Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 25: Newly elected Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumarraswamy on Friday said that he will fulfill all the promises made by him to the citizens of of the state. Talking to news agency, the Chief Minister said that he is not going to care about the state-wide bandh on May 28 called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the issues of farmers' loans waiver. "The real action will start now

Kozhikode, May 25: "Why are we being ostracised? What wrong did we do?" asked a sobbing Sindhu, whose husband Rajan succumbed to the deadly Nipah virus a few days ago. So far, the virus has claimed 11 lives in Kerala's Kozhikode and Malappuram districts. Gradually coming to terms with their huge loss, the family, living in extreme poverty, claimed that health department officials left a plastic

Dubai, May 25: The UAE has asked its citizens to put off unnecessary travel to Kerala where a Nipah virus outbreak has claimed 11 lives while at least 40 others are in quarantine, the health ministry said in a statement. The virus, which commonly affects animals such as bats, pigs, dogs, and horses, can spread to humans and cause serious illness among humans. In Kerala, the Nipah virus has so far

Bengaluru, May 25: Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy comfortably passed the floor test on Friday, after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs staged a walkout from the Vidhana Soudha (state assembly). With this, he successfully proved his majority in the state assembly. The BJP walked out from the state assembly after BJP state chief B.S. Yeddyurappa said his party will hold a state-wide

Bengaluru, May 25: Seeking the trust vote in the Karnataka assembly, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today asserted that the Congress-JD(S) coalition government would complete its five-year tenure. He also said he was conscious that he was not running a majority government. "I am also pained that the people have not placed their trust on me," he said as he moved the motion seeking a vote of

Bengaluru, May 25: BJP legislature party leader B S Yeddyurappa was today recognised as the leader of the opposition in Karnataka Assembly. Newly-elected Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar made the announcement shortly after his election as the presiding officer of the House. Govind Karjol would be the deputy opposition leader, Kumar said.

Bengaluru, May 25: Striking an aggressive note, Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa on Friday warned of a state-wide stir if the Congress-JD(S) coalition government led by H D Kumaraswamy did not waive farm loans within 24 hours. Speaking to reporters before Kumaraswamy took the floor test to prove his majority in the assembly, Yeddyurappa said the JD(S) leader had promised to waive farm loans

Bengaluru, May 24: Congress' K R Ramesh Kumar was on Friday unanimously elected the Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly, after BJP candidate S Suresh Kumar pulled out of the race, in a major victory for the JD(S)-Congress coalition before Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy faced the floor test. Shortly before the start of the proceedings, Suresh Kumar said he was withdrawing his nomination following a

Bengaluru, May 25: Congress and JD(S) are yet to arrive at an agreement on whether or not Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy will get a full term of five years. Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy says that the future of his government hinges on the stances taken, and the moves made by the Congress leaders. On the other hand, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara says that the modalities including sharing

Mangaluru, May 24: People in coastal Karnataka heaved a sigh of relief as two suspected cases of Nipah virus in Mangaluru finally proved negative. The PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test of the throat swabs of two patients in Mangaluru, sent to Manipal Centre for Virus Research to ascertain if they have Nipah, has been found negative, according to M. Ramakrishna Rao, Dakshina Kannada District