Home Minister Amit Shah’s comments on Hindi has led to opposition from major political parties from the south. Congress and JD(S) in Karnataka also criticised his call for considering Hindi’s potential to unify India. read more

Isro had officially confirmed on Tuesday that Chandrayaan-2’s orbiter, which is going around the moon at an altitude of about 100km from the surface, has located the Vikram lander. read more

Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy who visited Shivakumar’s mother’s house in Kodihalli village on the outskirts of Bengaluru, said there was o reason to arrest the Congress leader. read more

Devegowda would go on to do a giant-killing act by defeating former chief minister Siddaramaiah in the assembly elections last year, after the latter switched from his constituency of Varuna to contest from Chamundeshwari. read more

Shivakumar, or DK or DKShi as he is known locally, has come a long way since he was promoted from the Youth Congress to the main Congress organisation four decades ago following a split in the party’s Karnataka chapter. read more

“DK Shivakumar’s arrest hasn’t brought us any happiness. I pray to God that he comes out of this… The law takes its own course, but I will be the happiest person if he comes out of this,” Yediyurappa said late on Tuesday evening. read more

Both politically and financially, Shivakumar’s career has followed an upward trajectory since his first win in the Sathanur Assembly constituency in 1989. He has won all subsequent elections, shifting to the Kanakapura seat in 2008 after his former constituency... read more

Former Karnataka chief minister and Congress legislature party leader Siddaramaiah traded barbs with JD (S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda and hinted that he may not be keen on the allaince between teh two parties anymore. read more

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returned to power in Karnataka after the coalition lost a trust vote in July after 17 of its lawmakers submitted their resignations. read more

The animosity between the two had appeared to have been dealt with while the two parties were in power, although there were signs of simmering anger on both sides. This came out into the open as Deve Gowda turned up the pressure over the past two days,... read more

Stating that Kumaraswamy did not trust any one, Vishwanath said that such illegal tapping was a criminal offence.He also pointed out that Ramakrishna Hegde resigned as CM in the late 1980s on similar phone tapping charges. read more

Elaborating further, Kumaraswamy said he had come to “politics accidentally” and also became the chief minister of the state “accidentally”. read more

Of the 17 constituencies, there are many where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which assumed office after the coalition’s ouster, is a marginal force and the Congress and JD(S) are the main contenders. read more

Former Karnataka CM says invisible forces had worked to ensure the coalition didn’t survive. read more

The House was adjourned till Wednesday, when the new speaker will be elected. The BJP has confirmed that senior leader KG Bopaiah will be its nominee. read more