Supreme Court upholds disqualification of 17 K'taka MLAs but allows them to contest by-polls
Nov 13, 2019, at 11:39 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the disqualification of 17 Karnataka MLAs by then Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar but allowed them to contest the upcoming by-elections due to be held on Dec 5.
JD(S) candidates' list for Karnataka bypolls will be announced within 2 days: H D Kumraswamy
Sep 24, 2019, at 02:39 pm
Mysuru, Sept 24 (UNI): JD(S) leader H D Kumraswamy on Tuesday said the list of candidates for Oct 21 bypolls to 15 constituencies in Karnataka will be announced within two days.
Democracy, honesty, people of Karnataka lost: Rahul Gandhi
Jul 24, 2019, at 10:16 am
New Delhi, Jul 23 (UNI) Reacting to the defeat of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in the trust vote in the Karnataka Assembly, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that democracy, honesty and the people of the state had lost.
Cong-JD(S) coalition govt falls, Yeddyurappa set to become Karnataka CM for fourth time
Jul 23, 2019, at 10:39 pm
Bengaluru, Jul 23 (IBNS): The one-year-old-Karnataka government, which was formed on an alliance between the Congress party and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), toppled on Tuesday as HD Kumaraswamy failed to win the trust vote, paving way for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BS Yeddyurappa to become the Chief Minister for the fourth time.
Karnataka: Coalition fails to prove majority, Kumaraswamy govt falls
Jul 23, 2019, at 08:05 pm
Bengaluru, Jul 23 (IBNS): The 14-month-old Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka failed to prove its majority in the trust vote this evening and fell.
Congress slams BJP for constant efforts to sabotage Karnataka government
Jul 23, 2019, at 05:31 pm
Bengaluru, Jul 23 (UNI) Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP of making constant efforts to sabotage the Congress-JD(S) coalition government and 'kill' democracy in Karnataka.
Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition government to face trust vote today
Jul 22, 2019, at 09:15 am
Bangalore, July 22 (IBNS): The missing last two deadlines, Karnataka's Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition government will face the floor test on Monday.
Trust debate begins in Karnataka Assembly
Jul 18, 2019, at 12:57 pm
Bengaluru, July 18 (IBNS/UNI): Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has initiated the trust debate in the Assembly as the House readies itself to see whether the government survives the test.
Kumaraswamy government in Karnataka set for floor test
Jul 18, 2019, at 10:36 am
Bengaluru, July 18 (UNI): Notwithstanding the resignations of 16 rebel Congress and the JD(S) MLAs to their membership, the 14-month-old JD(S) and the Congress coalition government will go for a floor test here on Thursday.
Speaker to decide on rebel Karnataka MLAs' resignations but lawmakers can't be forced: SC
Jul 17, 2019, at 11:49 am
New Delhi, July 17 (IBNS): In an apparent balanced judgement, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Karnataka Speaker Ramesh Kumar's independence in taking his call on rebel Congress-Janata Dal Secular MLAs' resignations but also stated the lawmakers can't be forced to attend the assembly.
Karnataka crisis: Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on rebel MLAs' plea
Jul 17, 2019, at 10:24 am
New Delhi, July 17 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday will pronounce its verdict on rebel Congress and Janata Dal Secular MLAs' plea seeking the top court's direction to Speaker Ramesh Kumar to accept their resignations.
All eyes on Karnataka as Kumaraswamy's chance of providing majority thins; 5 more MLAs approach SC
Jul 15, 2019, at 02:03 pm
Will he or won't he? This is the question that keeps lingering on everyone's mind about the ongoing political crisis in Karnataka with chances of proving majority by the Kumaraswamy government appearing thin with every passing moment.
We are confident, says Kumaraswamy while Congress-JDS government on verge of losing power
Jul 12, 2019, at 12:31 pm
Bengaluru, July 12 (IBNS): Even after the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) government in Karnataka is on the verge to collapse, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy posed confident as the state assembly meets on Friday.
Supreme Court asks rebel Karnataka MLAs to meet Speaker at 6 pm
Jul 11, 2019, at 11:28 am
New Delhi, July 11 (IBNS): The Supreme Court has asked the rebel Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) MLAs of Karnataka to meet the Vidha Soudha Speaker at 6 pm on Thursday after they had moved the top court seeking a direction to the Speaker to accept their resignations, media reports said.
Supreme Court to hear 10 rebel Cong-JDS Karnataka MLAs' plea today
Jul 11, 2019, at 10:52 am
New Delhi, July 11 (IBNS): The Supreme Court will hear the plea of 10 rebel Congress-Janata Dal Secular (JDS) MLAs in Karnataka who sought a direction from the top court to the Vidhan Soudha Speaker to accept their resignations, media reports said.
Karnataka Congress leader Shivakumar stopped outside hotel where rebels lawmakers are staying
Jul 10, 2019, at 09:30 am
Mumbai, July 10 (IBNS): In a major development, senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar, who flew down to Mumbai, was stopped from entering the Renaissance Hotel in the city where the rebel Karnataka lawmakers are staying.
Karnataka rebel MLAs head to Goa from Mumbai
Jul 08, 2019, at 09:16 pm
Mumbai, July 8 (IBNS): Karnataka’s rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs who had been camping at a hotel here after tendering their resignations left for Goa on Monday evening as Congress workers demonstrated outside the hotel, media reports said.
BJP killing democracy: Congress' Adhir Chowdhury over Karnataka crisis; Rajnath replies
Jul 08, 2019, at 01:47 pm
New Delhi, July 8 (IBNS): Raising the crisis over the Congress-Janata Dal Secular (JDS) government in Karnataka, Congress' leader of the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of poaching MLAs and said the saffron party is "killing democracy".
Karnataka cabinet minister resigns, Congress-JDS government in more trouble
Jul 08, 2019, at 12:39 pm
Bengaluru, July 8 (UNI) The JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka fell into a deeper crisis on Monday as minister and independent member H Nagesh quit the cabinet and reportedly decided to support the BJP.
Kumaraswamy likely to step down to save JD(S)-Congress government In Karnataka
Jul 07, 2019, at 01:30 pm
Bengaluru, July 7 (UNI): As a last minute effort to save the 13-month-old JDS-Congress coalition, Karnataka, chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy is likely to step down and pave way for Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge to take the mantle.
BJP trying to sabotage non-BJP govts: Mallikarjun Kharge
Jul 07, 2019, at 12:05 pm
Bengaluru, July 7 (IBNS): Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has accused the BJP of trying to sabotage non-BJP governments.
14 MLAs resignation is a surprise but good development: Sadanada Gowda
Jul 06, 2019, at 06:54 pm
Mysuru, July 6(UNI) Union Minister for Fertilizers and senior BJP leader D V Sadananda Gowda today expressed his surprise over resignation by 14 MLAs of Congress-JDS coalition government in Karnataka and said that it is a good development.
BJP is not behind resignation by 12 Congress-JDS MLAs in Karnataka: BS Yeddyurappa
Jul 06, 2019, at 04:55 pm
Bengaluru, July 6 (UNI) Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also BJP State President, said that his party was not behind the alleged resignation tendered by 12 MLAs of Coalition partners Congress and JDS.
Congress-JDS coalition in trouble in Karnataka: 11 lawmakers submit resignations
Jul 06, 2019, at 03:58 pm
Bangalore, July 6 (IBNS/UNI): The Congress-JDS coalition government in Karnataka is facing trouble as eight Congress and three Janata Dal Secular legislators have submitted their resignations to the office of the Speaker in his absence, media reports said.
Karnataka: JDS President A H Vishwanath resigns
Jun 04, 2019, at 12:59 pm
Bengaluru, Jun 4 (UNI): Karnataka Janata Dal (Secular) President and former Minister A H Vishwanath today announced his resignation to the President Post.
JD (S) MP Prajwal Revanna expresses desire to resign
May 24, 2019, at 11:53 am
Mandya, May 24 (UNI): The newly elected Lok Sabha member, Prajwal Revanna, who was declared elected as the JD(S) candidate in the Hassan Lok Sabha seat, on Thursday, have decided to quit the membership in favour of his grandfather and former Prime minister H D Deve Gowda.
Don't make controversial comments, we are on verge to form next govt: Kumaraswamy urges Congress-JDS
May 18, 2019, at 09:04 pm
Bengaluru, May 18 (IBNS): Just five days prior to the Lok Sabha poll results, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has urged people of his own party Janata Dal Secular and the Congress to refrain from making controversial statements as the opposition parties, according to him, are set to form a new government.
Five killed in Sri Lanka blast were JDS leaders who belonged to Karnataka
Apr 22, 2019, at 12:44 pm
Bengaluru, Apr 22 (UNI): Five of over 200 people killed in Lankan Easter Sunday Massacre were Janata Dal (Secular) leaders and hailed from various places in Karnataka State.
IT department conducts raids in Karnataka constituencies dominated by JDS
Apr 16, 2019, at 01:30 pm
Bengaluru, Apr 16 (UNI): The Income Tax authorities have conducted simultaneous raids in the JD(S) dominated two Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka.
Political clash in Mandya ahead of Lok Sabha polls injures three JD(S) workers
Apr 08, 2019, at 12:44 pm
Mandya, Apr 8 (UNI): With election campaign coming to a boil ahead of Apr 18 phase polls in 14 Lok Sabha segments in Karnataka, the state is witnessing political skirmish and it turned worse when Janata Dal (Secular) and supporters of independent candidate Sumalatha clashed in Mandya segment leaving three JD(S) workers injured.