Mysore/Mysuru: A day after the Congress staged a demonstration accusing the Karnataka Governor of acting unconstitutionally by refusing to read the speech copy of the State Government on the first day of the Special Session of the State Legislature, the Opposition BJP staged a demonstration against the unruly behaviour of Congress Legislators in the session…
High drama at Joint Session of Karnataka Legislature | Marshals prevented assault on Governor: Prathap Simha
January 23, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Former MP Prathap Simha on Thursday expressed concern that Congress MLAs might have assaulted Governor Thawarchand Gehlot during the State Legislature Session had the Marshals not been present. Reacting to yesterday’s incident during the Governor’s address at the special session of the State Legislature at Vidhana Soudha, Simha alleged that the State Government had…
Guv free to decide content of speech: Sr. advocate
January 23, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Senior advocate O. Sham Bhat of the city has maintained that the actions of ruling Congress legislators following the Governor’s speech during the inaugural address of the special session of the State Legislature in Bengaluru yesterday amounted to a clear violation of the Constitution. Taking strong exception to the conduct of the legislators, Sham…
High drama at Joint Session of Karnataka Legislature: Guv Vs Govt.
January 22, 2026Bengaluru: High drama prevailed in the Karnataka Assembly, this morning as Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot cut short his customary address to the joint session of the State Legislature at Vidhana Soudha, triggering a fresh constitutional and political flashpoint. Declining to read the full speech prepared by the State Government, the Governor concluded his address after just…
BJP calls suspension ‘murder of democracy’
March 22, 2025Bengaluru: BJP leaders criticised the Congress Government in Karnataka after 18 of its MLAs were suspended for 6 months and forcibly removed from the Assembly. The BJP alleged that the suspension was an attempt to suppress their opposition to the Government’s decision to grant 4 percent Muslim reservation in Government tenders and their demand for…
Karnataka Speaker, Congress defend suspension of MLAs
March 22, 2025Bengaluru: The suspension of 18 BJP MLAs from the Karnataka Assembly for six months has triggered sharp reactions, with Speaker U.T. Khader defending his decision and Congress leaders calling it necessary to maintain order, while the Opposition termed it a “shameful day for Democracy.” The Speaker asserted that his decision was under the Constitution and…
Karnataka Assembly Budget session to begin from March 3
February 23, 2025Bengaluru: The Budget session will begin on Mar. 3 and the Opposition BJP is ready to take on the State Government for which it held a preliminary meeting in this regard on Friday. Speaking to media persons after the meeting, Leader of Opposition Karnataka Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy said that important topics pertaining to the…
Winter Session of State Assembly begins at Belagavi
December 4, 2023Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) stages protest at borders against Session; 10 Bills to be tabled Belagavi: The 10-day Winter Session of the State Legislature began at 11 am today at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi. The Assembly and Council will be in session from Dec. 4 to Dec. 15, excluding Dec. 9 and Dec. 10…
Hollow Oaths
May 27, 2023Every time there is an oath-taking ceremony, MLAs do not follow the rules, which is to take the oath either in the name of God or the Constitution. Instead, they take the oath in the name of whomsoever they want. This time was no different, the MLAs began their stint as rule-makers by breaking the…
U.T. Khader elected as new Speaker
May 24, 2023Bengaluru: As expected, senior Congress MLA U.T. Khader has been unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 16th Karnataka Assembly. Khader, a five-time successive MLA from Mangaluru (erstwhile Ullal) Constituency and also a former Minister, was elected unopposed as he was the only candidate to file nomination papers yesterday. Khader’s election was a foregone conclusion…















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