Karnataka is a state in the south western region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as the State of Mysore, it was renamed Karnataka in 1973. The state corresponds to the Carnatic region. The capital and largest city is Bangalore.
The fate of the tottering JD(S)-Congress government will be decided by 6pm on Tuesday. Before adjourning the house at 11.42pm on Monday, assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar announced the schedule —.. IndiaTimes - Published
Leader of Oppositions BS Yeddyurappa demanded that the motion should be put to vote as "we are prepared to sit till midnight for the same" in the Assembly DNA - Published
The number of men migrating for marriage more than doubled between the 2001 and 2011 censuses compared to a 33% rise in the number of women doing so. The most number of men migrating for matrimony are.. IndiaTimes - Published
In an unending battle of nerves, the Karnataka assembly was adjourned till Tuesday without voting on the confidence motion moved by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy even after three days of debate, amid.. DNA - Published
Alleging that democracy was being murdered in Karnataka, BJP general secretary Muralidhar Rao on Monday urged the governor of the state to protect the principles of democracy. He claimed that the.. IndiaTimes - Published
For the third day running, the Karnataka assembly debated the confidence motion moved by chief minister H D Kumaraswamy. Speaker Ramesh Kumar repeatedly reminded the government to honour its commitment.. IndiaTimes - Published
Ahead of the scheduled trust vote in Karnataka Assembly, BJP ally Shiv Sena on Monday said chief minister HD Kumaraswamy should have resigned as he has lost majority and asked the Centre to either.. IndiaTimes - Published
As the House resumed its sitting an hour late, the Speaker made it clear, "The debate should start now. Everybody is watching us. Please don't make me a scapegoat. Let us reach our goal," stressing.. IndiaTimes - Published
While Congress members gave notice under Rule 267 seeking setting aside of the business of the day to take up the issue of Constitutional crisis in Karnataka, TMC members sent a similar notice over.. IndiaTimes - Published
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said, "Impossible. We have never done this before. Tomorrow we may see to it." The bench's remarks came when senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi, appearing for.. IndiaTimes - Published
Adequate security has been deployed at Vidhana Soudha and Raj Bhavan road. Both the BJP and the Congress leaders simultaneously held legislative party meetings in Bengaluru on Sunday. Also, ahead of.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Congress-JDS government is scheduled to face the crucial floor test in the assembly today. The government has already missed two previous deadlines set by governor IndiaTimes - Published
The fortnight-long political turmoil in Karnataka is expected to come to an end with the trust vote on Monday, as coalition partners Congress and JD(S) grappled with the needed number and the rebels.. IndiaTimes - Published
"BSP national president Mayawati has directed the BSP MLA to vote in support of the Kumaraswamy government," the BSP chief said Sunday in a tweet. DNA - Published
Responding after being asked, "there is a rumour that JD(Secular) party has approached Siddaramaiah for chief minister's post", Karnataka Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao said, "these are all false.. DNA - Published
In a last-ditch effort to save the tottering coalition government, top leaders of the Congress and the JD(S) on Sunday proposed replacing chief minister HD Kumaraswamy with someone from the Congress to.. IndiaTimes - Published
"It is a matter of immense pain and disgust that the BJP has not only taken Karnataka's political scenario to a new low, but also set a new benchmark in the country for immoral politics," Karnataka CM.. DNA - Published
Independent MLAs R Shankar and H Nagesh, who withdrew support to the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka, are going to move the Supreme Court seeking a direction for conducting a floor test.. IndiaTimes - Published
The fate of the fragile H D Kumaraswamy led Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka is likely to be decided on the floor of the assembly on Monday after it defied on July 19 the two deadlines.. IndiaTimes - Published
The rebel MLAs have also asked Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy to step down. This development has come just a day before the scheduled trust vote on Monday. DNA - Published
With the fate of the H D Kumaraswamy-led wobbly coalition government in Karnataka likely to be decided on Monday, political parties are silently preparing their strategy and plan of action for the.. IndiaTimes - Published
“The governor has written a second love letter to me. He has said he has been receiving various reports about horse-trading. He is speaking about horse-trading now. What was he doing for the last 10.. IndiaTimes - Published
The ED detained Mohammad Mansoor Khan of IMA Jewels the moment he landed at IGI airport from Dubai on Friday morning and took him to the agency’s headquarters where he was questioned on his claim.. IndiaTimes - Published
Even after three “deadlines” and 17 hours of debate over two days, the trust motion moved by Karnataka CM could not be concluded on Friday with the Congress-JD(S) govt ignoring governor Vajubhai R.. IndiaTimes - Published
Tottering on the brink collapse, the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka on Friday ignored the Governor's deadline twice for proving the majority on the floor of the state Assembly,.. DNA - Published
High political drama unfolded in Karnataka on Friday with the Congress-JD(S) government defying two deadlines set by governor Vajubhai Vala to demonstrate its majority in the assembly. The governor had.. IndiaTimes - Published
Earlier this week, Karandlaje had expressed her confidence that BJP will soon form the government in Karnataka after winning the floor test in the assembly. DNA - Published
Karnataka governor Vajubhai Vala on Friday issued a second deadline to chief minister H D Kumaraswamy to complete the trust vote process in the state assembly by the "end of the day". Kumaraswamy.. IndiaTimes - Published
Karnataka Congress has moved the Supreme Court contending that the top court's July 17 order on the resignation of 15 rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs was coming in the way of the party issuing whip to its.. IndiaTimes - Published
It said the apex court order "whittles down" the power of a political party to issue whip to its MLAs as it has a constitutional right to do so and the court can't restrict that. DNA - Published
LS Speaker's remarks came when the opposition members including Congress, TMC and DMK were protesting in the well of the House during the Question Hour as the Speaker denied them to raise the issue of.. IndiaTimes - Published
Ahead of the Karnataka assembly vote on confidence motion of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government, leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged that the BJP is conspiring to bring.. IndiaTimes - Published
Mumbai Police on Friday have provided security to Karnataka Congress MLA Shrimant Patil, who has been admitted in a state-run hospital here, and is recording his statement, an official said. IndiaTimes - Published
Lok Sabha witnessed sloganeering and protests on Friday as Congress members sought to raise the issue of ongoing political crisis in Karnataka. IndiaTimes - Published
The Speaker made his position clear as the assembly proceedings began with governor Vajubhai Vala having set 1.30 pm on Friday as the deadline to prove his majority. "I don't have to be partisan,".. IndiaTimes - Published
With the Karnataka Governor asking chief minister H D Kumaraswamy to prove majority in the Assembly by Friday afternoon, state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa predicted the end of the coalition government.. IndiaTimes - Published
Extending humanitarian assistance to the BJP MLAs sitting on an overnight protest in the Vidhana Soudha amid the political crisis in the state, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara on Friday met the.. IndiaTimes - Published
The legislators had 'masala dosa' and curd rice for supper in the assembly lounges. Many went to sleep early after a long day in the House due to heated exchanges and acrimonious scenes in the House,.. IndiaTimes - Published
An earlier letter to the Speaker by Governor Vajubhai Vala to conduct the floor test by the end of Thursday was merely dismissed as a suggestion and not an order. DNA - Published
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