Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 11: As the government in Karnataka faces an existential crisis with the resignation of 16 legislators of the ruling coalition, the state Cabinet that met Thursday resolved to face the situation "bravely" and "withstand" it unitedly. Expressing confidence that the government would survive, the cabinet that met under the leadership of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said it was ready

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Bengaluru, Jul 11: The commitments made by the JD(S)-Congress government in Karnataka could not satisfy them and their decision to resign was not impulsive, said rebel Karnataka Congress MLA S T Somashekar here on Thursday. "Our support is there with this government in Karnataka, to respect our leader Rahul Gandhi but commitments made by the coalition government couldn't satisfy us. We haven't

Mumbai, Jul 11: Sixteen Karnataka rebel MLAs staying at a luxury hotel in Mumbai flew back to Bengaluru on Thursday afternoon to meet the Assembly Speaker, sources said. The legislators boarded a special flight to the Karnataka capital at 2.50 pm, the sources said. The development came after the Supreme Court allowed the rebel MLAs of the Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka to meet the Speaker

Bengaluru, Jul 11: Ahead of his meeting with the disgruntled Congress and JD(S) MLAs, Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar Thursday said the legislators approaching the Supreme Court made things appear "murky." The Congress and JD(S) MLAs, who had resigned from the Assembly are slated to meet the Speaker by 6 pm, in accordance with the Apex court. "I had not prevented them (disgruntled MLAs

Mumbai, Jul 11: The rebel Karnataka MLAs, who are staying at a hotel here, said they would meet the state Assembly Speaker on Thursday, as directed by the Supreme Court, but would not withdraw their resignations. The apex court on Thursday allowed 10 rebel legislators of the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition in Karnataka to meet the Assembly speaker at 6 pm to convey their decision to resign

Bengaluru, Jul 11: Karnataka Minister and senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar today expressed confidence that the 16 disgruntled Legislators, who had submitted letters to quit their MLA seats, of withdrawing their resignation letter. Talking to newsmen after a meeting of top leaders belonging to coalition partners Congress and JD(S), Shivakumar, who is acting as trouble shooter, is trying to

Bengaluru, Jul 11: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today said that the situation has not arisen where he had to quit his post as Coalition government will survive the rebel scare it is facing since last one week. Speaking to reporters after holding a meeting with top leaders of Coalition partner Congress at Kumara Krupa Guest House here on Thursday, he claimed that there was no immediate

Lucknow, Jul 11: Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of horse-trading in the states of Karnataka and Goa, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Thursday said the way in which the BJP was poaching legislators by misusing wealth and power was tarnishing the democracy of the nation. In a tweet, Ms Mayawati said, "The BJP returned to power at the Centre through 'EVM malfunctions' and

Thrissur, Jul 11: Seeking to tap the hugely popular online food market, prison authorities in Kerala on Thursday began offering piping hot biriyani prepared by jail inmates. In the first phase, the plan is to sell biriyani combo online, priced at Rs 127. The combo, which was specifically designed for online sale, includes 300 grams of biriyani rice, one roasted chicken leg piece, three chappathis