Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar against whom 15 ruling coalition rebel MLAs have moved the Supreme Court alleging delay in accepting their resignations, on Tuesday said he is working in accordance with the Constitution and was performing his duty. The apex court will pronounce its order on Wednesday morning on the pleas of 15 rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs seeking direction

Belagavi, July 16: Fifty one School Children fell ill after having Mid-Day meal in Government Higher Primary School at Vontamuri Village, about 15 km from here today. According to sources, some children after seeing lizard in a vessel used for preparing 'Sambar' got panicked and many started vomiting. Following the incident parents and villagers rushed to the School premises and this led to

Bengaluru, Jul 16: The Congress leaders, who are making best efforts to save the 13-month-old JD(S)-Congress coalition government Karnataka, following the resignations of 16 rebel Congress and the JD(S) MLAs, are divided on the issue of seeking disqualification of the disgruntled MLAs. According to top party sources, while some of the senior Congress leaders are strongly in favor of punishing the

Bengaluru: In the 44th annual Aryabhata international award ceremony that was held recently at Ravindra Kalakshetra of Bengaluru under the joint auspices of Aryabhata cultural organization and Kannada and cultural department of government of Karnataka, Suresh Shyam Rao Neramballi was awarded the prestigious Aryabhata international award of this year for his relentless service towards the Kannada

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed to investigate into multi-crore IMA Fraud released Congress rebel MLA Roshan Baig on Tuesday after 12 hours of detention and questioning. The Congress MLA and former minister was taken into custody at Kempegowda International Airport last night while trying to fly to Pune by a chartered flight. However, SIT has asked him to appear on

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also the BJP State President, today expressed confident of his party would come back back to power in the State and said fall of the JD(S)-Congress-coalition government is certain. Addressing reporters at his residence here on Tuesday, Yeddyurappa said that "more than 6 crore people of the State

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Two of the rebel MLAs - R Ramalinga Reddy of Congress and Gopalaiah of Janata Dal (Secular) - have skipped a personal hearing fixed by Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar. Ramalinga Reddy, who resigned from the assembly on July 6, informed the Speaker that he was unable to attend the meeting due to a private emergency. He had also abstained from the legislature session citing a similar

Mumbai, Jul 16: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is said to be "very angry and upset" over the growing tendency of BJP leaders to make uncalled for and controversial remarks that only serve to tarnish the party's image. Whether it is the Akash Vijayvargiya episode or the remarks of Sadhvi Pragya or the recent controversy over BJP MLA Rajesh Misra's daughter, the Sangh is worried that such

New Delhi, Jul 16: Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar Tuesday said in the Supreme Court that he would decide on both disqualification and resignation of the rebel MLAs by Wednesday and requested it to modify its earlier order directing him to maintain status quo on the matter. Senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for the Speaker, submitted before a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said on Monday that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the state government to probe multi-crore IMA fraud case, has detained suspended rebel Congress leader Roshan Baig, for questioning in alleged connection with the case. Taking to Twitter, Kumaraswamy informed that Baig was detained at BIAL airport while he was trying to