Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 10: Slamming the denial of entry to a Congress minister from Karnataka to a Mumbai hotel to meet 12 rebel MLAs, former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo Deve Gowda Wednesday said the situation was "worse than Emergency" and he had not seen anything like it in 60 years of public life. Gowda also urged all political parties to come together, setting aside their differences, to "save

New Delhi, Jul 10: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Wednesday urged the Centre to extend the National Register of Citizens (NRC) to Karnataka as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh have become a security threat to Bengaluru and the entire state. At present, the NRC, which is a register containing the genuine name of Indian citizens, is being implemented only in Assam. Speaking during the Zero Hour, Surya

Bengaluru, Jul 10: Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's son BY Vijayendra on Wednesday denied having any information regarding BJP leaders visiting a Mumbai hotel to meet 10 rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs staying there. The BJP, which failed to form government in Karnataka 13-months ago after falling short of a majority, has been constantly denying any role in the

Bengaluru, Jul 10: Karnataka minister D K Shivakumar was taken into custody by Mumbai police outside the luxury hotel where rebel MLAs from his state are lodged. Former Union minister Milind Deora and former Maharashtra minister Naseem Khan, who had arrived to meet Shivakumar, were also detained, an official said. Shivakumar was almost pulled out by police while he was being interviewed by a TV

Bengaluru, Jul 10: An under-construction building collapsed here on Wednesday in Pulikeshi Nagar area, killing one person and injuring many others. The deceased was identified as Sambu Kumar, a native of Bihar. Eight people were rescued from the collapsed under-construction building. State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) conducted a rescue operation at the spot and rescued eight persons from under

Bengaluru, Jul 10: BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday informed media that he will sit on dharna along with party cadre in front of Vidhana Soudha as the governor has not accepted the resignations of the Congress-JD(S) MLAs which are in a correct format. "Now we have decided to sit in dharna in front of Vidhan Soudha in front of Gandhi Chowk. We will meet the Governor and the Speaker. According

Mumbai, Jul 10: Karnataka Congress Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday reached the hotel in Mumbai, where rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs are staying, amid slogans of "Go back, Go back - Shivakumar go back". The slogans were raised by supporters of one of the disgruntled JD(S) MLAs, Narayan Gowda. Speaking to reporters outside the Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel where the dissident MLAs are

New Delhi, Jul 10: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday raised slogans in Lok Sabha over the developments in Karnataka. This is for the first time that Gandhi was seen raising slogans in the 17th Lok Sabha. Gandhi arrived in the House at noon. At that time Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was raising the Karnataka issue and accused the ruling party of "poaching" its MLAs in the state

Bengaluru, Jul 9: Fighting to save the coalition government in Karnataka, the Congress on Tuesday sought the assembly speaker's intervention in disqualifying its rebel legislators and accused the BJP of using money power to lure its members after another MLA quit the party. In a counter offensive after 13 MLAs resigned Saturday dealing a blow to the 13-month-old government, a delegation of

Mainau Island, Jul 9: Days before Tawakkul Karman, then 32, was to become the face of Arab Spring -- a series of pro-democracy movements that swept much of the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, shaking some of the region's longest-standing governments -- she would often think of the safety of her children. The mother of three who worked as a journalist in Yemen -- and went on to become one of