As reported from Bengaluru by K.B. Ganapathy While passing through the Dollar’s Colony Road in Bengaluru yesterday, Star of Mysore Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy, who had gone to Bengaluru on some work, spotted an unusually large crowd in front of a house. Curious, he went near the house only to realise that he was standing in…
BJP awaits High Command directions to stake claim
July 24, 2019I congratulate the future Chief Minister Yeddyurappa, says Sumalatha Ambarish Bengaluru: Following H.D. Kumaraswamy-led Congress-JD(S) Coalition Government’s failure to prove confidence in the Assembly yesterday, BJP is all set to claim power. A day after the collapse of the Coalition Government, the residence of the Opposition BJP leader in the Assembly B.S. Yeddyurappa at Dollar’s…
Curtain falls on ‘Nataka’ as Kumaraswamy loses Trust Vote
July 24, 2019Bengaluru: The inevitable finally happened last evening, with the H.D. Kumaraswamy Government falling after days of political manoeuvring and attempts to win over the rebel Legislators failed to bear fruit. The JD(S)-Congress Coalition Government fell 12 days after Kumaraswamy sought to move the confidence motion in the State Assembly. The Trust Vote was defeated last…
BJP poised to bounce back to power after six years
July 24, 2019Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which made its first advent in Karnataka to form its own Government in 2008, is poised to return to power in the next few days. This comes in the wake of JD(S)-Congress coalition losing the Floor Test. The BJP, which made its advent in the South and the East,…
BJP’s stoic silence and patience finally pay off
July 24, 2019Bengaluru: The BJP’s gambit of “talking less and listening more” paid off in the Legislative Assembly yesterday with six days of patience and hard work helping the party defeat CM Kumaraswamy’s confidence motion. “It was not easy to be quiet, with Treasury Bench members attacking senior leaders of our party with all kinds of allegations….
Effect of HDK-led Government’s fall: New UoM Syndicate Members’ fates hang in balance !
July 24, 2019Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) has not had a full-fledged Syndicate since the last one-and-a-half years. The H.D. Kumaraswamy-led Congress-JD(S) Coalition Government had made fresh nominations to the Syndicates of State Universities including the UoM. The Education Department (Universities) Additional Secretary M.A. Ahmed had issued a notification dated July 20, 2019 regarding the new…
Karnataka political impasse continues: Floor Test will take place by end of Day today
July 23, 2019Speaker Ramesh Kumar tells Supreme Court Bengaluru: A miffed Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar late on Monday night set 6 pm on Tuesday (July 23) as the last deadline for the Floor Test to prove majority by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy in the House. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court this morning adjourned the hearing on…
Rebel MLAs seek four-week time to appear before Speaker
July 23, 2019Bengaluru: With Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar yesterday serving notice to the 15 JD(S)-Congress rebel MLAs who have quit, to appear before him by 11 am today (Tuesday) in connection with the disqualification petitions filed by the two parties, the rebel law-makers, who are said to be camping at a Hotel in Mumbai, are learnt to…
Speaker says Trust Vote today; CM for Wednesday
July 22, 2019Ramesh Kumar summons rebels to his Office at 11 am tomorrow Bengaluru/ New Delhi: Karnataka Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar has summoned rebel law-makers at 11 am tomorrow at his Office after a request by the ruling Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) Coalition to disqualify them, amid a row over Trust Vote. This move indicates that a Trust…
Congress-JD(S), BJP work out strategies
July 21, 2019Coalition might bide time and delay tomorrow’s floor test Bengaluru: With the fate of the H.D. Kumaraswamy-led Coalition Government in Karnataka likely to be decided tomorrow, political parties are preparing their strategy and plan of action for the crucial Trust Vote. While hectic parleys continued in Coalition circles with leaders of both Congress and JD(S)…
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