Thu, 25 Jul 2019 23:46:13
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed two Independent MLAs from Karnataka to withdraw their plea seeking a direction to state assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar to conduct "forthwith" floor test on a trust motion moved by the H D Kumaraswamy government.
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Thu, 25 Jul 2019 21:29:29
Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday rubbished reports he had instigated the rebels to resign and destabilise the coalition government headed by H D Kumaraswamy.
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Thu, 25 Jul 2019 21:24:35
Three of the 17 lawmakers responsible for bringing down the coalition government of the Congress and HD Kumaraswamy's Janata Dal Secular have been disqualified by Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar. Two of them -- Ramesh Jarkiholi and Mahesh Kumathahalli -- belonged to the Congress and had resigned earlier this month. The other, R Shankar, the legislator from Ranebennur, is one of the two Independents who su
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Thu, 25 Jul 2019 20:12:26
The Lok Sabha, on Thursday, passed the contentious bill to criminalize triple talaq amidst a walkout by Opposition members with the Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad contending that it was for dignity and respect of women.
The Bill, which was passed with 302 votes in favour and 82 against in a division, will now be tabled in Rajya Sabha, where the opposition is numerically higher than the ruling
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Thu, 25 Jul 2019 19:02:01
Rainfall receded in Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu districts while heavy downpour continued to lash Uttara Kannada district on Wednesday.
In Uttara Kananda district, Honnavar received downpour throughout the day. A 32-year-old man, identified as Sudhir Keshav Padti, slipped into an inundated land and disappeared near Gokarna. His body was found stuck in a tree two hours later.
Heavy rain lashed
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Thu, 25 Jul 2019 18:56:08
Udupi Deputy Commissioner Hephsiba Rani Korlapati has instructed officers not to decline health care requests for reason of shortage of doctors.
Addressing a meeting held at her office, the deputy commissioner said the number of patients is increasing at the Koosamma Shambhu Shetty Memorial Haji Abdullah Maternity and Child Hospital. The patients should not be sent back without treatment, she s
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Thu, 25 Jul 2019 18:44:12
Congress MP from Kishanganj, Mohammad Jawed on Thursday opposed the Triple Talaq Bill in Lok Sabha and said that the government should bring "laws for separated women of all communities" and not just Muslims.
"The Bill which has been tabled is another way to jail Muslims... I oppose this Bill and request the minister to send this Bill to the standing committee for review and make laws for separ
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Thu, 25 Jul 2019 18:40:22
Passenger train services between Shiribagilu and Subrahmanya Road stations on the Mangaluru-Bengaluru section resumed on Thursday.
Train services on the section have been disrupted since July 20 as the track was suspended due to continuous slipping of loose soil along with boulders in the form of slurry. This was caused by the incessant rains. Several boulders were infringing on the railway tra
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Thu, 25 Jul 2019 18:38:38
Bengaluru: Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Thursday said that he is still looking into the resignations submitted by rebel MLAs belonging to Congress and JD(S).
"I cannot discuss the judicial proceedings with the media but I am still going through the resignations. I respect Supreme Court very much. They have given me the discretion and I will live up to their expectations," he
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