Gowda said injustice with farmers is a big challenge while an environment of division on the basis of religion and caste is being made which needs to be stopped. read more

The president of Congress’ state unit Dinesh Gundu Rao thanked the voters. “These results are heartening for the party, and all talks of the Congress becoming weaker have been proved to be untrue,” he said. read more

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BJP’s attack on the Gowda family has come amidst reports about Revanna’s alleged interference in the affairs of other departments, upsetting several Congress Ministers in the coalition Karnataka government. read more

Sharad Pawar compared the current political situation to 1975-77; argued that disillusionment has set in against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, like it had against Indira Gandhi; and suggested that the Opposition focus should be on state-wide alliances... read more

The former prime minister said the third front is still in the “early stage” and Mamata Banerjee is “trying her best” to bring all the non-BJP parties together. read more

Gowda’s remarks came on a day the Uttara Karnataka Pratyeka Rajya Horata Samiti, a committee fighting for a separate statehood to north Karnataka, called a day-long bandh in 13 districts read more

Karnataka BJP president BS Yeddyurappa sought to know what contribution JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda had made as the country’s Prime Minister. Yeddyurappa was addressing Lingayat seers who staged a demonstration at Belagavi against alleged injustice meted... read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Who are we to look you in the eye? We don’t have the guts to look you in the eye.” read more

The premiers in question are VP Singh, Deve Gowda and Atal Bihari Vajpayee. read more

The Opposition moved a no-confidence motion against Modi government on the first day of the Monsoon session of Parliament on Wednesday. The motion raised by BJP’s estranged ally TDP has the support of Congress, Trinamool Congress, Nationalist Congress Party, Samajwadi Party, and CPI(M). A no-confidence motion is introduced when a government is deemed no longer fit to hold office. The motion needs the support of 50 MPs in an orderly house. Any house member can give in writing to the Speaker a notice for the motion. On Wednesday, there were over 50 MPs who favoured the motion. (HT Correspondent)read more

Non-ideological coalitions’ only aim is survival and not service of the nation, Union minister Arun Jaitley said in a Facebook post. read more

Instead of merely shedding tears about having to bear responsibility the Karnataka chief minister should work on evolving a working relationship with the Congress in the state read more

Kumaraswamy said the proposal to establish the ‘Karnataka State Brahmin Development Board’ was for the development of economically backward people in the Brahmin community. read more

The app was test on a pilot basis in Bengaluru. The service is now being extended Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram for the upcoming assembly polls. read more