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Kolar, Nov 13: Former Karnataka Speaker and MLA K R Ramesh Kumar on Wednesday expressed "sigh of relief" as the Supreme Court upholds its decision to disqualify 17 Congress- JD(S) MLAs. Speaking to the media at Srinivas Prasad in Kolar district he said that,' the decision of disqualification of MLAs was upheld and this would be a lesson to legislatures who ditched the party resulting in bringing

Bengaluru, Nov 13: Karnataka Congress unit chief Dinesh Gundu Rao on Wednesday said that the Supreme court verdict which upheld disqualification of rebel Congress-JD(S) legislators proved that BJP used unconstitutional means to fabricate a majority and alleged that the ruling party was behind the toppling of the coalition government. "Supreme Court has upheld the disqualification of all the 17 MLA

Bengaluru, Nov 13: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to allow disqualified MLAs to contest polls, and termed it as verdict against the "conspiracy" of the then Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar and Congress leader Siddaramaiah. Expressing confidence that BJP would win all the 15 seats, where bypolls are scheduled to be held on December 5, he said the

New Delhi, Nov 13: H Vishwanath, Roshan Baig and Ramesh Jarkiholi, who are among the 17 MLAs disqualified by Karnataka speaker, on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court's verdict allowing them to contest the upcoming by-elections and expressed willingness to extend support to BS Yediyurappa-led BJP government in the state. The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the decision of the then Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 13: Even after writing a letter to Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri a month ago, Karnataka's Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah has not received the facilities that need to be given to him including a car, office and office staff, sources said. As per protocol, the opposition legislative party leader must be given these facilities. Sources said Siddaramaiah wrote a letter to Kageri

Bengaluru, Nov 13: In a setback to Congress leader D K Shivakumar, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed the criminal review petition filed him against the order of the trial court which had rejected his plea seeking him to discharge from the case registered by the Income Tax Department for allegedly evading tax. This apart, the High Court has also dismissed the criminal review petitions

New Delhi, Nov 13: The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the decision of the then Karnataka speaker K R Ramesh Kumar to disqualify 17 rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs under the anti-defection law and said that they can contest the upcoming by-elections in the state. "We are upholding the order of the Speaker," said Justice Ramana while reading out the judgment. The top court said that resignation does

Mangaluru, Nov 12: Vijayapura MP Ramesh Jigajinagi on Tuesday flagged off the Vijayapura-Mangaluru daily tatkal express, the first and only train, which connects coastal Malnad region with Central and north Karnataka. Train No 07327 Vijayapura-Mangaluru Junction Tatkal Express special will depart from Vijayapura railway station at 1800 hrs and arrive at Mangaluru Junction station at 12.40 pm the

Shivamogga, Nov 12: A medical student was electrocuted to death last night near Purale layout in Shivamogga, the police said. According to police, the deceased were identified as Nithin (23), a resident of Dhavanagere. It is said that a short circuit took place while he was ironing clothes.

Bengaluru, Nov 12: In what seems to be a prank going horribly wrong for a group of youngsters in Bengaluru, police have arrested seven people on Tuesday for allegedly dressing up as ghosts and trying to scare people in the city at night. According to the police, the incident took place in Sharifana Nagar area of Yashwanthpur here on Monday night. A purported video of the incident has also surfaced