Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 11: Karnataka Minister and senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar today expressed confidence that the 16 disgruntled Legislators, who had submitted letters to quit their MLA seats, of withdrawing their resignation letter. Talking to newsmen after a meeting of top leaders belonging to coalition partners Congress and JD(S), Shivakumar, who is acting as trouble shooter, is trying to

Bengaluru, Jul 11: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today said that the situation has not arisen where he had to quit his post as Coalition government will survive the rebel scare it is facing since last one week. Speaking to reporters after holding a meeting with top leaders of Coalition partner Congress at Kumara Krupa Guest House here on Thursday, he claimed that there was no immediate

Lucknow, Jul 11: Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of horse-trading in the states of Karnataka and Goa, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Thursday said the way in which the BJP was poaching legislators by misusing wealth and power was tarnishing the democracy of the nation. In a tweet, Ms Mayawati said, "The BJP returned to power at the Centre through 'EVM malfunctions' and

Thrissur, Jul 11: Seeking to tap the hugely popular online food market, prison authorities in Kerala on Thursday began offering piping hot biriyani prepared by jail inmates. In the first phase, the plan is to sell biriyani combo online, priced at Rs 127. The combo, which was specifically designed for online sale, includes 300 grams of biriyani rice, one roasted chicken leg piece, three chappathis

Newsroom, Jul 11: Supreme Court on Thursday directed the 10 rebel MLAs to be meet Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar at his office by 6 pm. The apex court has asked the speaker to grant an audience to all rebel MLAs at once at the said time. The MLAs are now likely to fly from Mumbai to Bengaluru to meet the speaker. In their plea, they had alleged that the speaker had refused to meet them

Bengaluru, Jul 11: As the stage is set for a major political showdown starting on Thursday in the wake of a spate of resignations threatening the existence of the coalition government in Karnataka, Bengaluru Police Commissioner Alok Kumar has issued prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, restricting the gathering of more than five persons and any form of protests

Bengaluru, Jul 11: Pushed to the brink by the resignation of 16 MLAs, the JD(S) has begun exploring options to save the government and prevent the BJP from assuming power. Hectic talks are on between party supremo HD Deve Gowda and son and chief minister HD Kumaraswamy to save the coalition. Sources say the leaders are even mulling the option of Kumaraswamy quitting and the party extending outside

Bengaluru, Jul 10: The high-voltage drama of Karnataka politics unfolded in Mumbai on Wednesday with Congress troubleshooter DK Shivakumar being prevented from meeting rebel MLAs in a five-star hotel. Shivakumar, who is the water resources minister in the HD Kumaraswamy government, was also detained by the Mumbai police. "What the BJP has done is completely undemocratic," he said after his release

Bengaluru, Jul 10: Remember the Hollywood movie Gone Girl where Gillian Flynn stages her suicide? A similar plot was staged by a Delhi woman but short of her luck, she got traced to soon. Going by the reports, a 29-year-old woman who went missing from Delhi on July 5 and was suspected to have committed suicide, was found alive in Bengaluru by the Ghaziabad Police. Police suspect she faked her

Bengaluru, Jul 10: Troubles mounted for the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka with two more Congress MLAs resigning from the Assembly even as Speaker Ramesh Kumar ruled out accepting resignations "overnight". The resignations of the two MLAs--T Sudhakar of Chikballapur and M T B Nagaraj of Hoskote takes the total of legislators who have resigned in the last few days to 16. "Two MLAs Dr K