New Delhi: The Supreme Court this morning ordered that a floor test be conducted at 4 pm tomorrow (May 19) to determine whether the day-old B.S. Yeddyurappa government in Karnataka has the support of the required number of MLAs to continue in the government. The BJP is 8-member short of the 112-majority mark and it…
Karnataka political drama scene shifts to Hyderabad
May 18, 2018MLA G.T. Devegowda in discussion with other MLAs at a resort in Hyderabad this morning. Bengaluru / Hyderabad: The scene of the Karnataka political drama was shifted to Hyderabad with the arrival of the newly-elected Congress and JD(S) MLAs this morning just as the Supreme Court ordered a floor test for the B.S. Yeddyurappa-led BJP…
No time to relax for Congress, JD(S) MLAs
May 18, 2018Bengaluru: With dramatic developments unfolding in Karnataka after the State threw up a fractured mandate, there has been no time to relax for Congress and JD(S) MLAs, who soon after the results had to travel to Bengaluru to be present at the CLP meeting next day, and the same evening were shifted to Eagleton Resort…
Moments after taking over as CM, Yeddy orders transfer of IPS Officers
May 18, 2018Bengaluru: In a series of transfers of officials in crucial posts, two top Police intelligence officials and the Additional Chief Secretary to former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, were replaced within hours after B.S. Yeddyurappa took oath as the Chief Minister. Senior Advocate Prabhuling K. Navadagi has been appointed the new Advocate General by the Governor following…
Yeddy takes oath as CM
May 17, 2018Bengaluru: Amid protests by opposition parties, State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa took oath “in the name of God and farmers” as Karnataka Chief Minister this morning. Yeddyurappa was sworn-in by Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala. This is for the third time Yeddyurappa is becoming the CM. The first time was in 2007 and the second was…
Siddharamaiah in tears at Legislative party meeting
May 17, 2018Bengaluru: Outgoing Chief Minister Siddharamaiah (he became former this morning as BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa was sworn-in as the new CM) turned emotional at a meeting of the party’s new Legislators yesterday while speaking on Congress’ defeat in the Assembly polls even as senior leaders blamed him for the result. Seventy-year-old Siddharamaiah received flak from…
SC refuses to stay BSY’s swearing-in
May 17, 2018To hear the case tomorrow SC Bench heard the case at 2.10 am in Court 6 New Delhi: In a rare early morning hearing, the Supreme Court (SC) decided not to stop BJP’s B.S. Yeddyurappa from being sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka today. However, the Court said it wanted to see the letters…
Congress, JD(S) protest in front of Gandhiji Statue in Bengaluru
May 17, 2018Bengaluru: Even as State BJP Chief Yeddurappa was being sworn-in as Chief Minister at the Raj Bhavan here, the Congress and JD(S) MLAs staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi Statue near Vidhana Soudha. The MLAs were brought to the protest venue in special buses from their respective resorts. They shouted slogans against the…
Karnataka Assembly Polls – 2018: Defeated candidates react
May 17, 2018I respect people’s verdict: Vasu Chamaraja Congress candidate Vasu, who lost the Assembly polls to BJP’s L. Nagendra, has said that he would respect the voters’ mandate. Maintaining that he was not disappointed over the result, Vasu, who had won from Chamaraja in 2013, said that his defeat in last week’s election, may also be…
Amidst poaching threat…: Congress MLAs may be moved to Kochi or Hyderabad Resort
May 17, 2018Bengaluru: The Congress has decided to move its 78 lawmakers out of Karnataka. Reports suggest they are likely to be flown to a plush resort at Kochi in Kerala later this evening. Latest reports from Bengaluru say that the MLAs (both JD(S) and Congress) might be moved to a resort in Hyderabad. Sources said…
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