Kumaraswamy in Delhi, meets BSP chief Mayawati
May 22, 2018, at 12:49 am
New Delhi, May 21 (IBNS): After reaching the national capital on Monday, Janata Dal (Secular) leader and Karnataka Chief Minister designate HD Kumaraswamy met with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, who had supported the former in the recently concluded assembly polls in the southern state.
Kumaraswamy to take oath as Karnataka CM on Wednesday
May 20, 2018, at 08:50 pm
Bengaluru, May 20 (IBNS): Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy will take oath as the new Karnataka Chief Minister on May 23 (Wednesday) instead of Monday as May 21 happens to be the date on which former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was killed in a suicide bombing at Sriperumbudur near Chennai in 1991, media reports said.
Assam Congress celebrates after Karnataka victory
May 20, 2018, at 12:59 am
Guwahati, May 19 : Assam Congress leaders and party workers celebrated on Saturday after it became clear that the party is all set to form a government in Karnataka with JD(S).
Rahul Gandhi's claims that Congress defeated BJP is laughable: Javadekar
May 20, 2018, at 12:46 am
New Delhi, May 19 (IBNS): Moments after Rahul Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi following BS Yeddyurappa's resignation as Kanataka CM, the BJP countered the Congress chief and said it was 'laughable' to believe his claims that his party defeated the BJP in the southern state in the recently held Assembly elections.
Karnataka: Mamata Banerjee congratulates HD Kumaraswamy
May 19, 2018, at 11:57 pm
New Delhi, May 19 (IBNS): With BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa quitting as Karnataka CM, clearing the way for the Congress and the JD(S) to form the government in the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated new CM probable of the state HD Kumaraswamy.
Rahul Gandhi tears into Modi rule after BS Yeddyurappa quits as Karnataka CM
May 19, 2018, at 11:21 pm
New Delhi, May 19 (IBNS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi attacked Narendra Modi after BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa resigned as Karnataka CM and said the model of governance followed by the Primed Minister is 'dictatorship'.
BS Yeddyurappa quits as Karnataka CM ahead of floor test, Cong calls it victory of democracy
May 19, 2018, at 10:35 pm
Bengaluru, May 19 (IBNS): BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa, who took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka two days ago triggering a firestorm of controversy over the Governor's decision to invite a party without requisite numbers, resigned from the post at the Vidhan Soudha (Assembly) on Saturday,without taking a floor test.
Want to serve people of Karnataka: BS Yeddyurappa
May 19, 2018, at 09:31 pm
Bangalore, May 19 (IBNS): Ahead of the crucial floor test which will seal the fate of his government, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Saturday addressed the Assembly and said he could not forget the love and support he received from the people of the state.
Karnataka Assembly: Floor test shortly, 'missing' Congress MLAs return
May 19, 2018, at 09:24 pm
New Delhi,May 19 (IBNS): The crucial floor test in the Karnataka Assembly to decide the future of the BJP-led government in the state will be held shortly.
Supreme Court judges saved our democracy: Ghulam Nabi Azad
May 18, 2018, at 07:50 pm
New Delhi/Bengaluru, May 18 (IBNS): Reacting to the Supreme Court's order to hold a floor test in the Karnataka assembly on Saturday, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has said the judges of the top court saved democracy of the country.
Karnataka: Supreme Court refuses to give more time to BJP, orders floor test tomorrow
May 18, 2018, at 06:41 pm
New Delhi, May 18 (IBNS): In a jolt to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Supreme Court on Friday ordered a floor test in the Karnataka assembly at 4 pm on Saturday, turning down the saffron outfit's request for more time to prove majority.
Karnataka: Congress, JD(S) move lawmakers from Bengaluru to Hyderabad to avoid defection
May 18, 2018, at 05:42 pm
Bengaluru/Hyderabad, May 18 (IBNS): Adding to the political drama in Karnataka, the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) moved all its elected MLAs from a Bengaluru resort to the one in Hyderabad on Thursday midnight, in an attempt to keep the lawmakers away from an alleged horsetrading by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), media reports said.
Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa to face Supreme Court test today
May 18, 2018, at 03:10 pm
Bangalore, May 18 (IBNS): The Supreme Court will hear petition that challenged the invitation made by Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala to BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa to form the government in the state.
Congress, RJD to stake claims to form Goa, Bihar governments
May 18, 2018, at 12:52 am
Panaji/Patna, May 17 (IBNS): Playing with the strategy of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to assume powers in Karnataka, the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) will now stake claims to form governments in Goa and Bihar respectively, as the two political outfits had emerged as single largest parties in the two states, media reports said.
Congress' Abhishek Singhvi hints at BJP's 'horse trading' to form 'stable government' in Karnataka
May 17, 2018, at 04:56 pm
New Delhi/Bengaluru, May 17 (IBNS): Senior Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi has taken a subtle swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by hinting at a possible horse trading by the saffron outfit, which lacks the simple majority, to provide a stable government to the people of Karnataka.
BS Yeddyurappa takes oath as Karnataka Chief Minister
May 17, 2018, at 02:51 pm
Bangalore, May 17 (IBNS): BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa on Thursday took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka.
Rahul Gandhi attacks BJP over government formation in Karnataka
May 17, 2018, at 02:37 pm
New Delhi, May 17 (IBNS): As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is gearing up to form the government in Karnataka, Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi attacked the ruling party and said India will 'mourn defeat of democracy' on Thursday.
BJP trying to subvert democracy in Karnataka: Yashwant Sinha
May 17, 2018, at 02:26 pm
New Delhi, May 17 (IBNS): Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party over the issue of government formation in Karnataka and said it is 'brazenly trying to subvert democracy' in the southern state.
Supreme Court agrees to hear Congress-JD(S) plea at 1.45 am
May 17, 2018, at 06:52 am
New Delhi, May 17 (IBNS): The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular)'s plea, which was brought against Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala's decision to invite Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) Chief Ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa to take oath, at 1.45 am on Thursday.
Karnataka Governor invited Yeddyurappa to 'manufacture majority', says P Chidambaram
May 17, 2018, at 06:03 am
Bengaluru, May 16 (IBNS): Former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday attacked Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala for inviting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Chief Ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa to take oath on Thursday, despite the saffron outfit falling short of a majority mark.
Siddaramaiah confident that Cong-JD(S) to form govt in Karnataka
May 17, 2018, at 12:31 am
Bangalore, May 16 (IBNS): Ex-Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah has said he is confident that his Congress and JD(S) will form a government in the state.
May 16, 2018, at 10:04 pm
Bengaluru, May 16 (IBNS) : The high decibel political drama over formation of Government in Karnataka appeared quirky as Janata Dal (S) leader HD Kumaraswamy accused the BJP of attempting horse-trading, while a number of Congress and JD(S) MLAs reportedly went missing on Wednesday, the day BJP's BS Yedyurappa staked his claim to the Governor.
Karnataka: Congress-JD(s), BJP meet Governor over claiming stakes to form government
May 15, 2018, at 11:55 pm
Bangalore, May 15 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which emerged as the single largest party in the state but fell short of touching the majority mark, competed with the JD(S)-Congress team in meeting governor Vajubhai Vala to stake claim to form the government in Karnataka.
Congress, JD(S) make BJP swallow its Goa-Manipur formula in Karnataka
May 15, 2018, at 11:17 pm
Bengaluru, May 15 (IBNS): In a day of dramatic change of political fortunes in Karnataka, the Congress has roped in the Janata Dal (Secular) to form an alliance government in the state after the prospects of the BJP suddenly nosedived in the later stage of the counting, even as it seemed that the saffron was heading for a clean sweep.
HD Kumaraswamy of Janata Dal Secular accepts Congress support, stakes claim in Karnataka
May 15, 2018, at 10:22 pm
Bangalore, May 15 (IBNS): In a major development in the political paradigm of Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal Secular has claimed to form government in Karnataka by accepting Congress' support.
This is a verdict for BJP: BS Yeddyurappa on Karnataka polls
May 15, 2018, at 10:01 pm
Bangalore, May 15 (IBNS): With the saffron party emerging as the single largest party in Karnataka, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) Chief Ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa on Tuesday said people of the southern state have voted to completely reject the Congress.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah wins Badami seat, loses Chamundeshwari
May 15, 2018, at 09:49 pm
Bangalore, May 13 (IBNS):Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has won the Badami Assembly seat as results of the state polls were declared on Tuesday.
Karnataka uprooted corrupt Congress government and chosen BJP's development politics: Piyush Goyal
May 15, 2018, at 07:21 pm
New Delhi, May 15 (IBNS): Union Minister Piyush Goyal has said the people of Karnataka have uprooted the 'corrupt' Congress government in the state and voted in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) development politics, as the saffron party is likely to form the next government.
May 15, 2018, at 05:47 pm
New Delhi, May 15 (IBNS): Reacting to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) heading for a clean sweep in Karnataka assembly polls, Defence Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Nirmala Sitharaman, has taken a dig at the Congress' alleged "divisive politics".
Karnataka Assembly polls: BJP takes strong lead, Congress lagging behind
May 15, 2018, at 03:39 pm
Bangalore, May 15 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken major lead against ruling Congress as counting of votes for the crucial Karnataka Assembly polls is currently going on on Tuesday.