Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 22: Chief minister-designate H D Kumaraswamy has requested his party workers and supporters not to put up flexes, banners and cut-outs, and also refrain from bursting crackers during his swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday. “I request you not to put up banners, cut-outs and buntings, and burst crackers, which is harmful to the environment. It is my wish that the party workers do not

New Delhi, May 22: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea by right wing leader from Karnataka Pramod Mutalik to enter Goa for participating in some event on June 1. A vacation bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Navin Sinha asked his counsel Vishnu Shankar Jain to amend his petition pending since 2016. “Is there any fresh prohibitory order against you? Where is that order,” the

Bengaluru, May 22: Congress will get the post of speaker and a deputy chief minister in Karnataka, the first names that party president Rahul Gandhi will decide in the coming hours ahead of HD Kumaraswamy’s swearing-in as chief minister of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government on Wednesday. The two parties have moved a step ahead in resolving differences over power-sharing, with chief minister

Hyderabad, May 21: A coalition government may not be in the interest of citizens, retired Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde has said, regretting the fact that voters in Karnataka had failed to elect a single party to rule the state. The former Karnataka Lokayukta said he found nothing wrong in the Congress backing the JD(S) to form the government to keep the BJP out of power. "That's the

Bengaluru, May 21: As the stage is set for JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy to become the next chief minister of Karnataka, KPCC president G Parameshwara on Monday said difficult times were ahead, but there was a need to stop the BJP from coming to power in the southern state. He said he understood the sentiments of many who were averse to a tie-up between the Congress and JD(S). However, the need to

Bengaluru, May 21: Janata Dal (Secular) Karnataka present and chief minister designate H D Kumaraswamy today called on Congress stalwarts Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi ahead of taking oath as chief minister of Karnataka on May 23. "There is no bargain. We will cordially work out things. We must work together. I am here to take their (Congress leaders) advice," Kumaraswamy said after

Bengaluru, May 21: In a development that could leave the Congress red-faced in Karnataka, its MLA Shivaram Hebbar on Monday dismissed as "fake" an audio clip released by the party to allege that the BJP offered money and a ministerial berth to him for cross-voting during the floor test in the Assembly. The Congress had released three audio tapes in the run-up to the floor test, claiming that the

Hassan, May 21: Karnataka Chief Minister-designate HD Kumaraswamy on Monday refuted the reports of resentment within the Congress party over its alliance with Janata Dal (Secular) (JD-S), while calling it bogus and fake. "Who told you? This is all bogus and fake news. This is not true," Kumaraswamy told ANI. Meanwhile, Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy said that the party is happy being in an

As the death toll in the virus-induced fever in north Kerala started mounting, the National Virology Institute in Pune has confirmed that the deceased were infected with Nipah virus (NiV). This is the first time the virus, which has high fatality rate and spreads mainly through bats, pigs and other animals, has been detected in the south Indian state. Here’s all you need to know about the virus

Mangaluru, May 21: After the Kerala Health Department confirmed that deadly Nipah virus has caused at least three deaths in the state, the panic over the new disease started spreading in neighbouring states including Karnataka. Lack of a health minister due to the delay in formation of a new government in Karnataka after recent polls, is another reason for the concern among people of the state. On