Speaking to reporters before Kumaraswamy took the floor test to prove his majority in the Karnataka assembly, Yeddyurappa said he must keep his pre-poll promise or face a stir. read more

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy will shortly move a motion to initiate the floor test in the Assembly, in Bengaluru on Friday. read more

Ramesh Kumar previously served as the speaker of the assembly between 1994 and 1999. read more

PPCC general secy Sandeep Sandhu is poll in-charge; yet, former minister Rana Gurjit Singh, the political guru of candidate Ladi, has been vying to gain parallel control of campaigning, party insiders claim. read more

The JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka is seeking to prove its majority in the state assembly on May 25. But before chief minister HD Kumaraswamy faces the trust vote, another vote is expected in the Vidhan Soudha - to elect the new speaker. The contest is between KR Ramesh Kumar of the Congress and S Suresh Kumar of the BJP. Ramesh Kumar is the JD(S)-Congress nominee and served as the speaker of the assembly between 1994 and 1999. BJP’s Suresh Kumar, on the other hand, is a fifth term MLA who has won five elections since 1994 from Bengaluru’s Rajaji Nagar constituency. The Congress and the JD(S) have a combined strength of 119 MLAs including two independents while the BJP has 104 members in the assembly. Who will win the race for the speaker’s post? (Hindustan Times)read more

DMK-backed bandh in Tamil Nadu has been largely peaceful so far, Police officials say situation in Thoothukudi is under control. read more

The saffron party’s decision to take the support of Congress members in the recently held polls to the Chakma Autonomous District Council is believed to have annoyed MNF chief Zoramthanga. read more

Friday’s floor test comes less than a week after the Supreme Court-ordered trust vote was pre-empted by BS Yeddyurappa resigning as chief minister given that the BJP lacked the required numbers to win the vote. read more

Given the fact that the BJP will be facing most forthcoming elections, both in states and the Lok Sabha, as the incumbent, it might have to bear the biggest brunt of this discontent read more

The resignations have caused a flutter in the state unit as Congress president Rahul Gandhi is set to visit Mandsaur on June 6 to blow the bugle for the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh later this year. read more

Even as the Congress is in power in just four states, it is the principal Opposition powerhouse in states such as Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Kerala. read more

The CSDS-Lokniti survey also shows that an equal number of respondents (43%) like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi now. read more

Eleven people were killed on Tuesday and two others injured have succumbed since the police firing during protests demanding the closure of Vedanta group’s Sterlite Copper plant over pollution concerns read more

With the support of 78 legislators and two independents, the Congress is set to get 22 of the 34 ministries in Karnataka, while the JD(S) will get the rest, including the chief minister’s post, for which HD Kumaraswamy was sworn in on Wednesday.  read more

Ahead of his swearing-in, Kumaraswamy had dismissed reports about his party working out a power sharing formula of heading the government for 30 months each read more