Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Section 144 has been imposed in Bengaluru for the next two days after clashes took place between Congress and BJP workers here on Tuesday outside an apartment on Race Course Road in the city where two independent MLAs were allegedly lodged in the building. The agitating workers were taken away by the police later. "Today and tomorrow we are imposing Section 144 across the city

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Karnataka Minister and Congress' chief trouble shooter, D K Shivakumar, on Tuesday said that rebel MLAs staying in Mumbai have backstabbed them, not the BJP, and warned the saffron party that it will be its turn next. "It's not BJP leaders who have backstabbed me but it's the rebels in Mumbai who have backstabbed me. But do not worry, they will do the same to all of you. They

Mangaluru, Jul 23: Southwest monsoon turned vigorous over Karnataka’s coastal and districts coming under western ghats causing landslips, affected movement of traffic and several rivers witnessed huge inflows causing flooding. Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada district received the highest rainfall of 23 cms during the last 24 hours while temple town of Kollur in Udupi district also received torrential

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP of making constant efforts to sabotage the Congress-JD(S) coalition government and 'kill' democracy in Karnataka. Participating in the debate on Confidence Motion moved by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, Congress leader D K Shivakumar attacked the BJP over 'operation lotus.'

Bengaluru, Jul 23: An increase in government borrowing runs the risk of flooding the debt market, while making it expensive for companies to borrow, according to outgoing Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Viral Acharya. In a lecture shared by the RBI late on Monday, Acharya said India’s borrowing relative to its output has ranged from 67 per cent to 85 per cent since 2000 and has outpaced many

New Delhi, Jul 23: Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing rebel Karnataka MLAs, on Tuesday said they enjoy protection from the Supreme Court against disqualification and they were free to participate or not in the proceedings in the Assembly during the trust vote. "15 MLAs who have got protection from the Supreme Court last week. They have protection in as much as they have the option of

Bengaluru, Jul 23: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will produce prime accused in the multi-crore IMA ponzi scam, Mansoor Khan, in court on Tuesday to extend his judicial custody further. His medical test was done on Monday at Victoria Hospital, Bengaluru. Earlier on Sunday Khan was taken to Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences for a check-up after he complained of chest pain and

New Delhi, Jul 23: The Supreme Court Court on Tuesday took note of the submissions of Karnataka assembly speaker K R Ramesh Kumar that the voting on the trust motion moved by chief minister HD Kumaraswamy is likely to be concluded by this evening. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi considered the submission of senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for the Speaker. It adjourned hearing

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Karnataka speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Tuesday expressed displeasure over near empty treasury benches as the House took up the debate on chief minister H D Kumaraswamy's motion of confidence for the fourth day running. The treasury benches were occupied only by a couple of legislators when the House, which is expected to complete the trust vote process by Tuesday, met in the

Bengaluru, Jul 23: After rebel MLAs wrote a letter seeking time to appear before him, Karnataka assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Tuesday said the matter will be dealt with by the court. "It is all related to the court proceedings. It will always be dealt with in the court," Kumar told ANI when asked to comment on the letter. 13 rebel MLAs, who are currently at a hotel in Mumbai, wrote a letter