Karnataka Speaker issued summons to 15 rebel MLAs to appear before him
Jul 22, 2019, at 10:55 pm
Bengaluru, Jul 22 (UNI): The Karnataka Assembly speaker, has summoned 15 rebel Congress and the JD(S) MLAs, who had submitted their resignations to their membership, to appear before him on Tuesday.
Will wait even till midnight for trust vote: Yeddy
Jul 22, 2019, at 09:29 pm
Bengaluru, July 22 (IBNS): The Karnataka Assembly has been witnessing uproarious scenes with the Opposition blaming the government of delaying the trust vote.
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.
Karnataka: No trust vote today, Speaker adjourns Assembly till Monday
Jul 19, 2019, at 11:34 pm
Bengaluru, Jul 19 (IBNS): Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar once again on Friday adjourned the house till Monday thereby stalling the trust vote.
Karnataka assembly likely to witness chaotic scene over Guv's direction to CM
Jul 19, 2019, at 11:35 am
Bengaluru, July 19 (UNI): While the Confidence motion, moved by the Chief minister H D Kumaraswamy is yet to reach to its logical conclusion, the direction by the Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala to Chief Minister to prove his majority within 1330 hours, is likely to create storm in the house, when it reassembled on Friday.
Prove majority by July 19, K'taka Guv directs CM
Jul 18, 2019, at 10:58 pm
Bengaluru, Jul 18 (UNI/IBNS): Amid heated debate over the resignation of 15 MLAs of the ruling JD(S)-Congress coalition government, triggering a crisis in the ruling in Karnataka, Governor Vajubhai R Vala asked Chief Minster HD Kumaraswamy to prove his majority, before 1330 hrs on Friday.
No trust vote today in Karnataka Assembly
Jul 18, 2019, at 07:55 pm
Bengaluru, Jul 18 (IBNS): The impasse in Karnataka politics seems to take no halt with the Speaker calling it a day in the Assembly, which means there will be no trust vote on Thursday.
Speaker orders Karnataka home minister to submit report on the alleged kidnap of a Congress MLA
Jul 18, 2019, at 06:30 pm
Bengaluru, July 18 (UNI): Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar today ordered the home minister M.B. Patil to ask the state police and submit a report on Congress party members statement that one of the party MLA had been kidnapped.
Leader of Opposition in hurry: Kumaraswamy taunts Yeddyurappa during Karnataka trust vote
Jul 18, 2019, at 02:55 pm
Bengaluru, July 18 (IBNS/UNI): Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has taunted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) strongman BS Yeddyurappa in the Vidhan Soudha saying the opposition leader, who wanted the trust vote process to be completed quickly, is in hurry, media reports said.
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 puts onus on Speaker
Jul 17, 2019, at 10:59 am
New Delhi, July 17 (IBNS): Putting the onus on Karnataka Speaker Ramesh Kumar, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it won't interfere into the Speaker's duties.
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.
Karnataka crisis: Apex court asks Speaker to take decision by Wednesday
Jul 16, 2019, at 08:02 pm
New Delhi, July 16 (UNI): Rebel MLAs on Tuesday requested the Supreme Court to direct the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar to take a decision on their resignations by tomorrow, prior to the trust vote of the HD Kumaraswamy dispensation in the software capital of India.
Rebel Congress leader Roshan Baig detained at Bengaluru Airport in connection with Ponzi scam
Jul 16, 2019, at 12:00 pm
Bengaluru, July 16 (IBNS): Rebel Congress leader Roshan Baig was detained at Bengaluru Airport on Tuesday in connection with the multi-crore IMA Ponzi scam, said Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on micro-blogging site Twitter.
Supreme Court may decide on Karnataka crisis on Tuesday
Jul 15, 2019, at 09:06 pm
New Delhi, July 15 (UNI): The political crisis in Karnataka took a new turn when five rebel MLAs approached the Supreme Court on Monday.
BJP wants floor test in Karnataka on Monday
Jul 14, 2019, at 09:25 pm
Bengaluru, July 14 (UNI): Even though JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka has expressed its desire to hold a floor test on a date decided by Assembly speaker, the opposition BJP wants to hold it on Monday itself.
No reason for not following the judiciary, says Karnataka Speaker Ramesh Kumar
Jul 12, 2019, at 02:01 pm
Bengaluru, July 12 (UNI) Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Friday said that he has full respect to the judiciary and there is no reason for not following a Court order.
Karnataka crisis: Supreme Court asks Speaker to maintain status quo till Tuesday
Jul 12, 2019, at 01:32 pm
New Delhi, July 12 (IBNS): With no end to the crisis in Karnataka politics for now, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Speaker of the Vidhan Soudha not to take decision on the resignations and disqualifications of the 10 rebel Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) MLAs till Tuesday, media reports said.
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.
Karnataka rebel MLAs meet Speaker, submit resignations again
Jul 11, 2019, at 07:33 pm
New Delhi, Jul 11 (IBNS): After the Supreme Court's order, the rebel Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) MLAs of Karnataka met Vidha Soudha Speaker Ramesh Kumar at 6 pm on Thursday to confirm their resignation.
Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy will not step down
Jul 11, 2019, at 02:22 pm
Bengaluru, July 11 (UNI): Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy today said that the situation has not arisen where he had to quit his post as the coalition government would survive the rebel scare it has been facing over the past one week.
Karnataka crisis: For third consecutive day, Opposition stage walk-out in Lok Sabha
Jul 11, 2019, at 02:18 pm
New Delhi, July 11 (UNI): For the third consecutive day, Congress, DMK, Trinamool Congress and other opposition parties on Thursday staged walkout in the Lok Sabha registering their protest over political developments in Karnataka and Goa.
Karnataka Assembly Speaker not doing what he is supposed to: Ex-attorney general
Jul 11, 2019, at 12:55 pm
New Delhi, July 11 (IBNS): Former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, who is representing the rebel MLAs of Karnataka, has accused the Assembly Speaker of not performing his duties.
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.
BJP Legislature Party in Karnataka to meet on Thursday
Jul 10, 2019, at 10:51 pm
Bengaluru, July 10 (UNI): Sensing the seat of power is an inch-away, Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party leader B.S. Yeddyurappa had convened a Legislative Party meeting tomorrow.
Shivakumar hopeful of Karnataka govt surviving political crisis
Jul 10, 2019, at 09:58 pm
Mumbai, July 10 (UNI): Signalling an end to a day full of high political drama in city, Karnataka Congress leader and minister D.K. Shivakumar expressed hope that "all the rebel Congress-Janata Dal(S) MLAs would return home and the state government would survive the crisis" as they were being deported to Bengaluru by Mumbai Police, here late on Wednesday.
Karnataka crisis deepens, two more Congress MLAs resign
Jul 10, 2019, at 08:08 pm
Bengaluru/New Delhi, July 10 (UNI): A crisis gripped Karnataka polity after two more Indian National Congress MLAs submitted their resignation to the Assembly Speaker on Wednesday, protracting the problems of the ruling coalition.