Karnataka

Benagluru, May 19: Congress leader DK Shivakumar on Saturday said that neither his party nor Janata Dal (Secular) would allow a voice vote when Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa moves a trust motion. “We’re not bacchas here. We’ve seen the Assembly for 30 years. There law is clear. We want division of votes. We will not allow a voice vote,” Shivakumar told reporters. Two Congress MLAs - Anand Singh

New Delhi, May 19: Ahead of the floor test in the Karnataka Assembly on Saturday at 4 pm, the Supreme Court has rejected a petition by the Congress-JD(S)challenging the appointment of K.G. Bopaiah as pro-tem speaker. The court said he will continue to be the pro-tem speaker. At the moment, the oath ceremony is being conducted by pro-tem speaker K.G. Bopaiah in the state assembly of Karnataka and

Mangaluru, May 19: A Qatar-bound passenger was arrested with huge quantity of of marijuana (ganja) at Mangaluru International Airport yesterday by the personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). The accused has been identified as Kalai Tasleem Basheer, a resident of Kalai in Karnataka. He had reportedly concealed the marijuana inside three giant pumpkins. He was scheduled to depart

Bengaluru, May 19: Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sadananda Gowda on Saturday averred that B. S. Yeddyurappa will remain the Chief Minister of Karnataka for five years. "Wait till 4.30 pm. We will win and B.S. Yeddyurappa will be the Chief Minister for five years," Gowda said. Meanwhile, ahead of the crucial floor test at 4 pm in the state assembly as directed by the

Bengaluru, May 19: Hours before the floor test is set to begin in Karnataka assembly, Congress leaders said they have the numbers and ultimately they will form the government in the state in alliance with Janata Dal (Secular). Before leaving for the assembly, senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Nabi Azad said the numbers are against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and expressed

Bengaluru, May 19: Newly-elected JD(S) and Congress MLAs reached Bengaluru on Saturday morning after an overnight journey from Hyderabad for the crucial floor test in the state assembly. MLAs had been camping in two Hyderabad hotels to avoid any poaching bids. JD(S) MLC Basavaraj said in the morning that as many as 36 legislators belonging to his party and 77 of the Congress were camping in the

Bengaluru, May 19: Shanthinagar legislator N A Haris's son, Mohammed Haris Nalapad, and his friends ferociously assaulted Vidwath L with a knuckle ring, ice buckets, beer bottles, etc at Farzi Cafe, UB City, the victim said in a statement to the police. Police have attached Vidwath's statement to the charge sheet. According to Vidwath, he and four friends had gone to the cafe for dinner around 8

Bengaluru, May 19: Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has had a chequered history when in power. Saturday’s floor test will be his fifth in a span of 11 years. “We will get full majority. We will prove majority. I’m 100% confident,” Yeddyurappa said on Friday, soon after the Supreme Court ordered him to undergo a floor test to show that the BJP had sufficient numbers to form government. The BJP, with

Hyderabad, May 19: Congress leaders in Telangana used three ‘decoy’ buses to mislead rivals from poaching Congress and JD(S) MLAs from Karnataka who arrived here in three buses on Friday morning. As the legislators reached Hyderabad, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Uttam Kumar Reddy saw to it that the Congress MLAs were accommodated in Taj Krishna hotel and the JD(S) MLAs in Novotel

Mangaluru, May 19: To maintain law and order in the city, in view of the vote of confidence being sought by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Saturday, Police Commissioner Vipul Kumar has clamped prohibitory orders. The prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code will be in place between 8 a.m. of Saturday and 10 a.m. of Sunday under the limits of Mangaluru city police