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Tirupati, May 18: Former prime minister and JD (S) leader HD Deve Gowda offered prayers at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara on his birthday on Friday. The veteran leader, who turned 85, arrived in Tirupati on Thursday evening with his family members, temple sources said. Deve Gowda left for Bengaluru immediately after offering prayers, they added. The Congress-JD(S) combine are locked

Bengaluru, May 18: Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party has continued its efforts to poach MLAs from opposition parties, the Congress on Friday released an audio clip where mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy is heard offering money to the Congress's MLA from Raichur Rural. Reddy is also heard offering the MLA, Basanagouda Daddal, a berth in the council of ministers. The offer, according to Reddy

Bengaluru, May 18: The BJP has "abducted" and "kept in wrongful confinement" Karnataka Congress MLA Anand Singh by using the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Income Tax (I-T) department against him, the party alleged on the eve of the floor test for the Yeddyurappa government. Speaking to reporters after participating in a demonstration by the Congress against Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala

Bengaluru, May 18: Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R. Vala on Friday appointed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA K.G. Bopaiah as pro-tem speaker ahead of floor test tomorrow in the state assembly. By convention, the seniormost legislator should be appointed as the Pro-tem Speaker. Eight-time MLA of the Congress R V Deshpande is the seniormost in the House. Bopaiah will administer the oath to the newly

Mangaluru, May 18: Former minister U T Khader has urged the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and activists not to unleash hatred while celebrating their victory in recent Karnataka assembly polls. Responding to the reports of untoward incidents such as stone pelting on houses and places of worship belonging to minorities during victory celebrations of BJP in different parts of Dakshina Kannada, Mr

New Delhi, May 18: The tense, high-voltage hearing on the Karnataka crisis in the Supreme Courton Friday witnessed lighter moments when a judge quoted a social media joke that the owner of a resort where the Congress-JD(S) legislators were holed up has also staked claim to form government saying he had 117 MLAs. “On a lighter vein, I must say that I saw a message circulated on the social media in

Mangaluru, May 18: The results of recent Karnataka assembly polls have once again proved that there is no future for any other party except the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada at least for next few years. As many as 58 candidates were in the fray in eight assembly constituencies of the district. The BJP has won seven out of eight constituencies and

New Delhi, May 18: The Supreme Court on Friday approved the Centre's draft Cauvery Management Scheme for smooth distribution of water among four southern riparian states. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra rejected the suggestions of Karnataka and Kerala governments over the scheme, terming them as devoid of merits. The bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud

Bengaluru, May 18: In spite of all possible measures taken by the Congress to prevent their MLAs from the poachers of Bharatiya Janata Party, it has failed to trace its two missing MLAs. On the other hand two more Congress MLAs, who are still visibly seen in the Congress camp, are reportedly in touch with the saffron party. Two-time Vijayanagara (Ballari) MLA Anand Singh has been doing a flip-flop

Bengaluru, May 18: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is “100% confident” of proving majority during Saturday’s floor test in the Karnataka assembly. Yeddyurappa took oath as chief minister on Thursday even as his party, with 104 legislators, is short of the required number, 112, to form a government. The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Yeddyurappa-led BJP government to prove its