Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 8: In a last-ditch bid to save the coalition government in Karnataka, which is floundering after the resignation of 10 Congress and three JD(S) MLAs, leaders of both the parties made frantic efforts to reach out to the rebels on Sunday, offering to make most of them ministers and promising “generous funds” to their constituencies. The rebels, however, rejected the offer. Chief

Mangaluru, Jul 7: Two youths were washed away by a giant wave in Sasihitlu beach in the city on Sunday evening. Police sources said that they were part of a seven-member team which had arrived to participate in “Kesaru Gadde Ota” (running race on slushy paddy field) organised near Sasihitlu on Sunday. Of the four youths who got into the sea waters, Sujith (20), a resident of Siddartha Nagar in

Bengaluru, Jul 7: The chartered plane in which 10 dissident MLAs of the Congress and the JD(S) flew from here to Mumbai belongs to a company associated with Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a Rajya Sabha member of the BJP, company sources said here. The plane belongs to Jupiter Capital Private Limited. Chandrasekhar is the founder and chairman of the company. Admitting that the aircraft that ferried the MLAs

Belagavi, Jul 7: Karnataka Legislative Assembly speaker K N Ramesh Kumar should accept the resignations of all the 14 legislators who have resigned, former Minster and Senior Janata Dal (Secular) Leader Basavaraj Horatti said today. Speaking to newsmen here on Sunday, he said that 14 legislator from JDS and Congress have tendered their resignation yesterday “some of them are holding the state

Bengaluru, July 7: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress Legislative Party (CLP) leader in the Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah has convened a meeting of party Legislators on July 9 to iron out the present crisis. According to party sources, a whip has been issued to all the party Legislators to attend the meeting without fail. AICC General Secretary and Party Incharge of Karnataka K C

Bengaluru, Jul 7: Veteran Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday accused the BJP of intimidating the Congress and the JD(S) MLAs and making them resign for destabilising the coalition government. “The BJP is behind the resignation of the MLAs. It is intimidating the Congress and JD(S) MLAs and forcing them to resign. It is a big threat to democracy,” he told reporters seeking his reaction to

Bengaluru, Jul 7: Congress workers on Sunday staged a protest outside the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office here, demanding Congress MLAs to withdraw their resignations for the smooth functioning of the HD Kumaraswamy-led JD(S)-Congress government in the state. Congress workers were seen holding up placards seated outside the party office. With party flags in their hands, the

Bengaluru, Jul 7: A senior Congress, who is in charge of keeping the flock of legislators together, on Sunday blamed party strongman Siddaramaiah for sabotaging the Karnataka government coalition, terming the former chief minister "a thief inside the party". The senior party leader, on condition of anonymity, said Siddaramaiah is "playing games" to wreck the Congress-JD(S) coalition for "his

Bengaluru, Jul 7: A day after the Congress party blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the current political crisis in Karnataka, BJP leader and Union Minister Prahlad Joshi on Sunday termed the allegations "utter nonsense" and said that former chief minister Siddaramaiah is "plotting the drama". "This is basically an unholy alliance and Mr. Siddaramaiah is behind it and the Congress party is

Bengaluru, Jul 7: Calling the ongoing political turmoil in Karnataka a "family matter", Congress leader Mahendra Singhi on Sunday said tensions prevailing in the state are like the "rainy season" which comes and goes. Singhi, who met disgruntled Congress MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi at the Sofitel Hotel here, said that everything in the 13-month-old Congress-JD(S) coalition government is fine and there is