Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 18: Despite issuing whip by respective parties as many as 15 MLAs, including three JD(S) and 12 Congress, failed to attend the Karnataka Legislative Assembly session on Thursday when Chief Minister moved a motion to seek confidence vote. According to official sources, all the 15 rebel MLAs did not attended the House despite the Whip issued to them, virtually pushing the coalition

Bengaluru, Jul 18: The proceedings in the Karnataka Legislative Council was adjourned on Thursday after opposition BJP members continued their dharna in the well of the House demanding resignation of CM Kumaraswamy claiming that the coalition government had fallen into minority following resignation of 15 MLAs of the ruling combine. After the House assembled to take up the day's business, the BJP

Bengaluru, Jul 18: Ahead of the crucial confidence vote to be sought by Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa Thursday exuded confidence that the motion would be defeated. "I don't know what their party (coalition partners Congress and JD-S) is going to do but we are 105. They will be less than 100. Hundred per cent we are confident that the confidence

New Delhi, Jul 18: Congress on Wednesday claimed victory after the Supreme Court verdict on Karnataka’s rebel MLAs and said the apex court had upheld the powers of the Speaker to decide whether or not to accept the resignations of the MLAs or to consider the disqualification petitions pending against them. Even as the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka teeters on the brink of collapse

Bengaluru, Jul 18: Senior Congress MLA Ramalinga Reddywithdrew his resignation late Wednesday evening, bringing brief respite to the beleaguered JD(S)-Congress coalition as it grappled with the fallout of the Supreme Court ruling on the party whip and anti-defection law. Within hours of the apex court saying the rebel MLAs “ought not” to be compelled to be part of House proceedings, JD(S) issued a

Mangaluru, Jul 17: The flight carrying the first batch of Hajj pilgrims from the undivided Dakshina Kannada district left Mangaluru International Airport on Wednesday. While the first flight carried 150 pilgrims, a total of 747 pilgrims from Chikkamagaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu and Udupi districts will leave for Hajj. On Thursday, two batches with a total of 299 pilgrims will leave. On

Bantwal, Jul 17: A woman and her daughter were killed in a head-on collision between an ambulance and a goods truck, at Netlamudnur under the Vittal police station limits in Bantwal taluk on Tuesday night. The deceased were accompanying a family member to hospital. According to police, the victims are Parvathi, 76, and her daughter Seshamma, 45, who were residents of Sullia. The ambulance was

Bengaluru, Jul 17: A resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party's Karnataka unit on Thursday hailed the Supreme Court verdict on the joint petitions of the Congress-JD(S) rebel legislators for directing the assembly speaker to decide on their resignations and allowing them to skip the session on Thursday for the trust vote, to be moved by chief minister HD Kumaraswamy. "We welcome the verdict, which is a

Bengaluru, Jul 17: Coastal Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada has quietly emerged as the number one district in entire India for hate crimes, according to Harsh Mander, noted activist and director of the Centre for Equity Studies, New Delhi. During a panel discussion in Bengaluru on Tuesday examining the growing intolerance in India, Mandar revealed that Karnataka is the second-biggest state for hate

Hyderabad, Jul 17: A BJP government is expected to take charge in Karnataka next week, party national general secretary P Muralidhar Rao claimed Wednesday. He said the BJP was confident that the Congress-JDS government, led by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, would lose the trust vote in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday. "You can expect," Rao told PTI when asked if a BJP government is expected