Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 13: Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar on Friday told the Supreme Court that the allegation by 10 rebel MLAs of the Congress-JD(S) coalition that he had made himself "scarce" and was unavailable on the day of their resignation is "fallacious". In an affidavit, he said that none of these MLAs submitted the resignation in person or by hand to him. "It is therefore patently

New Delhi, Jul 13: Five more rebel Congress MLAs from Karnataka moved the Supreme Court on Saturday against the Assembly Speaker not accepting their resignation. These MLAs are Anand Singh, K Sudhakar, N Nagaraj, Munirathna and Roshan Baig. They have sought impleadment in the already pending application filed by the 10 other rebels MLAs on which the hearing is scheduled for Tuesday. These 10 rebel

Bengaluru, Jul 13: As the Congress intensified efforts to woo back its disgruntled MLAs in Karnataka on Saturday, one of them hinted that he might consider withdrawing his resignation and also said he would try to persuade others. State Housing Minister and Hoskote MLA MTB Nagaraj, one of the 16 rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs who resigned from the Assembly last week, dealing a blow to the coalition

Bengaluru, Jul 13: The BJP will press Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy to seek trust vote in the assembly on Monday, state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa said on Saturday. The former chief minister asserted that the Congress-JD(S) coalition government has lost majority and its collapse was imminent. In a surprise move amid the existential crisis faced by his government, Kumaraswamy had on

Mysuru, Jul 13: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu today stressed the urgent need for revamping Education system, including School Education content. Speaking after laying foundation stone for Dr S Radhakrishna auditorium to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 12 crore in the Regional Institute of Education here on Saturday, he underlined that Teaching and learning should not be mechanical. There is a

Bengaluru, Jul 13: In a further setback to the JDS-Congress coalition government in Karnataka, two independent MLAs- R Shankar and H Nagesh, who have withdrawn their support to Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy led government, have requested the Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar to allot them seats in the opposition bench. In separate letters written to the Speaker they stated that they had withdrawn

Bengaluru, Jul 13: India's second largest IT services firm Infosys Friday said it will recruit 18,000 people from campuses this fiscal. Infosys, which has over 2.29 lakh employees, is also battling high attrition, although the company asserted that this has not impacted its deliverable. "Overall for this quarter, we have recruited close to 8,000 people, of which freshers are about 2,500... For the

Mangaluru, Jul 13: In the wake of complaints about the illegal activities including circulation of drugs, the police have directed the establishments such as paying guest accommodations, hostels and service apartments in the city to take necessary steps to prevent illegal activities. Mangaluru city police commissioner Sandeep Patil, in an order issued under Sections 65 and 70 of the Karnataka

Kolar, Jul 13: In a tragic incident, a college girl in Karnataka’s Kolar district lost her life when she fell into a farm pit while shooting a video on the famous video app, TikTok. The deceased is identified as Mala of Madageri village in Kolar district. She was a student of BA. It is gathered that Mala was shooting in a farm when she slipped and fell into a farm pit and died on the spot. A case

Bengaluru, Jul 13: As the political imbroglio continued in Karnataka, Senior Congress leaders Saturday began backchannel negotiations to persuade the disgruntled MLAs, who have resigned from the Assembly, dealing a blow to the coalition government. A day after chief minister HD Kumaraswamy made a surprise announcement in the Assembly that he would seek a trust vote, efforts were intensified to