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Bengaluru, Jul 8: All nine JD(S) ministers in Karnataka have submitted their resignations to facilitate a cabinet reshuffle, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's office said on Monday. Their resignations came shortly after 21 ministers of coalition partner, Congress quit the cabinet. "All JD(S) ministers have also resigned like the 21 Congress ministers who have submitted their resignations. The

New Delhi, Jul 8: The BJP-ruled government has no relation to the ongoing developments in Karnataka and did not put pressure on any MLA or MP to switch parties, Union minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday in Lok Sabha. The defence minister said the government is committed to protect the sanctity of Parliament. "Whatever is happening currently in Karnataka, we have not relation with that," he said

Bengaluru, Jul 8: In a desperate bid to save H D Kumaraswamy-led coalition government in Karnataka, 21 ministers from Congress today tendered their resignation allowing the party leadership to lure rebel legislators back by offering them Cabinet positions. This includes Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara. The 34-member Cabinet had 22 Congress ministers and 12 of the JD(S). Except for Independent

Bengaluru, Jul 8: In yet another blow to beleaguered HD Kumaraswamy government in Karnataka, Independent MLA and Small Scale Industries Minister H Nagesh has tendered his resignation from the Cabinet and has withdrawn support to the Congress-JD(S) coalition. Nagesh, who was inducted into the Cabinet just last month, has written to Governor Vajubhai R Vala stating that he would extend support to

New Delhi, Jul 8: The wife of former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1990 custodial death case, on Sunday alleged her husband was a victim of political vindictiveness and there was a threat to her life. Bhatt was suspended in 2011 after he filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court accusing Narendra Modi, then Gujarat chief minister and now Prime Minister, of involvement

Bengaluru, Jul 8: Janata Dal-Secular leader and Higher Education Minister GT Devegowda on Sunday said that he would not have any objection if Congress leader Siddaramaiah becomes the state chief minister. "If the Congress-JDS Co-ordination Committee decides to make Siddaramaiah the Chief Minister, I will have no objection," he told reporters. Devegowda said that if instructed, he is ready to

Bengaluru, Jul 8: KR Pet rebel JD(S) MLA KC Narayana Gowda on Sunday held women members of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s family responsible for his decision to resign his assembly membership. "I was repeatedly humiliated by women members of Gowda’s family. They interfered in my constituency work and supported my opponents. Both Gowda and his son chief minister HD Kumaraswamy did nothing to

Bengaluru, Jul 8: Karnataka will soon have a detention centrefor undocumented foreign nationals in Nelamangala taluk on the outskirts of Bengaluru. Sources in the state police said the centre is only a few days away from completion. Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) sources said they have been informed that the centre is in the pipeline. Union minister of state for home affairs

Bengaluru, Jul 8: In a last-ditch bid to save the coalition government in Karnataka, which is floundering after the resignation of 10 Congress and three JD(S) MLAs, leaders of both the parties made frantic efforts to reach out to the rebels on Sunday, offering to make most of them ministers and promising “generous funds” to their constituencies. The rebels, however, rejected the offer. Chief

Mangaluru, Jul 7: Two youths were washed away by a giant wave in Sasihitlu beach in the city on Sunday evening. Police sources said that they were part of a seven-member team which had arrived to participate in “Kesaru Gadde Ota” (running race on slushy paddy field) organised near Sasihitlu on Sunday. Of the four youths who got into the sea waters, Sujith (20), a resident of Siddartha Nagar in