Tue, 09 Jul 2019 19:05:52
As the political crisis assumes critical proportion in Karnataka, the party leadership on Tuesday tasked senior leaders -- Ghulam Nabi Azad and BK Hariprasad - to salvage the situation and save the coalition government.
"The two leaders will talk to party MLAs and leaders and try to defuse the crisis. They will also hold talks with the leaders of Janata Dal-Secular," sources said in New Delhi o
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Tue, 09 Jul 2019 18:58:23
Congress workers on Tuesday held a protest march against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here alleging that it is trying to topple the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka.
The party leaders protested in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue in Vidhana Soudha, housing the state legislature and the seat of power.
Another protest march by the Congress workers was held at Kalaburagi in the morning over
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Tue, 09 Jul 2019 18:52:28
Congress Legislature Party leader in Karnataka Siddaramaiah said Wednesday the party would seek the disqualification of rebel MLAs who have resigned.
The former chief minister also requested the 10 party MLAs who had resigned to come back or face the consequences.
He was talking to reporters after a CLP meet here convened to manage the crisis following the resignation of a total of 13 coalit
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Tue, 09 Jul 2019 18:44:33
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday raised slogans in Lok Sabha over the developments in Karnataka.
This is for the first time that Gandhi was seen raising slogans in the 17th Lok Sabha.
Gandhi arrived in the House at noon. At that time Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was raising the Karnataka issue and accused the ruling party of "poaching" its MLAs in the state.
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Tue, 09 Jul 2019 18:41:05
Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday said his party BJP is not responsible for the crisis that has plagued the Congress-JDS coalition in Karnataka following the resignation of their legislators.
"In the initial stage we tried once but afterward we kept quiet. Congress and JDS MLAs don't have faith in their own leaders and government. We are not behind any MLAs from Congress or JDS," th
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Tue, 09 Jul 2019 18:36:55
The political crisis in Karnataka showed no signs of resolution with Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar appearing to be in no hurry to take a decision on the resignation of 13 Congress and JD(S) MLAs saying eight of the resignations were not in order.
Talking to the media, he said he has called five MLAs whose resignations were in order for personal hearing before him. Three of them ha
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Tue, 09 Jul 2019 18:34:13
BJP MLA Basavraj Bommai on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, saying that the senior Congress leader was playing a dubious game.
"Siddaramaiah is playing a dubious game. He is trying to threaten MLAs. Let Siddaramaiah tell when he got 7 MLAs to vote for the Rajya Sabha polls. Where did the money come from," Bommai told reporters.
"Anti-defection law wil
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Tue, 09 Jul 2019 18:31:52
Air India will provide an additional baggage allowance of 5 kilograms to the passengers returning from Saudi Arabia after Haj with Zam Zam (holy water) cans.
In a statement on Tuesday, the company said that the baggage allowance on all commercial flights operating out of Saudi Arabia is uniformly 40 Kilograms, and the additional allowance will remain exclusive to the customers carrying the holy
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Tue, 09 Jul 2019 18:29:15
In a very swift operation, Old Goa police have nabbed a couple wanted for a robbery and murder case at Udupi town, Karnataka on Tuesday.
Police Inspector Jivba Dalvi said, "We had received information from Udupi town police station that two suspects after committing robbery and murder of an aged lady in Udupi are suspected to be around Old Goa."
Accordingly, based on the photographs and the
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