Karnataka

Bengaluru, July 7: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress Legislative Party (CLP) leader in the Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah has convened a meeting of party Legislators on July 9 to iron out the present crisis. According to party sources, a whip has been issued to all the party Legislators to attend the meeting without fail. AICC General Secretary and Party Incharge of Karnataka K C

Bengaluru, Jul 7: Veteran Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday accused the BJP of intimidating the Congress and the JD(S) MLAs and making them resign for destabilising the coalition government. “The BJP is behind the resignation of the MLAs. It is intimidating the Congress and JD(S) MLAs and forcing them to resign. It is a big threat to democracy,” he told reporters seeking his reaction to

Bengaluru, Jul 7: Congress workers on Sunday staged a protest outside the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office here, demanding Congress MLAs to withdraw their resignations for the smooth functioning of the HD Kumaraswamy-led JD(S)-Congress government in the state. Congress workers were seen holding up placards seated outside the party office. With party flags in their hands, the

Bengaluru, Jul 7: A senior Congress, who is in charge of keeping the flock of legislators together, on Sunday blamed party strongman Siddaramaiah for sabotaging the Karnataka government coalition, terming the former chief minister "a thief inside the party". The senior party leader, on condition of anonymity, said Siddaramaiah is "playing games" to wreck the Congress-JD(S) coalition for "his

Bengaluru, Jul 7: A day after the Congress party blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the current political crisis in Karnataka, BJP leader and Union Minister Prahlad Joshi on Sunday termed the allegations "utter nonsense" and said that former chief minister Siddaramaiah is "plotting the drama". "This is basically an unholy alliance and Mr. Siddaramaiah is behind it and the Congress party is

Bengaluru, Jul 7: Calling the ongoing political turmoil in Karnataka a "family matter", Congress leader Mahendra Singhi on Sunday said tensions prevailing in the state are like the "rainy season" which comes and goes. Singhi, who met disgruntled Congress MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi at the Sofitel Hotel here, said that everything in the 13-month-old Congress-JD(S) coalition government is fine and there is

Bengaluru, Jul 7: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy will be flying back to India from the US on Sunday evening. Kumaraswamy had to cut short his visit due to the ongoing political turmoil triggered in the state in his absence. The JD(S) has called for a legislative party meeting today evening. Meanwhile, a meeting took place between senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar and JD(S) supremo HD

Mumbai, Jul 7: Congress leader and former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that there is no threat to the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka. “This clearly shows that BJP is behind all these defections. It is Operation Kamala...Everything is fine. Don’t worry. Govt will survive, there is no threat to the government,” Siddaramaiah was quoted as saying by news agency ANI

Bengaluru, Jul 7: As fresh trouble has gripped the ruling Janata Dal (Secular)-Congress coalition with the resignation of 11 lawmakers, senior BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa on Sunday said he is not related to the developments in any way. Grappling with the crumbling coalition, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, on the other hand, responded to the resignation of party strongman Ramalinga Reddy

Madikeri, Jul 7: Kodagu and the catchment area of the Cauvery in the district continued to receive heavy to very heavy rain for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday as Southwest monsoon gained vigour in the region. The water level at Bhagamandala and Triveni Sangama continued to rise steadily. For the first time during the season, low lying areas were marooned. However, the rainfall deficiency