Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed to investigate into multi-crore IMA Fraud released Congress rebel MLA Roshan Baig on Tuesday after 12 hours of detention and questioning. The Congress MLA and former minister was taken into custody at Kempegowda International Airport last night while trying to fly to Pune by a chartered flight. However, SIT has asked him to appear on

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also the BJP State President, today expressed confident of his party would come back back to power in the State and said fall of the JD(S)-Congress-coalition government is certain. Addressing reporters at his residence here on Tuesday, Yeddyurappa said that "more than 6 crore people of the State

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Two of the rebel MLAs - R Ramalinga Reddy of Congress and Gopalaiah of Janata Dal (Secular) - have skipped a personal hearing fixed by Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar. Ramalinga Reddy, who resigned from the assembly on July 6, informed the Speaker that he was unable to attend the meeting due to a private emergency. He had also abstained from the legislature session citing a similar

Mumbai, Jul 16: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is said to be "very angry and upset" over the growing tendency of BJP leaders to make uncalled for and controversial remarks that only serve to tarnish the party's image. Whether it is the Akash Vijayvargiya episode or the remarks of Sadhvi Pragya or the recent controversy over BJP MLA Rajesh Misra's daughter, the Sangh is worried that such

New Delhi, Jul 16: Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar Tuesday said in the Supreme Court that he would decide on both disqualification and resignation of the rebel MLAs by Wednesday and requested it to modify its earlier order directing him to maintain status quo on the matter. Senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for the Speaker, submitted before a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said on Monday that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the state government to probe multi-crore IMA fraud case, has detained suspended rebel Congress leader Roshan Baig, for questioning in alleged connection with the case. Taking to Twitter, Kumaraswamy informed that Baig was detained at BIAL airport while he was trying to

Mumbai, Jul 16: Karnataka’s rebel MLAs staying at Renaissance Hotel in Powai are likely not to participate in the trust vote called by HD Kumaraswamy government on Thursday. With three more rebels joining them, the total number of legislators at the hotel has gone up to 15. Ten are from Congress, 3 from JD(S) and 2 Independents. The rebels had clarified on Sunday that they have only resigned from

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Karnataka Congress MLA Roshan Baig was detained for questioning by the Karnataka Police late on Monday night. He was flying out of Bangalore in a chartered flight and had already boarded the aircraft when he was apprehended. After being held, Baig gave different statements that he was going to Delhi and Pune. The flight details show he was headed to Pune. The SIT probing the IMA

Bengaluru, Jul 15: I Monetary Advisory (IMA) Jewels founder Mansoor Khan, who is accused of perpetrating financial fraud worth crores and fled to Dubai, released a video on Monday, contending that he would come back to India within 24-hour. "I am not keeping well. I need to get a cardiac operation immediately. There are three blockages that have to be operated upon. The major problem is that I

Colombo, Jul 15: International drug syndicates orchestrated Sri Lanka's deadly Easter Sunday bombings, the country's top leader revealed today. The government had initially blamed the attacks on terror groups that operate in the name of Islam. The statement comes amid a nationwide narcotics crackdown, with President Maithripala Sirisena aiming to reintroduce capital punishment for drug offences