prime accused in the multi-crore IMA ponzi scam, Mansoor Khan, in court on Tuesday to extend his judicial custody further. His medical test was done on Monday at Victoria Hospital, Bengaluru. Earlier on Sunday Khan was taken to Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences for a check-up after he complained of chest pain and

New Delhi, Jul 23: The Supreme Court Court on Tuesday took note of the submissions of Karnataka assembly speaker K R Ramesh Kumar that the voting on the trust motion moved by chief minister HD Kumaraswamy is likely to be concluded by this evening. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi considered the submission of senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for the Speaker. It adjourned hearing

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Karnataka speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Tuesday expressed displeasure over near empty treasury benches as the House took up the debate on chief minister H D Kumaraswamy's motion of confidence for the fourth day running. The treasury benches were occupied only by a couple of legislators when the House, which is expected to complete the trust vote process by Tuesday, met in the

Bengaluru, Jul 23: After rebel MLAs wrote a letter seeking time to appear before him, Karnataka assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Tuesday said the matter will be dealt with by the court. "It is all related to the court proceedings. It will always be dealt with in the court," Kumar told ANI when asked to comment on the letter. 13 rebel MLAs, who are currently at a hotel in Mumbai, wrote a letter

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Karnataka BJP general secretary and Mahadevapura MLA Arvind Limbavali broke down in the legislative assembly on Monday claiming that he had become a victim of a “fake” gay sex video and demanded a probe into the incident. “It is hard to even imagine such a situation where your family has been traumatised. Only I know what my children are facing because of this defamatory video,”

Bengaluru, Jul 23: In a tragic incident, a 37-year-old man lost his life and his 33-year-old wife was hospitalised after the childless couple consumed tablets given by a self-proclaimed ‘ayurvedic doctor’ to help them conceive. The deceased is Shashidhar, a resident of Arisinakunte village near Nelamangala who was running a grocery shop. Shashidhar and his wife Gangambika suffered severe loose

Bengaluru, Jul 23: The fate of the tottering JD(S)-Congress government will be decided by 6pm on Tuesday. Before adjourning the house at 11.42pm on Monday, assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar announced the schedule — debate on the trust motion from 10am to 4pm, the CM’s reply from 4pm to 5pm, and voting between 5pm and 6pm. That’s likely to bring the curtains down on the 17-day political drama

Bengaluru, Jul 22: Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah on Monday said allegations made by BJP MLA CT Ravi that he had left JD (S) was false, adding that wrong information should not be recorded in the Assembly. "CT Ravi does not have the proper information. I did not leave JD(S), I was expelled. After that, I did not join Congress immediately. I was trying

Bengaluru, Jul 22: Beleaguered Congress-JD(S) coalition on Monday sought two more days times for the trust vote business in the Assembly but the Speaker said there was a need to complete proceedings today. As the ruling Congress-JD(S) appeared to be involved in efforts to prolong the debate, Chief Ministrer H D Kumaraswamy and KPCC President Dinesh Gundurao met Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar and

Bengaluru, Jul 22: A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Karnataka High Court on Monday alleging that the trust vote was deliberately being delayed in the state Assembly. The plea filed by advocate Anand Murthy also sought a direction to Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar and Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy to conduct the floor test in a timely manner. The trust vote is scheduled for