Karnataka

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

New Delhi, May 18: B.S. Yeddyurappa, who was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on Thursday, has to prove his majority in the state assembly on Saturday at 4 pm, the Supreme Court said. The decision was taken after the top court on Friday heard the arguments for and against the petition filed by the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular), following Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala's invitation

New Delhi, May 18: BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa today placed before the Supreme Court the letters he had sent to Governor Vajubhai Vala in which he had staked claim to form the government in Karnataka. The Supreme court is hearing a petition moved by the Congress-JDS combine challenging the governor's decision to invite the BJP to form the government. Yeddyurappa, who was sworn in as the chief

Bengaluru, May 18: Late on Thursday night, the Congress-JD(S) combine herded out its MLA-elects from the Eagleton Golf Resort and Shangri La Hotel in the city. The two parties, which are on a panic mode following the BJP's move to poach their MLA-elects, decided to move them outside Bengaluru. The parties were earlier planning to fly out the legislators to Kochi in Kerala. The JD(S) had even kept

Bengaluru, May 18: Amid a power struggle in Karnataka, the JD(S) today alleged that chartered flights that were scheduled to carry its legislators along with those of the Congress from here to Kochi were denied permission by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation at the last minute. However, a Civil Aviation Ministry official said DGCA permission was not required for charter operations within

New Delhi, May 18: The bench which heard the politically- sensitive case on the Karnataka crisis was headed by a judge, who is number six in seniority in the apex court. Justice A K Sikri headed the three-member bench, which also comprised justices S A Bobde and Ashok Bhushan. In the bench, which held the historic pre-dawn hearing, Justice Bobde, who will become the Chief Justice of India after

Bengaluru, May 17: Within six hours of taking oath as chief minister, BS Yeddyurappa has transferred four senior police personnel. Two officers were transferred to state intelligence and two to the Bengaluru Commissionerate. Amar Kumar Pandey, who was Additional Director General of Police (Railways) has been transferred to the State Intelligence Department and Sandeep Patil, who was Deputy

Seeking adoption of the Karnataka example in Goa, the Congress today decided to stake claim to form a government in the state where it had emerged as the single largest party in the Assembly polls held last year. Congress Legislature Party chief Chandrakant Kavlekar said the party will stake claim tomorrow by submitting to Governor Mridula Sinha a formal letter containing signatures of all the 16

Bengaluru, May 17: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Karnataka High Court on Thursday challenging the move of the governor to invite B S Yeddyurappa to take oath as the chief minister of Karnataka and form his government in the following 15 days despite not having a clear majority. The petition filed by Advocate N P Amrutesh states that the action of the governor is in