Karnataka

Newsroom, Jul 11: Supreme Court on Thursday directed the 10 rebel MLAs to be meet Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar at his office by 6 pm. The apex court has asked the speaker to grant an audience to all rebel MLAs at once at the said time. The MLAs are now likely to fly from Mumbai to Bengaluru to meet the speaker. In their plea, they had alleged that the speaker had refused to meet them

Bengaluru, Jul 11: As the stage is set for a major political showdown starting on Thursday in the wake of a spate of resignations threatening the existence of the coalition government in Karnataka, Bengaluru Police Commissioner Alok Kumar has issued prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, restricting the gathering of more than five persons and any form of protests

Bengaluru, Jul 11: Pushed to the brink by the resignation of 16 MLAs, the JD(S) has begun exploring options to save the government and prevent the BJP from assuming power. Hectic talks are on between party supremo HD Deve Gowda and son and chief minister HD Kumaraswamy to save the coalition. Sources say the leaders are even mulling the option of Kumaraswamy quitting and the party extending outside

Bengaluru, Jul 10: The high-voltage drama of Karnataka politics unfolded in Mumbai on Wednesday with Congress troubleshooter DK Shivakumar being prevented from meeting rebel MLAs in a five-star hotel. Shivakumar, who is the water resources minister in the HD Kumaraswamy government, was also detained by the Mumbai police. "What the BJP has done is completely undemocratic," he said after his release

Bengaluru, Jul 10: Remember the Hollywood movie Gone Girl where Gillian Flynn stages her suicide? A similar plot was staged by a Delhi woman but short of her luck, she got traced to soon. Going by the reports, a 29-year-old woman who went missing from Delhi on July 5 and was suspected to have committed suicide, was found alive in Bengaluru by the Ghaziabad Police. Police suspect she faked her

Bengaluru, Jul 10: Troubles mounted for the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka with two more Congress MLAs resigning from the Assembly even as Speaker Ramesh Kumar ruled out accepting resignations "overnight". The resignations of the two MLAs--T Sudhakar of Chikballapur and M T B Nagaraj of Hoskote takes the total of legislators who have resigned in the last few days to 16. "Two MLAs Dr K

Bengaluru, Jul 10: Slamming the denial of entry to a Congress minister from Karnataka to a Mumbai hotel to meet 12 rebel MLAs, former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo Deve Gowda Wednesday said the situation was "worse than Emergency" and he had not seen anything like it in 60 years of public life. Gowda also urged all political parties to come together, setting aside their differences, to "save

New Delhi, Jul 10: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Wednesday urged the Centre to extend the National Register of Citizens (NRC) to Karnataka as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh have become a security threat to Bengaluru and the entire state. At present, the NRC, which is a register containing the genuine name of Indian citizens, is being implemented only in Assam. Speaking during the Zero Hour, Surya

Bengaluru, Jul 10: Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's son BY Vijayendra on Wednesday denied having any information regarding BJP leaders visiting a Mumbai hotel to meet 10 rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs staying there. The BJP, which failed to form government in Karnataka 13-months ago after falling short of a majority, has been constantly denying any role in the

Bengaluru, Jul 10: Karnataka minister D K Shivakumar was taken into custody by Mumbai police outside the luxury hotel where rebel MLAs from his state are lodged. Former Union minister Milind Deora and former Maharashtra minister Naseem Khan, who had arrived to meet Shivakumar, were also detained, an official said. Shivakumar was almost pulled out by police while he was being interviewed by a TV