Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 22: "I did not eat any Biryani," Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said in Vidhana Soudha on Monday in an apparent reference to his photograph with the prime accused in the multi-crore IMA Ponzi scam, Mansoor Khan, which had gone viralon the net. "I am accused of having Biryani at a particular person's house. I was invited during Ramzan. I went there. I did not eat any

New Delhi, Jul 22: Rajya Sabhaproceedings were on Monday adjourned for an hour following uproar in the House by Congress and other opposition parties over issues ranging from crisis in Karnataka to mob lynching. While Congress members gave notice under Rule 267 seeking setting aside of the business of the day to take up the issue of Constitutional crisis in Karnataka, TMC members sent a similar

Bengaluru, Jul 22: Ahead of the floor test of Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka later today, speaker KR Ramesh Kumar has summoned rebel legislators to meet him at his office at 11am on Tuesday. The notice has been issued over the petition by coalition leaders seeking disqualification of rebel MLAs. In another development related to the deepening political crisis in Karnataka, the

New Delhi, Jul 22: Ahead of the scheduled trust vote in Karnataka Assembly, BJP ally Shiv Sena on Monday said chief minister HD Kumaraswamy should have resigned as he has lost majority and asked the Centre to either dismiss the Congress-JD (S) government or impose President's law in the state. "Everyone in Karnataka is flouting democracy norms. Why is the Central government quietly watching this

Bengaluru, Jul 22: I Monetary Advisory (IMA) group founder-director Mohammed Mansoor Khan was taken to Bengaluru hospital on Sunday evening after he complained of chest pain. The Enforcement Directorate is probing Khan following complaints that he has cheated thousands of people of crores of rupees. Sources said Khan was questioned in the morning about the involvement of officials in his alleged

Bengaluru, Jul 22: Ahead of the floor test of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka, security has been beefed up around Vidhana Soudha. Adequate security has been deployed at Vidhana Soudha and Raj Bhavan road. Both the BJP and the Congress leaders simultaneously held legislative party meetings in Bengaluru on Sunday. Also, ahead of the trust vote, the BJP is scheduled to convene

New Delhi, Jul 22: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to urgently list a plea of two Independent Karnataka MLAs seeking holding of floor test forthwith, but said it may consider listing of the petition Tuesday. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said, "Impossible. We have never done this before. Tomorrow we may see to it." The bench's remarks came when senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi

Mangaluru, Jul 22: A city based television journalist, who was suffering from dengue for past few days, died at a private hospital here last night. The deceased is Nagesh Padu, who was working for BTV Kannada news channel as a cameraman. He was also a member of the working journalists’ union. He was admitted to the KMC Hospital here where he breathed his last without responding to treatment. The

Bengaluru, Jul 22: The fortnight-long political turmoil in Karnataka is expected to come to an end with the trust vote on Monday, as coalition partners Congress and JD(S) grappled with the needed number and the rebels remaining firm on their decision to abstain. There was only a smidgen of relief on Sunday as BSP chief Mayawati directed the lone MLA from her party, N Mahesh, to vote in favour of

Bengaluru, Jul 22: With little wiggle room left ahead of Monday’s trust vote, the ruling JD (S)-Congress coalition went all out to reach out to the rebels — offering a Congresschief minister, tapping family members to pressure them, and CM HD Kumaraswamyappealing to “sit together and discuss all your problems and save this democratically elected government” — only to be met with a stubborn ‘no’