Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 18: Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R. Vala on Friday appointed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA K.G. Bopaiah as pro-tem speaker ahead of floor test tomorrow in the state assembly. By convention, the seniormost legislator should be appointed as the Pro-tem Speaker. Eight-time MLA of the Congress R V Deshpande is the seniormost in the House. Bopaiah will administer the oath to the newly

Mangaluru, May 18: Former minister U T Khader has urged the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and activists not to unleash hatred while celebrating their victory in recent Karnataka assembly polls. Responding to the reports of untoward incidents such as stone pelting on houses and places of worship belonging to minorities during victory celebrations of BJP in different parts of Dakshina Kannada, Mr

New Delhi, May 18: The tense, high-voltage hearing on the Karnataka crisis in the Supreme Courton Friday witnessed lighter moments when a judge quoted a social media joke that the owner of a resort where the Congress-JD(S) legislators were holed up has also staked claim to form government saying he had 117 MLAs. “On a lighter vein, I must say that I saw a message circulated on the social media in

Mangaluru, May 18: The results of recent Karnataka assembly polls have once again proved that there is no future for any other party except the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada at least for next few years. As many as 58 candidates were in the fray in eight assembly constituencies of the district. The BJP has won seven out of eight constituencies and

New Delhi, May 18: The Supreme Court on Friday approved the Centre's draft Cauvery Management Scheme for smooth distribution of water among four southern riparian states. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra rejected the suggestions of Karnataka and Kerala governments over the scheme, terming them as devoid of merits. The bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud

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